International journal for the study of social arthropods 🐝🐜🪳 https://insectessociaux.com/ https://link.springer.com/journal/40https://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3muogk24tx22zNew research article! 📰 A. D. dos Santos et al. demonstrate that soldier ants are deployed only at protein-rich food located close to the nest 🐜 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01134-5 #SocialInsects #DivisionOfLabor #AntForaging #CasteAllocation #Pheidole04 Sep 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3muogk24tx22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mujwhdugm22wNew research article! 📰 Amador Vargas et al. document for the first time a butterfly caterpillar that starts life eating treehoppers before sneaking into ant nests to feed on their brood 🦋 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01136-3 #SocialInsects #Myrmecophily #Lepidoptera #Carnivory #TrophicSwitch02 Sep 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujwhdugm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mujcb7ox6s2eBook Review 📔 Insect flight: an insect-eye view of flight behaviour in the wild—by John H. Brackenbury 2026 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01038-w02 Sep 2026 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujcb7ox6s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3muh3jih24s23New research article! 📰 Polidori & Ferrari reveal that whether a bee nests underground or in the open, and whether it lives alone or in a colony, largely determines which parasitic flies will target it 🐝 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01127-4 #SocialInsects #Parasitism #WildBees #CoEvolution #Diptera01 Sep 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh3jih24s23https://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mu2ev45doc2nThe tarantulas that decided to live with ants 🕷️ What happens when you go looking for one spider and find dozens of tarantulas living inside ant nests? A discovery nobody saw coming. https://insectessociaux.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/the-tarantulas-that-decided-to-live-with-ants/ #SocialInsects #Tarantulas #Myrmecophily #DesertEcology #Arachnology27 Aug 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ev45doc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mtz3ncm35c2dNew research article! 📰 Euo et al. uncover the hidden larval side of Korea's wasp-mimicking hoverflies, confirmed for the first time developing inside native yellowjacket nests 🪰 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01129-2 #SocialInsects #Syrphidae #BatesianMimicry #VespidNests #InsectDiversity26 Aug 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz3ncm35c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mttlpnqnhc22New research article! 📰 Cabral et al. show that a tiny tarantula raises its young inside active leaf-cutting ant nests, exploiting them as a refuge against the scorching Argentine desert heat 🕷️ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01131-8 #SocialInsects #Myrmecophily #Theraphosidae #Arachnology #Symbiosis24 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttlpnqnhc22https://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mtiqppkjwc25New interview with a social insect scientist! 🎙️ Hannes argues that requeening a hive is, from a biological standpoint, killing it 🐝 https://insectessociaux.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/interview-with-a-social-insect-scientist-hannes-bonhoff/ #SocialInsects #HoneyBees #Superorganism #Beekeeping #EvolutionaryBiology20 Aug 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiqppkjwc25https://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mt6ujx2mjc2rNew research article! 📰 Gamboa et al. show that in Veromessor andrei, who you are reproductively predicts your bacterial community better than what job you perform 🐜 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01128-3 #SocialInsects #HarvesterAnts #Microbiome #AntMicrobiome #TaskAllocation16 Aug 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6ujx2mjc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mt5c4jmuf22eBeyond what meets the eye: where do the galleries of arboreal termite nests extend? 🌱 In this blog, Mário takes us underground to discover the chambers built by tree-nesting termites. https://insectessociaux.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/beyond-what-meets-the-eye-where-do-the-galleries-of-arboreal-termite-nests-extend/ #Socialinsects #Termites #EcosystemEngineering #SoilEcology15 Aug 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5c4jmuf22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3msxcnzui6k2vNew research article! 📰 Schneider & LaPolla demonstrate that ant-associated root mealybugs have evolved distinctive body structures found in no free-living species 🔬 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01117-6 #SocialInsects #Myrmecophily #Trophobiosis #InsectMorphology #NewSpecies13 Aug 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxcnzui6k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3msw74o6dpc2gNew interview with a social insect scientist! 🎙️ Samuel walked into a spider’s web one evening, and came back to find the spider sitting in “the most beautiful work of art” he had ever seen 🕷️ https://insectessociaux.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/interview-with-a-social-insect-scientist-samuel-j-john/ #SocialInsects #Spiders #Science #Ecology12 Aug 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw74o6dpc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3msrzg5we5k2jNew review article! 📚 Bonhoff & Helanterä argue that a honeybee colony is not immortal but a succession of mortal superorganisms, each giving birth to the next much like a viviparous animal 🐝 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01124-7 #SocialInsects #HoneyBee #Superorganism #ColonyLifeCycle #EvolutionaryBiology11 Aug 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrzg5we5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3msognjcedc2iNew research article! 📰 M. H. de Oliveira et al. found that a tree-nesting termite extends its colony underground, enriching soil nutrients in one of Brazil's harshest dryland environments 🌱 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01126-5 #SocialInsects #TermiteEcology #EcosystemEngineering #SoilScience #Caatinga09 Aug 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3msognjcedc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3msfnmitdtk2sNew research article! 📰 Li et al. show that termite workers fight hard against ant predators only when their queen is present, switching to escape when she is gone 👑 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01125-6 #SocialInsects #TermiteBehavior #ColonyDefense #BehavioralPlasticity #QueenControl06 Aug 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfnmitdtk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3msd4fc6owc2fNew research article! 📰 Farji-Brener et al. show that when rain stops, acacia ants rush back to the branches worth defending most 🌿 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01121-w #SocialInsects #AntPlantMutualism #OptimalDefense #TropicalEcology #AcaciaAnts05 Aug 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3msd4fc6owc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3msam6ccb4s2fNot only do bees dance: underground communication between ants and root mealybugs 🐜 Beneath cacao trees, mealybugs "talk" to their ants through a language that went misunderstood. https://insectessociaux.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/not-only-do-bees-dance-underground-communication-between-ants-and-root-mealybugs/ #SocialInsects #AntBehavior #InsectCommunication #Trophobiosis04 Aug 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3msam6ccb4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mracdmtxms2aNew research article! 📰 Bomfim et al. reveals that a mealybug's rapid abdominal movements aren't a defense mechanism at all, but a signal calling ants over for help � 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01114-9 #SocialInsects #Mutualism #AntCommunication #Trophobiosis #MyrmecologyResearch22 Jul 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mracdmtxms2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mr2vqgvpoc25New research article! 📰 S. John explains how a jumping spider slips past aggressive weaver ant patrols to steal their prey and even their brood 🕷️ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01120-x #SocialInsects #Myrmecophily #JumpingSpider #Trophobiosis #IslandEcology20 Jul 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2vqgvpoc25https://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mqhadyt47s2pNew research article! 📰 Carta et al. show that honey bee colonies in crowded apiaries produce more drones with higher sperm counts, but pay for it with reduced worker comb construction 🍯 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01118-5 #SocialInsects #SpermCompetition #Apiculture #DroneProduction #SexualSelection12 Jul 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhadyt47s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mq4mwocwec2gNew research article! 📰 Brito et al. reveal that six social wasp species each carry a unique cuticle chemical signature, and that nest architecture may help shape it 🧪 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01116-7 #SocialInsects #ChemicalEcology #AmazonianWasps #CuticularHydrocarbons #WaspBehavior08 Jul 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4mwocwec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mq2echa2ks2nThe ant that steals its neighbour's dinner, and gets away with it 🥷 Hayato tells us about an ant that gets caught stealing its neighbour's food, freezes, and walks away unharmed. https://insectessociaux.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/the-ant-that-steals-its-neighbours-dinner-and-gets-away-with-it/ #SocialInsect #Cleptobiosis #AntBehavior #Myrmecology #AntSymbiosis07 Jul 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2echa2ks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mpnp4xnkcc26New research article! 📰 Yabe et al. show that CO₂ emissions alone predict colony biomass with striking accuracy, and repeated measurements leave the colony unharmed 💨 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-026-01113-w #SocialInsects #Termites #ColonySize #Biomass #BehavioralEcology02 Jul 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnp4xnkcc26https://bsky.app/profile/insectessociaux.bsky.social/post/3mpg57hogws2cNew interview with a social insect scientist! 🎙️ "Who cares?" was the answer Judith Korb got when she first asked why termites bother being eusocial. She's spent her career proving the question mattered 🌍 https://insectessociaux.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/interview-with-a-social-insect-scientist-judith-korb/ #SocialInsects #Termites #Evolution #Savannah29 Jun 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:4uiyfpcmmdvjptr6bofuv742/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpg57hogws2c