Sci Steve 𓆣⸙

Ecology PhD student. Follow me for an annual tweet.

[Entomological Society of Victoria 🐛🐜🦟🐞🕷️🦗 @EntSocVic]

#EntSocVic are publishing a new book, Lacewings of Victoria, authored by long time Society member Ken Harris. This book showcases 137 species of lacewings across 14 families found in Victoria. Available from our store on Aug 19th, 2025 ($20 + postage). https://t.co/P45B2kZAAd

[Eucalypt Australia - Archived @EucalyptAus]

📣 Announcement for Victorian gum nuts!
Ticket sales for Leon Costermans' Eucalypt ID Field Trip open THIS FRIDAY at 1 pm AEDT!

Details and booking link: https://t.co/EXHSudi7BM

#NationalEucalyptDay2025 #TreeID

[Alexander Piper @bigsnpenergy]

Our group is recruiting 3 PhD students for insect IPM projects:
1- Exploring the genomic basis of virulence in grapevine phylloxera 🍇
2- Optimising sampling for surveillance and diagnostics of grain pests. 🌾
3- Investigating the use of biological control in almond IPM 🐞

[Juliano Sarmento Cabral @cabral_sarmento]

Our metabolismus-based metapopulation range model for simulating species range dynamics is online @MethodsEcolEvol. It is a framework in which you can build your own model structure or use our functions, including biotic interactions. Check it out: https://t.co/JYCZfVRgUW

[Alexander Piper @bigsnpenergy]

My PhD student Lachlan Gretgrix gave his first conference talk on improving quantification of #metabarcoding assays for agroecosystem monitoring at @Aust_Ent_Soc conference! Presenting experiments using unique molecular identifiers to reduce amplification bias

[Sci Steve 𓆣⸙ @SciWithSteve]

Great to hear, it was definitely a highlight of the Aus Inland Botanical Garden when I visited a few years back

[Jim Shugg @JimShugg]

2500 years old …

[Entomological Society of Victoria 🐛🐜🦟🐞🕷️🦗 @EntSocVic]

Visit #EntSocVic at the 2024 Insect Expo at Woodend this weekend, Oct 4th to 6th. Day 1 was very busy ….the calm before the storm on Saturday 😁

[Australian Entomological Society @Aust_Ent_Soc]

🪰New research shows that high temperature and humidity degrade DNA in colony-bred fruit flies, helping improve pest sampling methods for better pest control. https://t.co/UmiZhIQNjr

[Sci Steve 𓆣⸙ @SciWithSteve]

@amtcastle Imposter syndrome would probably do GPT-5 some good

[Will Cornwell @will_cornwell]

Ever have trouble with a list of out-of-date aussie plant names? We've got a new fast and easy R package and Shiny app that should speed fixing them up! https://t.co/w4PHODS1Sg

[Sci Steve 𓆣⸙ @SciWithSteve]

@lachlantegart @ResearchMenzies @UTAS_ That's fantastic Lachlan! Well done!

[Robin Sinclair @RobinSSci]

An American news website picked up our recent baby quoll story which is lovely, but I'm losing it at how they've described Mt Gibson's location 😭

[Julia G. de Aledo @juliagdealedo]

📦Trying out the new PhyloshapeR package (by @iramosgutierrez)
🥳Amazing tool, easy to use, cool outputs!
🗺️Here the species of my thesis (tropical woody plants) in the shape of South America!

[Lizzie Speechley @LizzieSpeechley]

Excited to chat about our latest research on @ABCaustralia’s the #DrawingRoom with Andy Parks. Listen below to learn about the wonderful minds of magpies:

https://t.co/xqT2orWCCY

@mandy_ridley @Ben_Ashton9 @CEB_UWA @CornishJackdaws @UWAresearch @uwanews @BiolSci_UWA

[Amrita Srivathsan @asrivathsan.bsky.social @asrivath]

Excited to share that our work on metabarcoding of dissolved feces from flies for vertebrate detection is a #TopDownloadedArticle in Molecular Ecology. Vertebrate detection using iDNA made simpler and cheaper https://t.co/dwYHErRI4x

[Ismael Soto (I²) @ismasoto]

Navigating the storm of terms in Invasion Science. ⛈️🚢 Our new work published in Biological Reviews clears up the terminological tempest in Invasion science
See at: https://t.co/CDbIHvfWFl #InvasionScience #InvasiveSpecies #ecology

[StoneLab_ASU @StoneLab_ASU]

Ever wondered if moths and butterflies are distinct phylogenetic groups? It turns out that butterflies form a monophyletic group, but moths don't. Butterflies are actually nested within moth branches on the phylogenetic tree. #2024MMM https://t.co/oVtEIxvlbe

[Entomemeology @entomemeology]

Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana

#entomemeology