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@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-08-26 20:57:51

🦗 Genomics can help insect farmers avoid pitfalls of domestication
theconversation.com/genomics-c

Genomics can help insect farmers avoid pitfalls of domestication
Considering how easily bird flu swept through chicken farms, it’s clear that domestication has downsides. Lessons from the past paired with modern genomic technology can help with farming insects.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-09-25 23:17:07

🦗 Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds
#insects

Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that insect populations are rapidly declining even in relatively undisturbed landscapes, raising concerns about the health of ecosystems that depend on them.

@gscherer2@social.linux.pizza
2025-07-24 16:16:50

Flowers with butterfly. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, USA. December, 2017. #huntingtonlibrary #flowers #butterfly

Photo of tiny red, orange and yellow flowers, with a bright orange monarch butterfly hanging off one bunch of blossoms
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-07-15 16:20:12

And ... some more #insects from the eastern #Sauerland, this time from the BlĂĽtengarten - #Bruchhausen Sunday. A paradise for insect photographers, even if you have only a simple smartphone at hand.

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-09-11 20:08:23

#ecosystems #agriculture #insectapocalypse
Even in "remote" areas
"They found that 79% of Fiji’s endemic ant species were in decline, with impacts beginning at the time of…

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-09-11 20:08:23

#ecosystems #agriculture #insectapocalypse
Even in "remote" areas
"They found that 79% of Fiji’s endemic ant species were in decline, with impacts beginning at the time of…

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-08-08 13:00:16

"Climate-fuelled El Niño events are devastating butterflies, beetles and other tropical insect"
#Insects #Butterflies #Climate

Climate-fuelled El Niño events are devastating butterflies, beetles and other tropical insects
The research suggests the life-support system underpinning the tropics is at serious risk in a warmer world.

@playinprogress@assemblag.es
2025-07-15 07:05:26

#photography #bloomScrolling #beetle #insect

a square -ish closeup of an iridescent green and gold beetle sitting on a blue iris flower in bright sunlight
horizontal format closeup of the same beetle struggling to climb one of the iris petals and partially hidden by it. here the beetle is in shadow and looking mostly dark, in the background some greenery and a second out of focus iris plant are visible
@playinprogress@assemblag.es
2025-07-10 06:08:23

#photography #bloomScrolling #tulips #orange

a vertical format closeup of an orange and light pink tulip flower seen from above, in diffuse evening light, hovering over green foliage and a corner of a terracotta-colored planting container
almost the same view as before, but now a black insect becomes visible inside the tulip
again almost the same view, but now the black insect has reached the very top of the tulip flower