Insect Evolutionary Biology lab at Brigham Young University

Joined February 2018
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20 Nov 2019
Super proud of our lab! Undergrads took home three awards from international summer research! Thanks to my graduate students for excellent mentorship! And @SysEB_Entsoc for all the hard work! #ESA2019 @carpophilus @pyractomena @nsaxton55 @BYU @BYUKennedyCtr
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20 Nov 2019
Winners!!! Senior personnel prevail! Thanks ESA. #ESA2019@ZaspelLab⁩ ⁦@Dr_Akito
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BybeeLab retweeted
Nice #firefly poster by @BybeeLab members. Atyphella species from Vanuatu. #Coleptera #Lampyridae #EntSoc19
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Two populations of Pyractomena out last night. It might be a little late, but Utah fireflies are continuing to light up!
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1 Jun 2019
We were invited to watch land diving in Pentecost. It is to bless the yam harvest. #intense. We’ll name a new species of damselfly after the ritual (see other post) BYU study abroads are amazing!!! @BYUKennedyCtr @BYU @carpophilus
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31 May 2019
You are looking at the gnarly hand of my new killer MS student @nsaxton55 which is holding our most recently discovered new species from Vanuatu. We’re going to name it after the local practice of land diving (see next post). #newspecies #Conservation @BYUKennedyCtr @BYU @byubio
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30 May 2019
I’m sure it was with flying colors!
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25 May 2019
Odonates everywhere, probably because of water features like this....
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24 May 2019
Just finished chasing fireflies in the highlands of Maewo, Vanuatu. 88 captured.
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17 May 2019
We spent two days at the top of a volcano collecting. More insects there than you would think
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18 May 2019
Ambrym Vanuatu
17 May 2019
We also have been working with the marine fireflies here. Check out how almost all of the second to last abdominal segment is bioluminescent. That is a first for me! @pyractomena @dr_firefly @skbrannoch @UCSB_OakleyLab
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17 May 2019
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17 May 2019
Walking Sticks have been found on Ambrym! @stickinsect71 obligatory headshots. Two large females.
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13 May 2019
@carpophilus⁩ Gareth collecting in the river in Malekula. Seriously he is!!! Check the pics attached. Best Trichoptera collecting I’ve ever seen! #thisisourjob #biologyisawesome@BYUKennedyCtr⁩ ⁦@paulbfrandsen
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13 May 2019
Those are tricops all over his back! @carpophilus @paulbfrandsen seriously the best way ever to collect. #fieldwork
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8 May 2019
You know you are in a different place in the world when one of the most deadly animals in the world is constantly at your feet. #seasnake #poison #beauty
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8 May 2019
I should also say they are exceptionally docile and no threat to us.
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