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New blog online! The Great Gypsy Moth War ; a story about hairy caterpillars and big jawed beetles. https://t.co/JpOnvDysqL #beetle #moth #pests

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Old school supplies @ the Max Planck office supply room. Don't think there are computers left that could use them..

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Look at that difference in color, after only 3 generations of selection! New update and more info at https://t.co/9n5jgcGBV8 #selection

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@AcademiaObscura Thought you were messing with us... : Academia is killing my friends

[D Attenborough @Attenboroughs_D]

Entomology joke #104

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Insect can apparently taste with their legs, want to know more? Read our guest post by Dr. Stefan Pentzold: https://t.co/hLmfWZR6W6

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Think you can guess which of the 2 is from the orange-selected line and which from the black-selected line? More on: https://t.co/R2bPboFUrQ

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March for science Jena, Germany. #marchforscience

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New update on 'Dutchifying beetles'; do big beetles make big beetles? and is color heritable? Find out now! https://t.co/R2bPboFUrQ

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@Cotesia1 yeah, Orange is the new black was already taken..

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If they win, they'll sequence the Bombardier beetle! (should've called it the Explosive Butt Beetle) https://t.co/jPJu9FDjKj #genome #PacBio

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New project online: "Dutchifying beetles"! You don't have to check it, but it does include a 3d beetle! @Ontogenie https://t.co/R2bPboFUrQ

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New post: Jumping gene turns snake white(r) - by Suzanne Saenko https://t.co/zOG7MeJwNL #cornsnake #colorpattern #transposon

[LeidenBiology @LeidenBiology]

Maurijn van der Zee, evolutionary biologist @LeidenBiology , received the National Zoology Award https://t.co/xAH6YpHUT4.

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If I wouldn't turn them back over, they would do this until they die... #tenebrio

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She spend so much time on her back that it left its mark. #things you can say about a beetle but not about your wife.

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"The woman from the ‘slow line’, however, would be pregnant for 48 weeks!" - new project update online! https://t.co/R2bPboFUrQ #selection

[Stephen Heard @StephenBHeard]

My students like to see if I'm paying attention when I read their proposals. This one very much improved my day.

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My list of deceased beetles, looks awfully colorful doesn't it. Pattern = coincidence

[The Guardian @guardian]

For the first time ever an insect has demonstrated learning abilities beyond anyone’s expectation