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How many summers does to take to make a cicada? One for the entomologists...

Botany Bay Diamond Weevil on Mt Coree summit today.

Summit of Mt Corree today. Swarming with insects, including the Diamond weevil tweeted earlier.

Scaptia auriflua on blossom at Corin Flat, Brindabella Mtns, ACT. The mountains are heaving with insects this summer.

Pergid sawfly larvae pulsating as one while resting on a Eucalyptus leaf. Corin Flat, Brindabella Mts ACT

Rutilia Tachinidae on blossom at Corin Flat, Brindabella Mts

Nymphid lacewing at Corin Flat, Brindabella Mtns ACT

A asopine pentatomid Oechalia feeding on a pergid sawfly larva, Brindabella Mtns ACT

New #openaccess research from Keith Bayless and colleagues: Beyond #Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics. #diptera #phylogenomics Read it here: bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Somebody should explain camouflage to this geometrid...

Phylogenomics reveals accelerated late Cretaceous diversification of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Take a virtual tour of The Australian National Insect Collection on CSIROscope. blog.csiro.au/virtual-tour-i…

Three families of Mecoptera collected in one day in the Australian Alps. Nannochoristidae, Choristidae and Bittacidae, l to r. How many other places in the world can u do that?

The new home for ANIC we have been planning for ever finally becomes public. It should be ready for us to move in 2024. CSIRO plans $70m project to replace 'ageing' buildings canberratimes.com.au/story/7288101/… via Canberra Times

Australia is home to over a million species of plants and animals. But we’re losing them at an alarming rate. Dr Ann Jones explores how technology can help protect our wildlife in bold new ways. #TheWildlifeRevolution, #ABCCatalyst | Stream from Tue 3 Aug, 8.30pm

The painful bites of female march flies can ruin your day at the beach. But what are they actually doing on our beaches, given we’re seemingly the only large animals there? The answer: breeding, explain CSIRO's David Yeates + Keith Bayless. bit.ly/33cC5YL

Know what a biological type is? If you do, this position is for you. ANIC has 19,000 primary types of Australian insects. Come and help us audit, database and digitise them! Senior Curator - Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) jobs.csiro.au/s/t5aSpJ

I've been reading the great new illustrated guide to Moths in the ACT on CSIROscope. blog.csiro.au/moths-in-the-a…

Weevils in caves, fish, and an ant that 'babysits' caterpillars among 139 new species classified by CSIRO abc.net.au/news/science/2… via ABC Australia

I've been reading Safe ways to keep flies and mosquitoes at bay on CSIROscope. blog.csiro.au/keep-flies-and…