We strive to learn about insect hosts/microbial symbionts. Our interests are in the ecology, evolution, and heritability of these symbiotic relationships.

Joined September 2016
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This is the gorgeous study described in the NYT!
Inaugural lab tweet! Congrats to Paul Lenhart and Kelly Jackson @kellyjaayy for research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! @EntsocAmerica #MulticoloredAsianLadybeetle #InvasiveSpecies
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This was a wonderful talk! And I got to meet Corrie Moreau at last!
Honored to present the first talk tomorrow morning (11/11 at 8:05am) in the #WomenInEntomology symposium. Great lineup of speakers so join us! #EntSoc18 esa.confex.com/esa/2018/meet… @EntsocAmerica
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Molly Hunter Lab retweeted
Dr. Felicia Goodrum (@goodum_viruslab) is an outstanding virologist studying HCMV, a fantastic mentor, and someone I am lucky to be able to call a colleague @UofA @UAresearch @BIO5 @UAmedtucson. #ThisWomanRocks
1. Pick a female colleague 2. Describe why she’s awesome 3. Use the hashtag #ThisWomanRocks Let’s hear about a ton of cool women!
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So incredibly cool...
30 Aug 2018
Parasitic vines that feed on parasitic wasps that feed on trees nyti.ms/2C0PYeh
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Why do millipedes have so many legs? wapo.st/2AZ4UZJ This is an incredible video about millipedes and the work of Paul Marek, former UA postdoc in Wendy Moore's lab. Check it out.
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So when you're planning your trip to Vancouver - plan to fly back on Thursday! #entsym18
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Molly Hunter Lab retweeted
Up here at the Southwestern Research Station there is an initiative to remove invasive bull frogs from ponds. During the removal process they found a tadpole of gigantic proportions. BEHOLD #SciComm #desert #skyisland #frogs #arizona #BLACKandSTEM #womeninStem #UAResearch
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Stephan Schmitz-Esser, our collaborator on Cardinium reproductive manipulation in Encarsia parasitic wasps, has also been working on the symbionts of another, slightly larger animal. Check it out: cals.iastate.edu/features/20…

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One of our students in the lab photographed a predator eating her study organism. x.com/VogtJessicaR/status/96…

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A (hopefully) aposymbiotic leaf-footed bug adult!
A second instar leaf-footed bug exploring a plant cage.
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Recently hatched leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus)
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Suzanne befriended a cohort of monarchs - this was release day... Featured are Suzanne and undergrad Ashley Little!
New from Evelyne Mann, Stephan Schmitz-Esser, and members of the Hunter lab in mSystems - shows the expression of a #Cardinium #cytoplasmic-incompatibility strain in #Encarsia
Molly was recently elected a AAAS Fellow!
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Molly Hunter Lab retweeted
20 Oct 2017
Excellent talk about #insect #microbiome #symbiosis by Alison Ravenscroft today! 🐛🦋
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Thanks everyone who came to the AZ Insect Fest! We love sharing what we do! Sad it's over but we're already looking forward to next year!
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Come join us at the Arizona insect festival! We can't wait to see you at our "Life in Miniature" booth! We have lots to show you 👉🐛🐝🐞🦗🕷️
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Matt Flores presented "Change in Rickettsia infection frequency among sweet potato whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci)" for SURE at UT. Congrats!
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