Molly Hunter Lab

We strive to learn about insect hosts/microbial symbionts. Our interests are in the ecology, evolution, and heritability of these symbiotic relationships.

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This is the gorgeous study described in the NYT!

[Endosymbiont Ecology @symbiontecology]

Inaugural lab tweet! Congrats to Paul Lenhart and Kelly Jackson @kellyjaayy for research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! @EntsocAmerica #MulticoloredAsianLadybeetle #InvasiveSpecies

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This was a wonderful talk! And I got to meet Corrie Moreau at last!

[Dr. Corrie Moreau @CorrieMoreau]

Honored to present the first talk tomorrow morning (11/11 at 8:05am) in the #WomenInEntomology symposium. Great lineup of speakers so join us! #EntSoc18 https://t.co/jJ9g2NgPr6 @EntsocAmerica

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@u_matsuura So sorry for the series of natural disasters Japan has suffered in the last months. We've been thinking of our Japanese colleagues and their families and friends.

[Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @blacksciblog]

Dr. Felicia Goodrum (@goodum_viruslab) is an outstanding virologist studying HCMV, a fantastic mentor, and someone I am lucky to be able to call a colleague @UofA @UAresearch @BIO5 @UAmedtucson. #ThisWomanRocks

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As Mike Strand once said, "p'toids rule!"
Before These Parasitic Wasps Finished Devouring Live Flies, They Became Fossils https://t.co/flLvwxp68c

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So incredibly cool...

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

Parasitic vines that feed on parasitic wasps that feed on trees https://t.co/TSUwc3rn0z

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Why do millipedes have so many legs? https://t.co/P9QKFhm1LR
This is an incredible video about millipedes and the work of Paul Marek, former UA postdoc in Wendy Moore's lab. Check it out.

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So when you're planning your trip to Vancouver - plan to fly back on Thursday! #entsym18

[Dr. Earyn McGee, Lizard lassoer 🦎 @Afro_Herper]

Up here at the Southwestern Research Station there is an initiative to remove invasive bull frogs from ponds. During the removal process they found a tadpole of gigantic proportions. BEHOLD #SciComm #desert #skyisland #frogs #arizona #BLACKandSTEM #womeninStem #UAResearch

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Stephan Schmitz-Esser, our collaborator on Cardinium reproductive manipulation in Encarsia parasitic wasps, has also been working on the symbionts of another, slightly larger animal. Check it out: https://t.co/7QHiQ6dqYa

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One of our students in the lab photographed a predator eating her study organism. https://t.co/Il0wvftDhr

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A (hopefully) aposymbiotic leaf-footed bug adult!

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A second instar leaf-footed bug exploring a plant cage.

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Recently hatched leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus)

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Suzanne befriended a cohort of monarchs - this was release day... Featured are Suzanne and undergrad Ashley Little!

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New from Evelyne Mann, Stephan Schmitz-Esser, and members of the Hunter lab in mSystems - shows the expression of a #Cardinium #cytoplasmic-incompatibility strain in #Encarsia

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Molly was recently elected a AAAS Fellow!

[UAEnto @UAEnto]

Excellent talk about #insect #microbiome #symbiosis by Alison Ravenscroft today! 🐛🦋

[Molly Hunter Lab @MollyHunterLab]

Thanks everyone who came to the AZ Insect Fest! We love sharing what we do! Sad it's over but we're already looking forward to next year!

[Molly Hunter Lab @MollyHunterLab]

Come join us at the Arizona insect festival! We can't wait to see you at our "Life in Miniature" booth! We have lots to show you 👉🐛🐝🐞🦗🕷️