Josh Gibson, Ph.D.

Macro photograph, in top view, of two insects standing on a cluster of small, 4-petalled white flowers. Both insects have a red head and thorax and black at their back ends. The beetle on the right is slightly broader, and has a narrow white line separating the red and black parts of its body, as to suggest a narrow ant waist.

Model and mimic: a clever longhorn beetle (Euderces reichei, at right) tries its best to look like a local carpenter ant, Campontous decipiens, as they both feed on a spring dogwood flower. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas.

It is now February 27th in Japan

On this day, 30 years ago, Pokémon Red & Green were released in Japan and the franchise began.

Happy Birthday Pokémon!

#PokemonDay #Pokemon30

happy 30th anniversary pokemon
#ポケモン30周年

Florida turtle ant (Cephalotes varians) Nature Ecology & Evolution - Corrie S. Moreau studies the evolution of extreme armour and gut microbiomes in turtle ants.

How fun! I was invited to write a "Species Spotlight" for Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com and I chose my favorite species the Florida turtle ant Cephalotes varians! rdcu.be/e5EZK Including a stunning photo of ants I collected by @alexwild.bsky.social

Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

Hurricane Helene damage in a forest showing trees fallen down across a trail

Research biologist position at Clemson for work on forest wildlife/habitat recovery post-Hurricane Helene in western NC. Full time, multi-year position. Will be working with David Jachowski & myself, includes field work, analysis, writing.

**Apply by March 9**

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Three postdoctoral fellowships in quantitative biology are available as part of a new Quantitative Biology Initiative in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland.

Best consideration date: 3/14

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My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15

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Head on shot of a brownish-red moth larva on a thin tree branch. It has little white spots on its body. Its silhouette looks not unlike that of a lobster. It's grasping the twig of a plant. The background is green.

Here’s one lobster that you might not want with a side of butter: the lobster moth! Named for its lobster-like larval form, this wide-ranging insect inhabits parts of Europe & Asia. While it resembles a crustacean, it can also mimic ants as a way to deter potential predators.

A tortoise beetle on a leaf. The clear elytra extend past the body of the critter. The body is blue and yellow and iridescent.

Sometimes there are jewels just sitting on leaves out here

This is a tortoise beetle, beautifully iridescent, about the size of my fingernail.

A fuzzy jumping spider with bright pink chelicerae

An adorable little fuzzy spood
#inkdrawing #inverts #invertebrates #spider #sciart

Endorse!

Jagged Ambush Bug (western erosa-group)

#inverts #becurious

JOB ALERT! Lecturer in Biological Sciences Come and join us in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol! Closing date: Sunday 8 March

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We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!

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teeny tiny wingless parasitic wasp, probably genus Baeus. It is so round and fat and perfect. Its head is the size of the rest of its body.

just a little baby child (from @mosquitolab.bsky.social's pitfall samples; I can see how this one got sorted into the beetle pile)

Gratuitous X-ray microscopy imaging, a "bouquet" of developing soybean flowers.
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
@danforthcenter.bsky.social

Small reddish brown fuzzy Phidippus jumping spider, peering up at you from a blade of grass like she wants snacks

#EmotionalSupportSpood

Young Phidippus clarus lass with the biggest wettest begging puppy eyes you'll ever see on a real creature 🥹

Silly brown mantidfly with her grabby arms neatly folded, clutching a blade of grass, with her clear old skin still clutching that blade of grass below her

Newly emerged mantidfly with her old clothes nearby, wings dried, in my yard 🤎

Recruitment poster for 12 botanical or entomological field surveyors, April-September 2026. Closing date: January 30, 2026.

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Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens peering over its wet waiting for its prey.

Creeping over the edge waiting for the cricket… I love this #spider, it’s so colourful and active #tarantula #Chromatopelmacyaneopubescens

Mocha is now... MATURE! 🥹 We've never had a Phidippus Regius Bahamas THIS white before. She's absolutely stunning. Hopefully we can pair her this year🤞 #jumpingspider

I am looking for two postdocs to join our lab
- One (bio)image analyst
- One cell biologist interested to work on lymphatics!

The positions will open soon, be in touch!

If you are looking for a position in a microscopy facility, we will also be recruiting very soon, be in touch as well :)

his loyalty

screenshot of tweet saying "who the fuck is playing pokemon in antarctica" with a trade partner in antarctica

photo of me in antarctica playing my switch. adelie penguins are in the background

photo of me in antarctica playing my switch, with pokemon legends z-a. adelie penguins are in the background.

I've waited 3 years to make this post

A glass case with a large selection of insect models

A display of insect models

A display of marine models including inverts

A display of models including crabs

I found a gashapon museum and there were a lot of old invertebrate gashapon.

#InverteFest

A magnificent dragonfly larva model.

#InverteFest

Spring-Loaded Claws on a Wasp – Parasitoid Pincer Wasps YouTube video by Ant Lab

New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk

small male jumping spider with large main eyes, a faint rosy face, white "pom pom" pedipalps below the eyes, black & white striped legs

that time of the year when this little species (Habronattus ustulatus) becomes active

found this little male yesterday in eastern San Diego County, In-Ko-Pah County park, perched on little pieces of granite and quartz along wash edges

Macro photo of an extremely leggy, spiderlike back ant with white feet and a red head, in side/top view against a pure white background.

Macro photo of an extremely leggy, spiderlike back ant with white feet and a red head, in face view against a pure white background.

Found a nest of one of my favorites! A true oddball. Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus, the red-headed spider ant.

De kleurenpracht in de natuur is vaak onvoorstelbaar en magnifiek. Zoals van de Hedychrum nobile/niemelai #elkedageeninsect