Tom Bilbo

Pretty much just insects, food, insect food, and food insects
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[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

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I've been convinced this is one of the most important nonprofits globally for fighting the trifecta of climate change, habitat loss, and pandemic risk.

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

it is here!! this short film turned out so well--deserving for such an illustrious career.

[Caterino Arthropod Biodiversity Lab @CaterinoLab]

Dr. John Morse was recently the subject of a short film "Caddisfly", directed by Olivia Lund Johnson. After a stint on the film festival circuit, it is now available for public viewing (account sign-up required): https://t.co/zTneFhgCtE
It's a lovely story. Please enjoy!

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

@TomKuhar Haven't you heard? Apple Pay is so cringe now. You gotta pay exclusively with a retina scan

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

@lorelopezipm @southernipm you did an awesome job organizing!

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

i call this one "Muad'Dib and the plantworm"

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

@Bertonemyia *awesome insect photos soon incoming*

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

Has anyone else seen syrphids laying eggs ON aphids??

on wild brassicas, Charleston, SC

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

the biodiversity in southern Appalachia is incredible. sky islands are incredible. so much left to learn from it!

[Caterino Arthropod Biodiversity Lab @CaterinoLab]

Clemson put out a nice press release featuring some of our recent Appalachian litter arthropod work:
https://t.co/wV4791InfP

[Tom Kuhar @TomKuhar]

Please check out our new MyIPM App. Only two crops tomatoes and cucurbits but it’s launched. More vegetables will be added over time. Please let me know if you are interested in participating in this useful new IPM tool for veggies.

[Lorena Lopez @lorelopezipm]

Erin Eure just finished a great presentation about the recently released MyIPM Veg App at the SE Veg and Fruit Expo in Myrtle Beach, SC. This is a new sister version of MyIPM App for fruits and row crops focused on Veg crops. Scan the QR cod e if you want to download it! #vegs

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

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Open tenure-track faculty position at Clemson in Turf and Ornamental Entomology! please forward to anyone who might be interested. For best consideration please apply by the end of November.

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

Great symposium! thanks to all the organizers and presenters

[Lorena Lopez @lorelopezipm]

Thanks to everyone who attended the Predators of the Acari World symposium yesterday. The session was a total success #EntSoc23 @AcarologicalSoc

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

New work by the @CaterinoLab used #metabarcoding to shed light on dark taxa in sky-island Appalachian leaf litter, assessing patterns of endemicity using large-scale, voucher-based barcoding - https://t.co/Iw7pjMrVvU
#OpenAccess #COI

Photos: M. Caterino/Clemson University

[Lorena Lopez @lorelopezipm]

My latest publication is featured in Entomology Today 🙂

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

@Bertonemyia @Thrips_iD @OhBuggers thanks! also not in my ID book...time for me to broaden my resources :) this is my first time running a legume trial so there have been lots of new insects to learn

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

@Thrips_iD @Bertonemyia @OhBuggers
Here is another one :)
Live specimens looked like six-spotted thrips at first, except with heavier pigmentation of the spots (becoming more like 3 lines). but pronotal setae do not look nearly long enough. any idea?

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

on snap bean foliage/flowers in charleston, SC

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

@Thrips_iD @OhBuggers thank you Manfred! it looks like that genus is not listed in the ID book i was using (Palmer, Mound, and du Heaume) which would partly explain why i couldnt get there :)

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

I am coming across (and trying to learn!) some new thrips species. Thrips people, does this look like Heliothrips spp. or am I way off? @Thrips_iD @OhBuggers

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

@Bertonemyia @Thrips_iD @OhBuggers i knew i forgot to tag someone! :)
unfortunately no. All i can recall is it was at least partially dark. it was from snap bean flowers. nearly all the thrips we see are Frankliniella but occasionally a few unknown dark species show up.

[Tom Bilbo @tbilb]

come join us in Charleston!

[Karin Albornoz @KarinAlbornoz3]

🍉🥬🥦🍅🍓The Postharvest Lab at @ClemsonUniv is recruiting!
We are seeking a #PhD student interested in 1) fruit/vegetable #quality and #shelf-life and 2) conventional and biotechnological approaches for reducing produce #losses and #waste.
@ClemsonCAFLS
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