Samantha Standring

Wrapping up intro biology lab research presentations in style. Hand knitted and designed- every major phyla covered in the class ... and a few prokaryotes and viruses because the microbiologist in my department insisted 😊 I'm sure @markowenmartin would approve of the decision

@uc_faculty @UofCalifornia I want to speak to faculty who feel hurt, blindsided, and angry about the #FairUCNow strike. Faculty are most immediately hurt by these strikes, and it can feel unfair especially for those who have spent their career trying to make grad ed better.

@sam_standring presenting on the phylogenomics of #TrueBugs at #EntSoc2022. Impressive work!👏

Symmetric mating with asymmetrical genitalia?? Great talk by @StephCastill0 at #JAM2022 #EntSoc22

Brilliant Heteroptera research by @sam_standring !

Great presentation by @DrBeccasBugs !!

If you’re at #EntSoc22 come see my talk on Australian termites tomorrow at 1:54 in room 217!! Art by @ecoart_sci

Big shout out to @sam_standring paper about Rubyspot Damselflies! It a great collab! @RhainerGuille @JonathanPDrury @kukubean @BybeeLab @JessicaLWareLab @DrBeccasBugs @Bota_Sierra Greg, Luis & Antonio mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/9…

Announcing the True Bug Biodiversity Short Course June 2022, Riverside, California. Please direct questions and application materials to Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain at rhoey001@ucr.edu .

[#Entomology] Pseudocetherinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) revisited: phylogeny and taxonomy of the lobe-headed bugs. ⬇️ 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20… 🖋️ @StephCastill0 - Dávid Rédei & @carayonia #AssassinBugs #bugs #Reduviidae #Hemiptera #phylogeny #taxonomy

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Why would a predator risk tapping its dangerous prey before attacking? Fernando Soley and I had so much fun figuring this out. @AlbanyBiology @BiolJLinnSoc academic.oup.com/biolinnean/adv…

Great talk by @sam_standring at @EntsocAmerica meeting! Thread-legged assassin bugs are beautiful!! #entsoc21

Want to find out what #termite you are most like and maybe learn a thing or two too? Take this @buzzfeed quiz to find out! #scicomm #phdchat #personality #insects #entomology cover art by @ecoart_sci buzzfeed.com/beccasbugs/wha…

@JessicaMaccaro I love watching their wings unfurl 😍

A stonefly I found molting by a stream in Big Sur 💧I love stumbling upon #molting #insects because I can’t tell right away what they are🤔 I get to reinvigorate that sense of absurdity and awe for these little creatures that made me fall in love with them in the first place 💕

@JessicaLWareLab Beautiful!!

@BeccasBugs @singaporemacro @Myrmecos They really are!

@singaporemacro @Myrmecos @samijoe_smith maybe assassin bugs really are the coolest

This ant-snatching assassin bug nymph has found the perfect place to stop and ambush ants, before inserting the carcass on its back to create a corpse-pile. I like to call this the meat shield.

if you think that widow spiders are it... here's a thread-legged bug that has lured the spider from it's web, manipulating the spider web to mimic struggling prey. and then when the spider comes out, WHAM, strong bug venom. venom on venom

@pyractomena Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

To celebrate this upcoming #fireflyfriday, I will be defending my dissertation. Wish me luck!