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Moths are amazing! An incredible tailed moon moth in flight, captured by @braiello . Look at the amazing twisted tails behind the moth. Gorgeous!
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新しい鱗翅目の系統論文を#PNASに書いた。蛾は役3兆年前にトビケラから進化し、蝶は1兆年ほど前に昼間飛ぶようになったことが化石と遺伝子を使って分かった。pnas.org/content/early/…
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Entomologists!!! I am compiling fascinating/incredible facts about insects for a book. If you have any facts/stories about incredible things that insects do, please share by reply or email. Email is same as my first [dot] last name at gmail. Bugs are amazing! Please RT! Thanks!
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Every entomologist should know these 2 facts, so u can say it when asked why insects are important: $57Billion/yr is the benefit of insects to US as pollinators, decomposers, pest control etc; and >40% of all insects may go extinct in ~2-3 decades at current rate. RT if you care
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One of my favorite photos, a stunning tiger moth, posting here to celebrate #NationalMothWeek . Amerila sp. Philippines; by
@BiodiversiLary
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Another gorgeous moth to celebrate #NationalMothWeek . Eye-tailed moth, Sematura luna (Sematuridae). Eye wing marks likely to fool birds, twisted tails likely to fool bats. Photo by @BiodiversiLary
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Very cool paper published today in @PNASNews showing that scales on #moth wings can absorb #bat #ultrasound pnas.org/content/early/…
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Special issue on #insectdeclines is out in #PNAS today! Our article is one of many; we present steps on how to slow declines! Insects are important- each of us can contribute to help save them! @PNASNews @FloridaMuseum @BiodiversiLary @BarberLab @XercesSB pnas.org/content/118/2/…
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地球上の昆虫が急激に減っている。今週、世界中の学者がまとめてPNASに論文を13紙発表した。私は近年の昆虫の減少を止める8つの方法について書いた。この方法に取り組むことで、昆虫の減少を抑制することが出来る。８つの方法: #1. 庭を様々な野生の生息地にする。(2-8 続く)👇pnas.org/content/118/2/…
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2.在来植物を栽培する。
3.農薬や除草剤の使用を減らす。
4.屋外の照明を少なくする。
5.車の洗浄に使用する洗剤の排水を抑え、車道の防水剤や除氷塩の使用を減らす。
８つの方法(残る3つ続く)👇
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6.昆虫に対する否定的なイメージを払拭する。
7.教育者して昆虫の保護を提唱していく。
8.地域の自治体へ参加し、科学への支援を求める。
皆んなで昆虫保護に協力しよう！
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河原昆虫研究室の蝶と蛾のリサーチが生命誌研究館の季刊に出た！「昼と夜を分けた鱗翅目昆虫の進化」brh.co.jp/publication/jo…
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Did you know? We wouldn’t have *Chocolate* if it weren’t for insects? The Chocolate Midge #fly (Theobroma cacao) is the main pollinator of the cacao plant. No chocolate if it weren’t for this little fly! #SaveInsects #NatureEducation
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プラチナコガネを見つけた!!! 体はピカピカの銀色、脚は紫色に輝く。素晴らしいコガネムシだ。今朝、コスタリカの森の中1500mで。 (Chrysina chrysargyrea)
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夜間採集。大量の蛾だ。昨夜 - Costa Rica, Monteverde. #Lepidoptera #insects
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Day 2, #NationalMothWeek! Here's a vid I took of an amazing wasp moth. Yes, it's a moth, not a wasp! Pseudosphex ichneumonea (Erebidae), Costa Rica @Moth_Week
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Day 4, #NationalMothWeek . Today's #moth is Uropyia meticulodina (Notodontidae). Check out the visual illusion! Head points to the left and wing pattern makes it look like a curled leaf! Photo: W.-C. Chang @Moth_Week
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Day 7, #NationalMothWeek. Moth of the day is a tiger moth that "floats" its pupa in air and creates a golden silk basket around itself to protect against predators. Fascinating defense behavior! Photo: J. Horstman. #moth_week @Moth_Week
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Very interesting study published today in @CurrentBiology showing that moth wings' ripples may be to lure predatory bats away from their bodies as defense! Moths are just so cool! By @drtomneil, Marc Holderied and colleagues. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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知っていましたか? 皆様の大好きな*チョコレート*は昆虫がいるからあるものなのです。南米に住む小さなハエ（Theobroma cacao）がココアの花に受粉することによってココアとチョコレートが作れるのです。昆虫を守ろう！
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発表しました！いろんな蛾が超音波を出す！ヤガ、ヒトリガ、スズメガ、シャクガなど。毒を持つことを超音波を出して敵のコウモリに知らせている。音を擬態する無毒の蛾もいる。私達が書いた科学論文はこちら👇夜行性の昆虫は面白い！biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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One of Darwin’s Hawkmoths, on my hand yesterday. #AmazingInsects
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Wow! Very cool research, #Hawkmoths lay more eggs on plants that are already damaged by #beetles! Moths hone in on a chemical that is released when prior insect damage occurs. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… photo: Mohammed Salman. Thanks @BarberLab for the heads-up
Professor & Curator of Moths & Butterflies @UF | #Insects | #InsectDecline | @TEDx |フロリダ大学教授 | 昆虫学者 | @FloridaMuseum | PI @KawaharaLab | 河原章人 | he/him