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Hanging out with Isa Betancourt 🦋🕷🌎 at Academy of Natural Sciences taking a look at the insect collections. These beetles are so cool! Still wanna do an insect diversity mural in Philly…need funding….what else is new.

📢 CALL FOR SYMPOSIA! We have a couple of spaces left for symposia at our next Entomological Collections Network annual meeting. To propose one, please email our program chairs: [email protected] #ECN2024

Registration is now OPEN for #ECN2024! ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/2024-ecn-pho… We’re currently calling for talks for this hybrid meeting… [1/2]

Titles for both in-person talks & pre-recorded talks, are due on August 16, 2024, with abstracts (200 word maximum) due on September 27, 2024. Please use our google form to submit your title: forms.gle/cuKUc9JEwG4FVA… #ECN2024 [2/2]

One of the coolest anthribids out there 🥰.

I plan to recruit two Ph.D. students to join my lab in the Dept of Entomology at the University of Kentucky. The research focus will be on molecular mechanisms underlying physiological adaptation. Specifics below. Please DM/email me if you have any questions.

UPDATE: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out TODAY! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

We are looking for two graduate students (to start in fall 2025) and 1-2 postdocs (flexible start dates) at the EEB department at the University of Arizona. I am at #ESA2024; feel free to reach out if you are interested. Please RT to spread the word. Thanks!

⚠️ It’s not too late to submit a talk title for #ECN2024, but HURRY!

Ahead of #ECN2024 later this year, please help us understand how outreach drawers are conceived, used, and assessed in entomological collections. Fill out this very brief survey: kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4P…

Same spider, same scene, same pose, same camera, same lens, just some optics added in front. Which do you prefer? Heteropoda davidbowie ♂

Final countdown! There’s just 2 days until #ECN2024! Our meeting mascot this year is the Blue Death-Feigning Beetle (Asbolus verrucosus), so we want to see YOUR PHOTOS! Whether from the field or from your collections, share your beetles & don’t forget to tag us! 📷 Chris Wirth

A very warm welcome to all of you joining for the annual Entomological Collections Network meeting, especially to those of you joining us online! #ECN2024

Roberta Brett from the Essig museum UC Berkeley now, on creating a beautiful new exhibit, to entice more visitors to the collection. 🦋 See more about the making of this eye-catching display here: essig.berkeley.edu/exhibits/makin… #ECN2024

A class in aesthetics and design now thanks to Lacey Restemyer from The Houston Museum of Natural Science ❤️🦖🧠🌌. Demonstrating balance and symmetry is key in creating a visually appealing and engaging display. #ECN2024

We’re into our LIGHTNING TALK session now, kicking off with Isa Betancourt 🦋🕷🌎 & Evan Waite 🪲 They share their forays with AI from a collections perspective NEON. #ECN2024