How does a caterpillar use its tentacles to get the attention of ants? 🐛 In this blog, Amalia Ceballos-González explains a strange functional behaviour in a myrmecophilous riodinid caterpillar. insectessociaux.com/2025/03/03/how… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Caterpillar #Ants #Interactions

New short communication! 📄 Rutschmann et al. used digital weight scales to monitor colony swarming, allowing to measured the natural timing and frequency of swarming. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Melifera #Honeybees #Weightscale #Beesbehavior

New short communication! 📄 Robinson, Baudier (Kaitlin Baudier) et al. found that this beetle reduce movement in response to disturbance stridulation, suggesting it functions as a social warning signal 🔊 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Beetle

Congrats to PhD candidate Kristin Robinson! This was an Animal Behavior course project she came up with and led her classmates to complete as a team back in 2023. @USMConservBio Southern Miss

New research article! 📰 Tola (Yosef Hamba Tola, PhD) et al. found that bees exhibiting hygienic behavior have higher abundances of some bacterial species, suggesting a link between gut microbiota and immunity. 🦠 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #HoneyBee

New research article! 📰 Gil-Hoed et al. discovered that A. gracilipes ants adjust cooperative transport, with larger groups enhancing efficiency📦 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #CooperativeTransport #AntBehavior #InvasiveSpecies #Foraging #Group

Ant engineers: how team transport inspires tomorrow’s robotics📦 In this blog, Carmen Gil Hoed describes how ants team up to carry food that’s too big for one ant alone. insectessociaux.com/2025/03/20/ant… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Teamwork #ScienceCommunication #CrazyYellowAnts

New research article! 📰 Molero-Baltanás (@bioJairo) et al. compiled the first global checklist of nidicolous silverfish, revealing over 200 species linked to ants and termites 📋 🔗doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Myrmecophily #Termitophily #Diversity

New research article! 📰 Gatty et al. studied these bees across urban, semiurban, and agroforestry areas, and found that urban colonies foraged less, laid fewer eggs, and ultimately died 🐝 🔗doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #StinglessBees #UrbanEcology

Special issue “The overlooked biodiversity of ant associates” link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New review article! 📚 Yek & Alim reviewed stingless bee foraging studies in the Indo-Malayan region, revealing that bees primarily forage on Fabaceae and commercial species dominate. 🌸 🔗doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Meliponiculture #Ecology #Pollen

What does a stingless bee eat? 🌺 In this blog, Elyrice, a researcher specialising in stingless bees, shares the secrets of the unique stingless bee's honey. insectessociaux.com/2025/04/14/wha… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Meliponiculture #Honey #Pollinators #BiodiversityResearch

New short communication! 📄 Kanwar et al. revealed contrasting social structures in Dorymyrmex ants: D. smithi shows supercolonial traits, while D. bureni exhibits nest-specific aggression. ⚔ 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #AntBehavior #Parasitism

Best paper announcement for 2024! 🥳 link.springer.com/article/10.100… #Ants #Research #Pheromones

Book Review 📔 ANTS by Gary J. Skinner and Andrew P. Jarman. 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New research article! 📰 Madrzyk et al. revealed that native winter ants outcompete invasive Argentine ants by securing food resources first, with dietary convergence in human-impacted habitats. 🏆 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #InvasiveSpecies #Competition #EcologicalResilience

New review article! 📚 Fernando et al. conducted a global review of 98 studies showing how disturbances impact ant-plant and ant-insect interactions across climatic zones 🔥 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #Ecology #GlobalChange #SpeciesInteractions #Biodiversity #Conservation

Editorial ✒️ Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Special Issue 🦋 A glimpse into a little-known world: Organisms associated with social arthropods Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026 link.springer.com/journal/40/upd…

What makes a queen successful? 👑 In this blog, Luisa Jaimes, PhD explores how queen age and fertility might shape the future of the colony in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants. insectessociaux.com/2025/05/20/wha… #InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #AntQueens #Aging #Fertility #Colony