Central European section of IUSSI @ceiussi.bsky.social International Union for the Study of Social Insects
https://iussi.de/
@iussi-nas.bsky.social @iussi-nas.bsky.social Official account of the North American Section of IUSSI, a worldwide scientific society devoted to promoting the study of social arthropods.
IUSSI-Congress @uissi-social.bsky.social XX International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Insectes Sociaux @insectessociaux.bsky.social International journal for the study of social arthropods ๐๐๐ชณ
https://insectessociaux.com/
https://link.springer.com/journal/40
Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html
Ricard Solรฉ @ricardsole.bsky.social Scientist & skeptic. Dad. Book addict. Pathologically curious. Origins and Evolution of Complexity, Synthetic Transitions, Liquid Brains, and Earth Terraformation. ICREA, SFI & CSH professor. Author. Secular humanist.
Ghost Town Games @ghosttowngames.bsky.social Bafta Award winning indie games studio based in Manchester, England.
Makers of Overcooked!
Busy at work on our new game Stage Fright - a cooperative two player adventure
www.ghosttowngames.com
Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social Professor of Biology & Institute for Health Computing, U of Maryland; explores how viruses impact human & environmental health;
'Asymptomatic' (JHU Press - https://bit.ly/asymptomatic_book)
&
'Science Matters' (https://substack.com/@joshuasweitz)
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Joanna Masel @joannamasel.bsky.social Theoretical biologist and advisor to data scientists at the University of Arizona. Mostly theoretical population genetics and molecular evolution, but I've also published in biochemistry, infectious disease, aging, economics, education. Opinions are my own
Harriet Lambert @hcslambert.bsky.social Investigating plant-pollinator interactions
Evolution | Ecology | Bumblebees
Lecturer in #BehaviouralEcology at Wageningen University and Research
@hcs_lambert on Twitter
Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology and author of The Mind of a Bee
Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist interested in plant evolution, speciation, and pollination including buzz pollination
Website: https://plant-evolution.org/wp
Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol.
PI of the Bee Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation lab.
He/him. ๐
https://siviterharry.wixsite.com/harrysiviter
Julia Osterman @juliaosterman.bsky.social PostDoc at the University of Gothenburg โ๐๐ผ Interested in plant-pollinator interactions, oligolectic bees, effects of pesticides on bees, bee conservation and restoration. Profil Pic taken by Yannick Noah Layer.
Jess Knapp @planbee.bsky.social Ecology, bees, pesticides, flowers and agricultural landscapes | Researcher at Lund University
Avery Russell @draverbee.bsky.social #RussellLab studies #bees #behaviour #microbes & #flower #evolution @MissouriState https://therusselllab.net/
| #PUI | #SciComm #DiversityInSTEM #BLM #WomenInSTEM #Humanities | he/him
Elena Zioga @elzio.bsky.social Working towards safeguarding bees from pesticide use ๐๐ธ๐
Views are my own.
You can contact me at:
ziogae@tcd.ie
Anna Traveset @annatraveset.bsky.social Ecologist interested in species interactions and in deciphering how they are disrupted by global change + islandholic @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC @Cambio2100 @CSICBalears
Johanna Yourstone ๐ @jyourstone.bsky.social Wenner-Gren postdoc fellow in Aberdeen ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (with colabs in Lund ๐ธ๐ช) Pollinators | Wild bees | Foraging ecology | Competition |Environmental impacts | Fan of everything in nature, and like to illustrate it too ๐จ๐บ๐ฆ
Rich Hatfield @rghatfield.bsky.social I'm a conservation biologist and seeker of wild: places, plants and animals. Work @XercesSociety, opinions here my own. Cycling, food, dogs, hockey and soccer help
PDX is home, proud spouse and dad
Learn more about my work:
BumbleBeeAtlas.org
Xerces.org
Anke Dietzsch @ankedietzsch.bsky.social Bees, plants & dance -
I'm a researcher at the Institute for Bee Protection, Julius Kรผhn Institute in Brunswick, Germany
agroecology | ecotoxicology | wild bee diversity | plant-pollinator interactions | pollinator monitoring
๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ views are my own
#JKI ๐๐ฑ
Natasha de Vere @ndevere.bsky.social Biodiversity scientist focusing on plant-pollinator interactions & plant diversity ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ especially using eDNA, metabarcoding & museomics ๐งฌ Full Professor & Curator of Botany, NHM Denmark, University of Copenhagen.
Invertebrates @insects.bsky.social Sharing all invertebrates
Managed by @KellyBrenner.bsky.social
insects @insects2.bsky.social FKA LOBSTERGIRI
Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social Latin America correspondent for the @guardian based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ๐ง๐ท via London ๐ฌ๐ง, Beijing ๐จ๐ณ and Mexico City ๐ฒ๐ฝ Say hello: tom.phillips@theguardian.com
Andrew Warren @andybugguy.bsky.social
IN AWE OF NATURE!
Entomologist, systematist, biogeographer, photographer; museums & collections. Based in Colorado!
he/his.
My science: https://lepscience.com/my-publications/
Anupreksha Jain @anupreksha.bsky.social pollination ecology grad student + science outreach enthusiast @ UW-Madison
cornell eeb '19
๐ฎ๐ณ
Brian Spiesman @brianspiesman.bsky.social Dad who likes pollinators, ecology AI, and community science. K-State Entomology https://beemachine.ai
Tom Rhys Bishop @tbish.bsky.social Ant biologist, trait biogeographer based at Cardiff Uni. โฐ๏ธ๐๐ฌ
www.BishopTraitsLab.com
Julian Resasco @julianresasco.bsky.social Ecologist ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Associate Professor University of Colorado, Boulder
Community Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Insects, Biodiversity Conservation
๐๐๐ฆ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ|
The Ramirez Lab, NCSU @aramirezlab.bsky.social Lab account- We study tropical stream ecology, urban streams, and macroinvertebrates. 
Tuomas Kankaanpรครค @bugwebs.bsky.social Insect ecologist. Insect responses to environmental change. Interested in trophic interactions. Now developing monitoring methods for blood-feeding insects in the North. #InterregAurora #InsectsoftheNorth
Post-doctoral researcher at University of Oulu
Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social Was @Uk_wildlife + @PondManUK on Twitter
Environmental educator, Wildlife Photographer/filmmaker + Naturalist. I give talks too!
@ukwildlifepodcast.bsky.social Co-host
All opinions my own
amohr @amohr.org Photos mostly - hit the 'Media' tab. Pixar R&D.
Ally to all kind people. Xennial, Seattelite orbit. Photos my own unless reposted or credited. Always Alt Text. Never AI.
Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social Principal Investigator of impedimental temporal phenomena. Hymenopterist. Keeper of secrets. he/him
Curator of a university insect collection located in the Midwest (USA).
I am passionate about velvet-ants.
Chloe Spicerack ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her @spicerackspiders.bsky.social Arachnid furry, suit maker, tarantula keeper, spider appreciater, lesbian, 20s, Chicago ๐๏ธ๐
I have a lot of spiders, also a cat. I do art sometimes. I'm here to show people that arachnids are our friends
Anyi Mazo-Vargas @anyimv.bsky.social Assistant Professor at @DukeBiology. #NewPI #EvoDevo, gene regulation, adaptive traits, #Wnt signaling ๐ฆ. ๐งฌ๐ฌ๐งช. She/her/Ella
Kirsten M. Prior @kirstenmprior.bsky.social Community ecologist - biodiversity, species interactions, insects (ants & wasps). Associate Prof. @Binghamton University SUNY - http://priorecologylab.com
Bugz n Slugz @moistmacro.bsky.social Nudibranch obsessive, underwater photographer, citizen scientist, bug photographer and thalassophile.
Now in the Abu Dhabi. โพ๏ธ๐งฉ๐ฆ
All photos by me.
Lucy Alford @drlucyalford.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Bristol University, FRES, FHEA, @Mariecurie_alum. Interests in ecophysiology, applied ecology, entomology, & ecosystem service provision ๐๐๐ฝ
@conserv-physiol.bsky.social
Jenn Rose @jdrose.bsky.social Basque and Bermuda bees | PhD candidate #BC3research โข @sarelab.bsky.social | conservation, systematics, diversity | ๐๐
Tess Peterson @tesspeterson.bsky.social Plant-soil mutualism and climate change in pine forests @ University of Houston
๐๐ฒ๐.
Hobby gardener, crafter, medievalist
#SlowLife ๐๐ฑ๐งต
DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social The society aims to promote the study, recording and conservation of true flies (Diptera). Our focus is on the British Isles, but we foster links with dipterists throughout Europe and further afield.
https://dipterists.org.uk/home
Shloop ๐
@bugwizardshloop.bsky.social ๐ญ๐ฐbug boy. He/they ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Eric G. Prileson @egprileson.bsky.social Curiosity seeker, nature lover, explorer of the minute and exceptional. Also a PhD student in eco-evo biology at Washington State University Vancouver
eprileson.github.io
I enjoy coffee, cycling, hiking, futbol, baseball, cooking and ice-cold beer.
Adam Blake @ajblake05.bsky.social Postdoc at University of Washington focusing on insect vision. My current project is looking at olfaction and vision in mosquitos.
Website: https://www.ajblake.info/
Dr Lizzy Lowe @lizzylowe.bsky.social Working to create sustainable cities ๐๏ธ
& ecosystems full of invertebrates ๐
Inordinately fond of spiders ๐ท๏ธ
Research Fellow at ECU ๐ฑ
Jitte @jittebug.nl Macro photography, Neuroscience, (Urban) Entomology, Myrmecology.
Dutch/English skeets; he/him.
Current Occupations:
Lab manager Sensory Ecology @ Ento, WUR
Groothuis Onderzoek en Advies
Jittebug Ento Art
Board member @nev.nl
Sarah Arnold @sejarnold.bsky.social Entomologist, likes pollination, insect behaviour, IPM, horticulture and agriculture, sustainability, nature and especially wild bees.
Works at Niab (UK). Views my own. she/her
Neurodivergent, quirky, sometimes wrong but usually teachable.
Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social Fascinated by insects, especially flies, studies Sphaeroceridae. Diptera identification services, morphological illustrations, and high-quality imaging. Bespoke identification training is also available.
David Notton @davidnotton.bsky.social Mad about diapriid wasps/bees ๐taxonomy, zoological nomenclature, museums, entomology curation & IPM! Former NHMUK, now freelance. Recording Lauriston Agroecology Farm๐พ๐ฅ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Notton #Edinburgh
Nico Moiroux @nmoiroux.bsky.social Research scientist ยท Mosquito ๐ฆ and Vector-borne disease Ecology ยท MIVEGEC @ird-fr.bsky.social ๐ซ๐ท ยท Pรดle de Zoologie Mรฉdicale @ Institut Pasteur Dakar ๐ธ๐ณ
https://nmoiroux.github.io/
Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social ๐ชฒ Entomologist, bonkers about beetles
๐ Museum Curator
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Usually found turning over logs/stones or poking in dead stuff.
(she/her)
๐ https://linktr.ee/Ash_Whiffin
Ruth Pickert @ruthpickert.bsky.social Dogs! Moths! Adventures!
PhD student at Uni Wรผrzburg | Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology
Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social Nonfiction author, blogger, insect identifier, ally. Presenter/speaker. #SciComm, entomology, urban nature, human conflict with other species, other humans. Opposed to colonialism, capitalism. Married Progressive in Kansas, USA.
he/him/they
Spaceship Earth (Ecoregion 65n) @spaceship-earth.bsky.social NativePlantsColoringBooks.com - Coloring books and colorable items
HomesteadEarth.com -My musings
#gardening #permaculture #foodforest #chickens #agroforestry #homestead #nativeplants #backyardchickens
Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social Head of Science at Butterfly Conservation - moth & butterfly sightings, science & conservation. Honorary Prof at University of Exeter. (He/his)
Nick Collins @calamacow75.bsky.social Undergraduate FIW Major and Ent @ Virginia Tech ๐ฆ
Aspiring Entomologist working on arthropod systematics and taxonomy + evolutionary ecology of aposematic coloration/mimicry under Dr. Paul Marek.
Love bugs, paleo, and all the nerd stuff!
Miles Maxcer @milesmaxcer.bsky.social โข ant rearing & sci consulting ๐ฌ
โข exhibits & displays ๐๐ชฒ๐ต๐ฆ
โข ecology & conservation ๐ฆ
โข natural history filmmaking ๐ท
โข sci-comm & sci-ed ๐ค
โข public policy ๐บ๐ธ๐๏ธ
M.S. Entomology โ Univ. of Florida โ24
Liam Crowley @liamcrowley.bsky.social Entomology and ecologist. Currently a post doctoral research associate at the University of Oxford. Interested in wasps, bees, species ID, biodiversity monitoring and pollination ecology.
Kate Parr @funkyant.bsky.social Ecologist - particularly fond of ants, savannas and cold beer (preferably at the same time). She/her
Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social #Behavioural #ecologist; Prof; UCL; weakness for #wasps. Actually, itโs not a weakness.. #Wasplove. Author Endless Forms: Why we should love wasps. http://tinyurl.com/UKwasps #Evolution #Naturewriting #Scicomm #sociality #Genomics
Victoria G. Buswell @vicbuswell.bsky.social Ecological bioinformatician ๐ฅ๏ธ, Python coder ๐, entomologist ๐ ๐ฆ, molecular ecologist. Working at The James Hutton Institute ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. Enjoys video games, ttrpgs, books and rugby. Opinions my own. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her
Francisca Sconce @franciscasconce.bsky.social Outreach & Learning @royentsoc.bsky.social #Insects #Entomology #Ecology #SoilBiodiversity #SciComm #STEMAmbassador #WildPutney She/Her. Views my own.
@entobarbie.bsky.social @entobarbie.bsky.social 
Dave Coyle @drdavecoyle.bsky.social Entomology, forestry, forest health, Extension, science communication, life in academia. Youth sports coach and dog owner. And you can't have too much bacon.
Jo Holley @joholley.bsky.social Researcher and Educator at the University of Texas at Austin. Bacteria associated social wasps and bees, undergraduate research, and mentoring scholarship.
Insect Welfare Research Society @insectwrs.bsky.social Connecting the global community of insect welfare researchers and stakeholders.
Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social Professor of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in University College London's People and Nature Lab; interested in anything to do with ecology/evolution but especially pollinators, fruit flies and memory
Trevor Sless, Ph๐ @trevorsless.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher (Rehan Lab, York University ๐จ๐ฆ) | Bee evolution and ecology (phylogenetics, genomics, microbiomes) | views my own | he/him [finally actually trying blue sky for real]
Violet @butterwort.bsky.social Researcher and sandhill bug witch. Insect symbioses, forest pathology, and queer ecology.
Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social Associate professor at the University of Barcelona. Biologist interested in insects evodevo
https://www.mayflyecoevodevo.com/
James B Dorey @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social Bee researcher, evolutionary ecologist, R nerd, photographer, and Lecturer at the University of Wollongong, Dharawal Country
Plantecarnivore @plantecarnivore.bsky.social Araneologue amateur, photos diverses et bestioles en tout genre sur YouTube. Membre du cafรฉ des sciences et passรฉ par le master CCST
https://linktr.ee/plantecarnivore
Kendrick Fowler @kendrickorion.bsky.social Nature, canoe, and camera enthusiast studying parasitoid wasps in the Hudson Valley ๐ฌ Mostly (re)skeeting on insects, science, and current events (not necessarily in that order) ๐ Still trying to stay in the control group ๐ท He/him ๐งโโ๏ธ Views my own
Fred Larabee @bugbiter.bsky.social Insects, evolution, and adventure. Assistant Professor of Biology at San Jose State University.
Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social Writer & nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Board member, Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee (conservation nonprofit). Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: https://www.tomastlephotography.com/
Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social Neuroscientist, Professor @uni-wuerzburg.de,
Chair, Neurobiology & Genetics,
former GroupLeader @mpi-ce.bsky.social,
studying the neural basis of olfaction ๐ง ๐ชฐ
Lab website:
https://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/neurogenetics/research/wg-sachse/
Jonathan Shik @jonathanshik.bsky.social Evolution, Ecology, Nutrition, Symbiosis, ๐,๐โ๐ซ, etcโฆโช๏ธAssociate Professor in Biology at University of Copenhagen & Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute โช๏ธwww.jonathanshik.com
Paul Williams @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social Bumblebee taxonomy / evolution / biogeography - at NHM London:
guides to the species of the Himalaya, Sichuan, North China, &
North America
working with genes & morphology
pic: Yuzhu Mt, Kunlun range
Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social Entomologist. Ecologist. Photographer. Maker of things. Posts are my own thoughts/opinions.
Sara Miller @waspdiversitylab.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Researching diversification in social wasps. Genomics, coloration, behavior, and urban ecology
The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social https://worldbeesanctuary.org
Founder of World Bee Sanctuary the expanded ambition of The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland. - the first native wild bee sanctuary on the planet The only certified vegan organic land in Ireland. Disruptive.
Lovable. Unfiltered. ๐๐
Jenna Melanson @jennamelanson.bsky.social PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia ๐
bumble bee movement, resource use, and multiple risks in agroecosystems
she/her
John M. Mola @johnmola.bsky.social Asst. Prof of ecology at Colorado State University
Bees, pollinat*, plants (disc golf aka frisBEE).
he/him #BiInSci ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
MolaLab.org
Michael Orr @mcorr.bsky.social Stuttgart Naturkundemuseum. Bee Systematics, Natural History, and everything in between. Focused on Anthophorinae (Apidae). He/Him.
Claus Rasmussen @apids.bsky.social Entomologist
Dr Alice Bridges @adbridges.bsky.social Postdoc studying social learning, culture and behaviour in bumblebees & other insects at the University of Sheffield (@minibraincognition.bsky.social) ๐ฑ๐ She/her, views my own. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ
Iโm a (very) amateur nature photographer, & Iโm also writing a novel!
Charlotte Rankin @bumble-being.bsky.social Big love for invertebrates & wildflowers. Bonkers about #Bumblebees. Enjoys #WildlifeRecording ๐๐๐ Northern England. Insta: charlotte.bumble
Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social Scientist, specializing in bumblebees. Author of various books about insects. Trying to save the planet one bee at a time. 
Gill Perkins @bumblebeegill.bsky.social CEO Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Inspirer. Knowledge. Energiser. Veg gardener, conservationist, current affairs, BUMBLEBEES, slave to a cat. Views my own
Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is the only charity dedicated wholly to saving the UK's bumblebees ๐
www.bumblebeeconservation.org
๐ท Kate Jaconello
Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social Researcher of host-microbe interactions in animal systems with a focus on social insects & pollinators Imperial College London. #bees #wheat #holobiont #parasite #spillover #directed evolution
Leonardo Platania @ilplataleo.bsky.social PhD
Research assistant at Institut Botanic de Barcelona
@ibb-botanic.bsky.social
I am interested in #insect #evolution and #biogeography, islands, and diversification dynamics.
#entomology #taxonomy
Franรงois-Xavier Joly @fxjoly.bsky.social Soil ecologist at INRAE @inrae-france.bsky.social. Invertebrologist. Collects soil invertebrates and their poo for a living.
Yannick Wurm @yannickwurm.bsky.social Ants, pollinators, evolution, genomes. Prof @ Queen Mary U London, Founder @ Pragmatic Genomics & Pollinatework
https://wurmlab.com
https://sequenceserver.com - Genomic results fast
https://sensibee.io - Pollinator monitoring for the 21st century
Dr Morgane Merien @morganemerien.bsky.social Science Communicator at Canterbury Museum, presenter of Bug Hunter on TVNZ+, Entomologist, research on camouflage & colour in NZ stick insects ๐ฟ๐she/her ๐ลtautahi, Aotearoa New Zealand
Grant Hughes @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social Mosquitoes, Wolbachia, microbiomes, symbiosis, arboviruses, Plasmodium, host-microbe interactions.
Mosquito Symbiosis and Infection lab account - @mossi-lab.bsky.social
Entomo @entomosfunfacts.bsky.social Entomologist who posts fun facts about insects and other arthropods. Making bugs fun!
TikTok and Instagram: @entomosfunfacts