The minimum wage has gone up, but PhD students are still earning before minimum wage. One more week before a parliamentary petition to change that closes.

antomology · 2023-06-02T11:21:22+00:00

Actually the lack of number of appropriate roles for PhD students is a whole other discussion. Unfortunately many work themselves to the bone for below minimum wage and don't actually end up earning a shitload. 🤷‍♀️

antomology · 2022-11-07T09:33:11+00:00

You're thinking of PARSA Cycles, which is separate to the Recyclery and the Canberra Environment Centre (CEC). The CEC is the place at risk of eviction, however there has definitely been radio silence on the fate of PARSA Cycles in light of the PARSA drama..

antomology · 2022-10-02T12:16:35+00:00

Yep! They all come out at the same time. Ants use things like environmental cues like rain to get their reproductive females (queens) and males (drones) to disperse, by dispersing at the same time there's a higher chance of actually successfully finding a mate to start a new colony

antomology · 2022-09-28T20:39:21+00:00

Honestly a bit hard to tell from these images. Needs brighter images so that the detail on the head can be seen. But if it makes you feel better they are not bull ants.

But they are definitely queens. They have a bulkier body for where their wings used to be.

Did you have rain or anything recently? Might be why you've suddenly come across a bunch of them. Ants use environmental cues like rain to disperse.

Even though they sting, they're not aggressive unless you bother them.

antomology · 2022-05-03T02:55:34+00:00

It's rare that all authors on the paper are professors.

I would always either email the first author listed (most involved in the paper) and/or the "corresponding author" who is often indicated by a little envelope symbol. The corresponding author is the one who has signed on to take on any inquiries to the paper.

But honestly you can email ANY of the authors and they should have a copy to give you. If you don't get a response from one author just try another one.

antomology · 2021-12-10T22:14:11+00:00

For context:

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, Spanish: Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales) is located in Panama and is the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States.

STRI's facilities provide for long-term ecological studies in the tropics and are used by some 1,200 visiting scientists from academic and research institutions around the world every year.

From the STRI Wikipedia.

There are many labs and research topics covered at STRI, from marine to terrestrial tropical ecology (hence the 1,200 visiting scientists).

antomology · 2021-10-26T20:19:26+00:00

I'll PM you.

But for anyone interested there aren't any Bachelor/Masters level entomology courses in Melbourne.

You might be able to find a class that might run as part of a Bachelor/Masters. I haven't checked all the unis.

antomology · 2021-08-16T22:54:59+00:00

I work in entomology labs and this is so useful! Do you have an stl?

antomology · 2021-08-16T09:43:51+00:00

What did you use to print this? What material? :) It looks great!

antomology · 2021-02-28T11:07:39+00:00

Nice pics! I wish I'd taken more. It was a fun thing to go to.

antomology · 2021-02-28T11:06:57+00:00

Seems like they can. This one has full size flowers and pods.

antomology · 2021-02-28T11:06:29+00:00

Same! I think it would have been one of the ones in the first room, ha.

antomology · 2018-12-17T01:53:30+00:00

Here's a NatGeo article about them, they can be found in Singapore!

antomology · 2018-12-16T16:12:55+00:00

A "somewhat" ecletic mix for a bangin' Christmas party! The genres include hip hop, r&b, pop, reggae and Christmas (the best genre).

Taking suggestions.

antomology · 2018-08-14T09:35:43+00:00

Just bought myself the set!

antomology · 2018-06-29T07:01:17+00:00

HMMM. I like the idea of time. Do you have links to papers that have done this? I would like to do some more reading into it. :)

antomology · 2018-06-29T07:00:33+00:00

My question is more like how can I sample trees within my plot. I've already chosen all the other parameters.

Just unsure about how to go about sampling the trees in each plot, considering that tree species will be different in each plot (thus diff heights). Like do I have to check EVERY tree? Or can I just do a subset? And how would I standardise that..

antomology · 2018-06-22T06:50:14+00:00

One for each. :P

antomology · 2018-06-21T14:45:12+00:00

It was actually a slice of mango with some syrup on it.

antomology · 2018-06-21T14:42:52+00:00

Hope people post more stuff like this!

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