Rachit Pratap Singh
@lepidos_Rachit
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PhD student @uniGoettingen @TreeDi1 | MSc @PhylMuseum Moth fanatic| Interested in deciphering the behaviour, ecology & bizarre morphology of ๐๐ฆ
Gรถttingen, Germany | Bangalore
Joined May 2018
Really pleased to see #phytools phylo.heatmap being put to such good use in "Genome assembly of a nocturnal butterfly (Macrosoma leucophasiata) reveals convergent adaptation of visual genes" by @lepidos_Rachit et al. in @CommsBio: https://t.co/vlOMxiNjHK.
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There are whole books on psychology that don't get anywhere near this paragraph from Dostoevsky
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So good to see the EcoEvo community building up where the skies are blue ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ I'm sailing over there at ๐ฆ lepidosrachit.bsky
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Like a moth to the flame? Not really..... In a new study we show that not all moths fly to lights directly but are disturbed way beyond the lit area ๐ Project leader Jacqueline Degen from Uni Wรผrzburg can stick little antennas on moths and track them with radar
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Hexapoda, a renewed journal from ESI - Call for Manuscripts For more info., visit our web. at https://t.co/OXlFfADwK1. Pls feel free to share this with your network. We appreciate your support and look frwd to engaging with the scientific community through our publication (ESI)
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The life strategies of #parasitoids are stunningly diverse, but no wasps that attack and develop inside adult flies have ever been described. Our article describes the first one. Its hosts: Drosophila melanogaster and other species of #Drosophila
#Entomology #Braconidae
Nature research paper: Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies
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An important article, laying bare the misplaced paranoia directed at wildlife researchers trying their best to study, document and raise awareness about India's wildlife riches. Researchers & Forest Department should be natural allies against other bigger threats! @CentralIfs
It is important that the effort and energies of the forest dept are devoted more towards the pressing challenges and threats to India's biodiversity rather than to arbitrarily and illegally acting against #wildlife researchers. Ritwick Dutta, Tiasa Adhyaโ๏ธ https://t.co/bP08WYc50a
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New #openaccess paper out in Ornithological Applications (@AmOrnith)! Now some ways away from the peak frenzy of COVID-19, showing us the bigger picture, we explored how exactly the pandemic impacted eBirding in India. (โ ๏ธ birders!) @ncfindia
https://t.co/JqRHkZufkK ๐งตbelow.
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Abstract. Many parts of the world lack the large and coordinated volunteer networks required for systematic monitoring of bird populations. In these region
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Yup. That's true! 3yrs ago
An entomologistโs phone will be like โhereโs some special memories for youโ and itโs literally a blurry photo of a bug #entomemeology #entomology
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New paper alert! we report on host selection of parasitoid wasps, important biocontrol agents in agriculture! Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp - Sasidharan - Ecological Entomology - Wiley Online Library
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Bracon brevicornis displays strong host selection behaviour and avoids Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) infected Spodoptera litura host. This behaviour is largely mediated by volatile cues. In hosts...
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Fully-funded PhD on moth trapping, automated ID, climate extremes & predator responses, with @DavidRoyBRC and me at @UniExeCEC in Cornwall. Deadline ** 29 July **. Please share! https://t.co/XLsVBbniId
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๐We are hiring, Please share๐ Our lab in the Dept of Entomology at National Taiwan University is looking for motivated Postdocs/PhD students interested in plant-insect interactions (start date flexible). Plz contact poanlin@ntu.edu with your CV attached. Thanks๐
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๐ข Exciting news! Our paper "Systematic challenges and opportunities in insect monitoring: a Global South perspective" has just been published online in @royalsociety's journal #PhilTransB. ๐ฆ๐ Check it out here: https://t.co/Xv5kaYQR29
#InsectMonitoring
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Abstract. Insect monitoring is pivotal for assessing biodiversity and informing conservation strategies. This study delves into the complex realm of insect
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Sacada spp. I prefer photographing them from the same angle. Not OCD, right? right?
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Majority of the moth records are from the ongoing faunal surveys in the Siang districts (Arunachal Pradesh), with support from the local community in Gobuk and other villages. Specimen images, genitalia and refs for each of these species can be found on
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Our latest paper (publ. by @TropLepATL) reports 10 exciting new additions to the Indian moth fauna. Several detailed descriptions and images of genitalia with habitus images of the previously unreported moths are also provided in the paper. ๐ฆ๐ Link to๐: https://t.co/GGT4t7rPyJ
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11 new articles were just published by @TropLepATL: Visit https://t.co/RkUws4hR1u for more information about the journal and the society.
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Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator, was born #OnThisDay in 1647. She collected insects and raised silkworms as a young girl, and was one of the first naturalists to observe insects directly and document metamorphosis. Watch our video with @bbcideas:
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