May Berenbaum
@MayBerenbaum
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Entomologist
University of Illinois UC
Joined April 2009
One might think a raindrop could do serious damage to a tiny water strider. But a study shows that their low-density, hydrophobic exoskeletons allow them to surf jets and craters made by drops—or easily resurface if pushed underwater. In PNAS: https://t.co/xtgJFP5KVo
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Thanks, Danaus plexippus, for stopping by for a snack on your way out of town. Have a safe flight to Mexico!
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Come work with my new colleague in @iBioIllinois. And work with the #ABCLab too since we study the surface features and biomechanics of insect wings.
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We are seeking a TT Asst. Prof. in Quantitative Plant Biology at the U of Illinois! https://t.co/nRebtByoKH
@DiversifyEEB
@BlackBotanists
@DiversifyPlants
@BlackInMicro
@esa_tek #BlackBotanistsWk
@QueerEcoEvo
#firstgenforward #queerinSTEM #postdocchat #evolution
@evoldir
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Schadenfreude? A native spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) enjoys nectar from a Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), which, name notwithstanding, is invasive from Eurasia (aka "lettuce from hell thistle")
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Fascinating new study in MBE ( https://t.co/45KF2zCiNi) the Demodex folliculorum genome (Smith et al 2022). As reported in Popular Science https://t.co/eHcsTSZrMd One major discovery--face mites have an anus. Somehow that discovery seems so well-suited to 2022.
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US CBP recovered a pyralid species in baggage not collected for >100 years , but no news stories report the species name; maybe that's because specimens were sent to an "etymologist" for ID?
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there were no recorded encounters with this species of moth since they were first described in 1912. The moth species had never been collected
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Anurag Agrawal (@anuragasclepias) of @Cornell is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for ecological analysis which has increased our understanding of species adaptation. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: https://t.co/ZiMSlIV73z
#ecology
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Over his film career Nicholas Cage has one regret: eating a live cockroach in Vampire's Kiss. "I still feel bad for the cockroach"
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On this week's edition of #WingedWordsWindsday, on my blog @ https://t.co/BNGVPtwTX0, we have a trio of butterfly poems & a tribute to a pioneering entomologist! Image: Maria S. Merian (1647-1717), the founding mother of modern entomology.
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Our paper on olfactory receptor (OR) expression in seabirds is finally out! https://t.co/MU85DbNaLO Apparently the first expression study of ORs in any bird species, including chicken! Let's here it for society journals @GeneticsGSA #olfaction #Popgen
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Abstract. Procellariiform seabirds rely on their sense of smell for foraging and homing. Both genomes and transcriptomes yield important clues about how ol
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Here's my first time recruiting a postdoc via Twitter--a project focused on biology, metagenomics, and toxicology of honey bee pollen, beebread, nectar and honey needs you!
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The Scientist starts off 2022 with a story about a new paper (Esselstyn et al. 2021) describing 14 new shrew species in Sulawesi; Happy Shrew Year?
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Yesterday the world lost E O Wilson, who drew paradigm-changing insights from studying "the little things that run the world" Beyond science I'm grateful to him for using his incomparable communication skills and enormous intellect to advocate for protecting Earth's biodiversity.
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This spider showed up at our door with an interesting take on the concept of the exo-skeleton
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A tiger is loose on the UIUC campus! (Fake news? it's a tiger swallowtail nectaring on bee balm at the UI Pollinatarium prairie)
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Victor Robles of the Washington Nationals plays center field with a praying mantis on his cap; maybe the mantis was waiting for a pop fly?
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After I spent much of last week searching for moths to celebrate @Moth_Week with little success, this witch showed up literally at our front door. Pretty sure it's a black witch, Ascalapha odorata; its 6-inch wingspan gives it away
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Wow--5000 followers!! Thank you so much, Twitter!! I never thought I'd get there! I did a screen capture just in case it's a momentary blip...
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