Andrew Maynard

Biosecurity Entomologist for Dep. Agr.

[Jacob Crawford @Skeeterology]

Great to see this work out! Congrats to all the fantastic collaborators!

Releasing incompatible males drives strong suppression across populations of wild and Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti in Australia https://t.co/WkkMMA4Qsa

[Dr Jessa Thurman @jessa_thurman]

Drilling through 4cm of wood is hard work, but it’s what these Braconid wasps are made for. I found them drilling in to the burrow of a Wood Moth (likely Endoxyla cinereus) this afternoon.
#wildoz

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@stephen_fricker @j_soghigian @MosquitoLab I only tend to use Ochlerotatus for lesser known species. Might stick to Aedes next time. Not sold it is rubrithorax but in that area. There’s a fine balance between putting a name on pics online so others have something to go off vs. muddying the waters

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

#mosquito #mossie #entomology

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@stephen_fricker @MosquitoLab Thanks! the proboscis is entirely dark scaled. It keys out well to rubrithorax (amongst common SE Aus mossies) but could very well be something else esp. since i have no ref to compare to. Hind femur 'band' isn't distinct like in alboannulatus. Ochlerotatus vs. Aedes is debatable

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@GoyensJana @cclemente4 looks internal - my guess would be it's either some fatty body/something related to what it's eating (or fungal maybe)

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@cclemente4 hmm, not sure. Don't think it's wasp. Dissect one?

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@BrytheFlyGuy 4:13 works well https://t.co/AV455RV7Z6

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@pmills_Apio87 Nah, I’d rather it be out there rather than wait for me to publish...

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

it's finally all wrapped up! If anyone is interested in Aedes albopictus and Ae. aegypti pop gen have a gander https://t.co/KqUkYLnm45 #phd #aedes #albopictus #aegypti #mosquito #popgen 🦟🧬🌏

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@RasicGordana I have permanent role as an entomologist at DAWE so see how that pans out! :P

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@pmills_Apio87 @jessa_thurman @americanbeetles @claudia_schipp @Briggs_EthanJ @InvertoPhiles @BrytheFlyGuy @StickmanBraxton @SASBiologists @Aust_Ent_Soc Oooh lucky!

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

Ochlerotatus rubrithorax. A mid-size mosquito that’s lives it’s aquatic stages in rock pools and groundpools in bushland. I spotted some large-ish larvae in a rock pool in a gully and figured it’d be something I… https://t.co/Vg2KPP3Uka

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

So good! 🦟

[Perran Ross @MosWhisperer]

Part 2

[Perran Ross @MosWhisperer]

The life of a mosquito #claymation

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@JulianBeaman I agree! It reminds me from Mikey from men in black. It’s a fungus weevil (Anthrobidae) - it’s a male I think which have the sexually diamorphic eye stalks

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

I've been wanting to take this guy's pic for a while and with imports slowing down I've finally had a chance to play around with our camera. A great example of the diversity of beetle body forms - do you know who it is? #beetle #entomology #coleoptera #biosecurity #macro

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

draft genome for the brown marmorated stinkbug Halyomorpha halys https://t.co/zt8Xu5R9YA

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@JulianBeaman @vkellermann1 @jessa_thurman also https://t.co/hBnAIJ7RHE @JulianBeaman

[Andrew Maynard @catchindembugs]

@JulianBeaman @vkellermann1 @jessa_thurman https://t.co/ll7alrrP1d has some insect info and good keys for Orders of insects