Morgan Jackson, PhD

I really didn’t want to do this because Twitter has been a huge part of my professional development and identity, but I’m starting to migrate. I’ll still be here as it crashes into the sun, but I’m already spending more time in the 🟦sky @bioinfocus.

Get it now from the Apple App store. Bugdex is here to inspire, educate, and delight. Bugdex is available for free with the support of Novo Nordisk, Augustinus and 15 Juni foundations. Link in bio. Music- Unstoppable Fuzzeke Stay tuned for the Android release.

@TheBirdist Life as a potato

in this resolution

renting out the Sphere to watch Life in the Undergrowth

researchgate.net/publication/37… DOI: 10.3390/d15101053 Today a Perspective paper was published that I coauthored with my European friends and colleagues Ivan Löbl, Bernhard Klausnitzer, and Matthias Hartmann on the current situation of biodiversity science/taxonomy.

@neolycus @Senckenberg @geobiodiversity Congratulations!

@piskomantis Seemed like it, just a matter of where and when

@BioInFocus It was a matter of time

Well, the inevitable happened: spotted lanternfly has been found and recorded in Canada (Oakville Ontario – inaturalist.ca/observations/1…). CFIA and other local organizations are assuredly on it to hopefully find a way of reducing its spread, but vital for folks to watch out for more!!

@wishartae Congratulations! Best wishes for happy trails and many adventures ahead!

@UofGuelphOAC is hiring for an Assistant Professor in Field Crop Entomology at the Ridgetown Campus. This is a great opportunity for someone with a PhD in Agricultural Entomology, or closely related discipline. uoguelph.ca/facultyjobs/po…

Next Friday 22 September is the 20th anniversary of the release of Mesquite, a program/system for phylogenetic data and analyses developed by @DavidRMaddison and me, and currently in version 3.8. Some thoughts & a party! — a 🧵. mesquiteproject.org

The female of Atherimorpha latipennis, collected for the first time in 2021, is described. It represents the first recorded case of brachyptery in the family Rhagionidae. 🔗Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #Diptera

Thrilled to share the news today that @inaturalist is the recipient of a $10 million grant from @MooreFound! 🎉🎉🎉 inaturalist.org/posts/84393-in…

the girlies were busy (perdita minima)

@am_anatiala Good grief Asia, this is an even more incredible shot than the last one! 3 in focus including 1 in flight?! Get out of here! Amazing stuff

Two Volucella zonaria hoverflies at Common Wasp V. vulgaris nest over our front door. One prospecting, one seems to be ovipositing in nest entrance. Their larvae live in the nests of social wasps (thanks ⁦@_alanbradbury⁩ for that knowledge). Wasps not a problem so far.

@am_anatiala Wow, that’s a great shot!

when they say minima, they *mean* minima

trying to visually follow these are like trying to visually follow a gnat

I am also looking for at least one more person to ID birds from audio in Oregon. The job is flexible and paid hourly. Please share with your bird buddies! If interested please fill in this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

Man i hope if we ever meet aliens they are half as beautiful as this fly

OMG, this is a big deal! Acorn the Nature Nut is now online in its entirety! youtube.com/watch?v=RqI6b8…

@Cataranea @CIHR_IRSC @NSERC_CRSNG @mcgillu Wooooo!! Congratulations!

Hey, that's me! Today the #BantingCanada award recipients were announced, & I am very grateful to be one of them! Thank you @CIHR_IRSC/@NSERC_CRSNG! I am looking forward to continuing to study the ecology of spiders in agro-ecosystems and beyond at @mcgillu