Franklyn Cala-Riquelme. Dr.

Enjoy! researchgate.net/profile/Arumug…

Using an integrative approach, researchers investigated the Corfu populations of two land snail species in the genus Monacha. See what they found here: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #snails #taxonomy @unisiena @nbfc_italy @UAM_Poznan

Beauty of the Bee Nikon Z9 and Z105mm macro SS1/3200 F10 ISO2000

Weevils aren't known for being noisy, but some do indeed chirp like some of their insect cousins. A new study examines the acoustic signals of soybean weevils to shed light on how they signal each other for mating or emitting distress calls. entomologytoday.org/2025/10/07/soy…

Wildfire disasters worldwide are growing notably in frequency and cost, according to a new Science study, with nearly half of the most damaging events over the last 44 years occurring in just the past decade. scim.ag/48bVrfP

Who's the new guy? He seems kinda stiff.

A Pagel '94 type correlation test with one binary trait and a second continuous character via the discretized diffusion approximation using #phytools: blog.phytools.org/2025/07/a-page….

Four new jumping spider species are diagnosed, described, and illustrated. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #newspecies #taxonomy #spiders

A friend & colleague asked for help using #phytools phylo.to.map to project a phylogeny onto a geographic map. This is what we came up with. (Shared with permission.) 1/2

A new species of cicada is described from China's Huboliao National Nature Reserve in Fujian, representing a new national record for the genus: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #cicada #newspecies #taxonomy

Arthropod Photo of the Week: December 18, 2024 Bee fly Lordotus zona Diptera: Bombyliidae By Mason Salem, Arizona, USA #arthropodPOTW

Found my second Arkys enigma, Narara NSW Australia

Con gente del MACN, CEPAVE y Uruguay, recién describimos la araña Pikelinia schiapelliae (Filistatidae), hallada en arenales de Argentina y Uruguay. Muy simpática! (foto 1 por Damián Hagopián)

For those of you that are also present elsewhere 👇🏻 We intend to remain here on X / Twitter as well, at least whilst there remains interest in arachnids and our posts

Arkys furcatus (male) - Woy Woy Bay NSW Australia

This is an old one from the #phytools blog archive -- but here's how to use phytools::phylo.to.map with a custom (e.g., high-resolution) shape file base map: blog.phytools.org/2016/07/update….

So happy and proud of the research we did this summer and fall in the Chicagoland area! @noahskellyy @sageadelong

Join the @CINATInsectario to learn about insects, their history, applications, and importance in agroecological systems and ecosystems through talks and practical sessions. Today, we had Prof. @dimitriforero presenting his research on resin bugs! 🪲🌱 #InsectScience #OrgulloUNAL