Imagine you study stick insects and when you walk outside a stick insect lands on your shoulder within 5 minutes! 🥰 Either I looked like something to mate with or I’m a tree. #phdlife #PhD #insects #wildlife #nature #life

I am always excited to announce another collaboration with Jonas Wolff. Check out the comments for some awesome figures and facts from the manuscript.

Such amazing and interesting work! Well done to all the authors…as always!

Hey twitter, sorry for the photo but I have had a request to identify this fly. It was found in Switzerland, would anyone have any ideas? Even to family would be helpful! #entomology #insect #fly #diptera

I love how you can see all the trachea inside the stick insect. For those who don’t know, the trachea are all the white lines you can see just under the exoskeleton. These trachea carry oxygen through an insects body, they do not have blood vessels to do this as in humans #Nature

This phasmid is a female Candovia strumosa. They are found in rainforests of NSW. The camouflage is quite amazing compared to the stick it's resting on. I doubt I would have found it during the day! #photograph #photography #getstickbugged #insect #phasmid #entomology

Nature is crazy! I can’t even tell where this leaf tailed gecko starts and ends! Not to mention it is even harder to see in real life as these images use an artificial light source. #herp #lizard #NaturePhotography #photograph #photography #photooftheday #eye

Here is a mating pair of Candovia koensi stick insects which I had the pleasure of describing last year. Notice the red mouth parts, which are used to identify this species. #photograph #photography #getstickbugged #insect #phasmid #entomology

This stick insect belongs to the Pachymorpha genus. They are just 6cm long, a very chunky stick insect! If you look carefully at the photos, you should see spiracles on the side of its body (marked by arrows). #photograph #photography #getstickbugged #insect #phasmid #entomology

In case anyone wanted to know what my favourite species of Australian stick insects are, check these out! Super jelous of you Nick Volpe!

Thies H. Büscher et al. reveal the diverse functional morphology of leaf insect eggs. Fan-like hooks and glue capable of reversible liquefaction allow these eggs to survive across various environments. Find out more at #BMCEcolEvol bit.ly/3J7CzRI

An alien deep in the rainforest?!👽 Hidden by dense vegetation, this ginormous insect slowly strides amongst the leaves in the darkness of the night. 🌳 Whilst its face may look menacing, have no fear! Like all stick insects, the Malaysian Jungle Nymph only feeds on leaves! 🌿

Interested in #collectivebehaviour, #decisionmaking, and #ants? Check out my first #PhD paper, out today in PNASNews! Chris R Reid, @sjmgarnier, Chris Lustri, Justin McNab, and I studied how colonies of ants make decisions when facing an uncertain task pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

My research on the Australian azure butterflies – genus Ogyris - has just been published, with the discovery of a new species. 1/4

Happy Christmas in July everyone! When I took this photo all I could see were Christmas colours, so here is Christmas. #mite #insect #macrophotography #photograph #photography #photooftheday #entomology

Awesome work as always from all authors involved! Congrats Sarah Bank

This photo was totally unplanned but very fun! When gardening I found a spider egg sac under a log. Some eggs had already hatched, where I presume they ate their way out through the silk. The photo has 13 stacked images #spider #arachnid #macrophotography #photography #entomology

Have web-building #spiders evolved to be slower than their webless hunting variety? Seemingly not: ow.ly/2oGm50Q0zo3 #ProcB Kaja Wierucka Braxton Jones Shahan Derkarabetian Jonas Wolff

The indisputable Queen of central Australia! 👑🏜️ Paronchestus are one of the most incredible stick insects in Australia, living in some of the most barren terrains! ☀️ This poor girl was caught out in a storm at night, most likely blown out of a tree! 🌳💨

I am glad to announce the discovery of two new funnel web spiders, the world’s most venomous spider! Super proud to be a part of this amazing research and amazing team! smh.com.au/national/nsw/a… bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…