My main lesson from all this: follow your nose! This all started as a fun side project to figure out if we could map a new mutation in an insectary stock, and ended here!
November 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
My main lesson from all this: follow your nose! This all started as a fun side project to figure out if we could map a new mutation in an insectary stock, and ended here!
We do transport them like this, for sure! In the insectary, we tend to make fake flowers from chopped up drinking straws that we fill with sugar water or gatorade, though ideally they need a pollen source too.
November 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
We do transport them like this, for sure! In the insectary, we tend to make fake flowers from chopped up drinking straws that we fill with sugar water or gatorade, though ideally they need a pollen source too.
I should add, it got the name 'ivory' because the insectary stock had an aberrant pattern known as Piano Keys, which at some point started throwing out the occasional fully white butterfly. I couldn't help to run with the pun.
November 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I should add, it got the name 'ivory' because the insectary stock had an aberrant pattern known as Piano Keys, which at some point started throwing out the occasional fully white butterfly. I couldn't help to run with the pun.
Back in 2018, @wtf-r-species.bsky.social tweeted a picture of an ebay specimen that caught my eye. Through a long and elaborate process we ended up figuring out that there was an insectary mutant stock carrying a large deletion that caused this phenotype. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar... 3/
November 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Back in 2018, @wtf-r-species.bsky.social tweeted a picture of an ebay specimen that caught my eye. Through a long and elaborate process we ended up figuring out that there was an insectary mutant stock carrying a large deletion that caused this phenotype. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar... 3/
This winter, the MMCD Main Office in St. Paul is getting a new look! After 35 years, the MMCD Entomology Lab is receiving its first major upgrade with new capacity for disease testing, a new insectary, and expanded room for technicians.
Learn more at our website:
mmcd.org/2026/10/26/p...
Learn more at our website:
mmcd.org/2026/10/26/p...
PRESS RELEASE: Metropolitan Mosquito Control District to host a “wall-breaking” event to kick-off construction on remodeled public health lab
MMCD Rebuild
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October 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This winter, the MMCD Main Office in St. Paul is getting a new look! After 35 years, the MMCD Entomology Lab is receiving its first major upgrade with new capacity for disease testing, a new insectary, and expanded room for technicians.
Learn more at our website:
mmcd.org/2026/10/26/p...
Learn more at our website:
mmcd.org/2026/10/26/p...
Freshman year college, first semester, got a job at an insectary greenhouse raisin' BUGS. I hadn't even made it to day 1 when my mom forced me to quit because I was in school to study, not work. I was not deterred, so the next year I got a job at the vertebrate museum sortin' ALL MANNER OF FROGS.
In honor of the fired lady tell me about your shortest job tenure. I worked at a candy store for less than 2 weeks when I was like 16
October 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Freshman year college, first semester, got a job at an insectary greenhouse raisin' BUGS. I hadn't even made it to day 1 when my mom forced me to quit because I was in school to study, not work. I was not deterred, so the next year I got a job at the vertebrate museum sortin' ALL MANNER OF FROGS.
If I get a permanent job doing this and have my own lab, I'm going to invest in a drill press, so my students don't have to do it. That and rotate who has to power wash the insectary
October 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
If I get a permanent job doing this and have my own lab, I'm going to invest in a drill press, so my students don't have to do it. That and rotate who has to power wash the insectary
TP1 will establish a 3,900m² next-generation glasshouse, insectary and horticultural facility with the scale, precision, and data integration required for world-leading plant and microbial science.
October 13, 2026 at 9:15 AM
TP1 will establish a 3,900m² next-generation glasshouse, insectary and horticultural facility with the scale, precision, and data integration required for world-leading plant and microbial science.
🦟 Excited to launch our new #ESOVEECP Virtual Lab Tour Series!
First up: #Sandfly Rearing & Research with Dr. Jorian Prudhomme (Univ. Reims): insectary tour, protocols, live Q&A.
Plus tips for #ESOVE2026 in Valencia with Maria Cholvi Simó.
📅 Oct 6, 5:00 - 6:00 pm CEST
👉 Register via the QR code
First up: #Sandfly Rearing & Research with Dr. Jorian Prudhomme (Univ. Reims): insectary tour, protocols, live Q&A.
Plus tips for #ESOVE2026 in Valencia with Maria Cholvi Simó.
📅 Oct 6, 5:00 - 6:00 pm CEST
👉 Register via the QR code
September 7, 2026 at 10:54 AM
🦟 Excited to launch our new #ESOVEECP Virtual Lab Tour Series!
First up: #Sandfly Rearing & Research with Dr. Jorian Prudhomme (Univ. Reims): insectary tour, protocols, live Q&A.
Plus tips for #ESOVE2026 in Valencia with Maria Cholvi Simó.
📅 Oct 6, 5:00 - 6:00 pm CEST
👉 Register via the QR code
First up: #Sandfly Rearing & Research with Dr. Jorian Prudhomme (Univ. Reims): insectary tour, protocols, live Q&A.
Plus tips for #ESOVE2026 in Valencia with Maria Cholvi Simó.
📅 Oct 6, 5:00 - 6:00 pm CEST
👉 Register via the QR code
Thanks, Insectary!
August 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Thanks, Insectary!
Insectary for control of musk thistle, the Musk Thistle Rosette Weevil or Crown Weevil, Trichosirocalus horridus. This weevil develops in the crown of the musk thistle rosette. Damage by the weevil happens in the developing tissue of the plant. The damage stunts its growth….
April 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Insectary for control of musk thistle, the Musk Thistle Rosette Weevil or Crown Weevil, Trichosirocalus horridus. This weevil develops in the crown of the musk thistle rosette. Damage by the weevil happens in the developing tissue of the plant. The damage stunts its growth….
At the moment 9 (or 10 counting myself) - 4 postdocs, 4 PhD students, and a lab manager
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
To my fellow researchers in life science around the 🌎. I have a question: How many professionals (researchers, associate, assistant, tech, engineers...) vs students/postdoc/in your group (if part of big units with multiple groups, consider the unit). Pls indicate your country.
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At the moment 9 (or 10 counting myself) - 4 postdocs, 4 PhD students, and a lab manager
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
Join us for innovative ways to grow healthy plants without pesticides, from the owner of a native plant nursery! This talk is for nursery owners, growers, IPM leads, & anyone buying plants for a large project.
🗓️Oct 7 at 10am PT / 1pm ET
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🗓️Oct 7 at 10am PT / 1pm ET
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September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Join us for innovative ways to grow healthy plants without pesticides, from the owner of a native plant nursery! This talk is for nursery owners, growers, IPM leads, & anyone buying plants for a large project.
🗓️Oct 7 at 10am PT / 1pm ET
🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️Oct 7 at 10am PT / 1pm ET
🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Orange County just unveiled a $15 million mosquito control facility equipped with solar arrays and a climate-controlled insectary, marking a major leap in public health preparedness!
Learn more here
#OrangeCounty #FL #CitizenPortal #SustainabilityInnovation #MosquitoControlSafety
Learn more here
#OrangeCounty #FL #CitizenPortal #SustainabilityInnovation #MosquitoControlSafety
Orange County opens new $15 million mosquito control facility with solar arrays and climate‑controlled insectary
Orange County officials on Monday marked the ribbon-cutting of a new mosquito control facility in Pine Hills, calling the "little over $15,000,000" project a boost to public‑health preparedness that adds laboratory space, a climate‑controlled insectary and rooftop solar arrays.
citizenportal.ai
May 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Orange County just unveiled a $15 million mosquito control facility equipped with solar arrays and a climate-controlled insectary, marking a major leap in public health preparedness!
Learn more here
#OrangeCounty #FL #CitizenPortal #SustainabilityInnovation #MosquitoControlSafety
Learn more here
#OrangeCounty #FL #CitizenPortal #SustainabilityInnovation #MosquitoControlSafety
#CampusVisit
BTech. Biotechnology students of Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalitha Fisheries University(TNJFU), Chennai, recently visited NCBS for an insightful campus tour.
They visited the greenhouse, insectary and Drosophila facility.
BTech. Biotechnology students of Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalitha Fisheries University(TNJFU), Chennai, recently visited NCBS for an insightful campus tour.
They visited the greenhouse, insectary and Drosophila facility.
April 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
#CampusVisit
BTech. Biotechnology students of Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalitha Fisheries University(TNJFU), Chennai, recently visited NCBS for an insightful campus tour.
They visited the greenhouse, insectary and Drosophila facility.
BTech. Biotechnology students of Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalitha Fisheries University(TNJFU), Chennai, recently visited NCBS for an insightful campus tour.
They visited the greenhouse, insectary and Drosophila facility.
Great story on the Duke-NUS Insectary, mosquitos, and Menchie Manuel - the lab tech taking care of these little blood suckers 🩸
www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus/2024...
www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus/2024...
www.duke-nus.edu.sg
December 9, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Great story on the Duke-NUS Insectary, mosquitos, and Menchie Manuel - the lab tech taking care of these little blood suckers 🩸
www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus/2024...
www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus/2024...
In her 1931 study of the life history of Calliphora ochracea (pictured above) she wrote that each day she would release the captive fly she was studying so it could "fly around the insectary in the sunlight for a period of time". I think this is so sweet!
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In her 1931 study of the life history of Calliphora ochracea (pictured above) she wrote that each day she would release the captive fly she was studying so it could "fly around the insectary in the sunlight for a period of time". I think this is so sweet!
Dude, this is too cute! Thank you, and if you haven’t already make sure to follow Insectary for their comic skull queen too!
Finally got time to draw this pretty primate and baaaah-d bitch
May 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Dude, this is too cute! Thank you, and if you haven’t already make sure to follow Insectary for their comic skull queen too!
Man recruiters really throw spaghetti against the wall. Just got an offer for “insectary technician” at google. Apparently they set up product testing on mosquitos.
I’m guessing I was pinged for the R/python and data collection skills but I have 0 familiarity with molecular biology lol.
I’m guessing I was pinged for the R/python and data collection skills but I have 0 familiarity with molecular biology lol.
February 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Man recruiters really throw spaghetti against the wall. Just got an offer for “insectary technician” at google. Apparently they set up product testing on mosquitos.
I’m guessing I was pinged for the R/python and data collection skills but I have 0 familiarity with molecular biology lol.
I’m guessing I was pinged for the R/python and data collection skills but I have 0 familiarity with molecular biology lol.
Wondering how to use your @derbyuni.bsky.social Biology/Zoology Field Card given to you in induction week? Here I am using it in the department insectary to remind myself of insect morphology. 🧪🦗
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Wondering how to use your @derbyuni.bsky.social Biology/Zoology Field Card given to you in induction week? Here I am using it in the department insectary to remind myself of insect morphology. 🧪🦗
This also applies to other insect models! We have insectary facilities and I'd at least be happy to knock on doors and see if we can't sort something this week.
Across Penryn+Streatham UoExeter has many insect system facilities and models in use. Have ideas on aphid immunity if curious to collab.
Across Penryn+Streatham UoExeter has many insect system facilities and models in use. Have ideas on aphid immunity if curious to collab.
If you wanna slap something together #Drosophila folks I am happy to support Newton Postdoc fellows if I'm appropriate (either as host or ref).
Can chat quickly to sort a mad dash if interested. Can't promise as need to liaise w/ dept but if quick can try.
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
Can chat quickly to sort a mad dash if interested. Can't promise as need to liaise w/ dept but if quick can try.
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
March 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This also applies to other insect models! We have insectary facilities and I'd at least be happy to knock on doors and see if we can't sort something this week.
Across Penryn+Streatham UoExeter has many insect system facilities and models in use. Have ideas on aphid immunity if curious to collab.
Across Penryn+Streatham UoExeter has many insect system facilities and models in use. Have ideas on aphid immunity if curious to collab.
Insectary unveils new growhouse, enhancing production of biocontrol agents www.gjsentinel.com/news/western...
Insectary unveils new growhouse, enhancing production of biocontrol agents
The Palisade Insectary has completed a new growhouse that will allow it to greatly expand its ability to produce biocontrol agents, which are supplied to agricultural producers and others across
www.gjsentinel.com
March 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Insectary unveils new growhouse, enhancing production of biocontrol agents www.gjsentinel.com/news/western...