Braxton Jones

I feel so honoured to have had this opportunity to talk about the amazing stick and leaf insects! I hope you are one step closer to the realisation that stick insects are the superior insect, or even the superior animal!

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…

@romainpboisseau @CurrentBiology @h_buscher WOAH! So amazing! I care!

@nvolpewild Do you know how many stick insects you just hugged!!!???

Omg I just want to be back in the desert again hugging my true love … spinifex! 😭☀️

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! 🌳💨

Have web-building #spiders evolved to be slower than their webless hunting variety? Seemingly not: ow.ly/2oGm50Q0zo3 #ProcB @KajaWierucka @StickmanBraxton @sderkarabetian @jonas_o_wolff

@laufw81 Thank you 😊

@StickmanBraxton That’s soooo cool!! 😮 both the pic and your camera set up 😉

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

Awesome work as always from all authors involved! Congrats @sarahbankaubin

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

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

Interested in #collectivebehaviour, #decisionmaking, and #ants? Check out my first #PhD paper, out today in @PNASNews! @ChrisRReid1, @sjmgarnier, Chris Lustri, @MarineMcnab, and I studied how colonies of ants make decisions when facing an uncertain task pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@DrKMAbrams @GinaGoesOutside @spiderdayNight Unfortunately this is one I am not familiar with 😔 But it’s pretty!

absolutely entranced with this guy. if anyone knows their phasmids and can make a solid ID I would love to add him to my mental bug dex

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! 🌿

@nvolpewild Ooh that’s a pretty exciting cage!

Sooooo much fun teaching Jingili Primary School about BUGS today! 😁🐞🐛🪲

@h_buscher 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

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

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

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

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

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