Marianne Alleyne

@cotesia

Entomologist. Assistant Prof. University of Illinois C-U. Bioinspired Design is my jam, parasitoids my love. #Insect #SciPol #SciCom #Bioinspiration Dutch too.

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Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· 4d

Left a wish at Haedong Yonggungsa Temple. (Busan, South Korea)

Collage with three images. Top image of many colorful lanterns seen from above, with ocean in the background. Bottom two images show message left on gold card under one of the lanterns. “May the world remember Dolly’s love and spirit forever and ever. M&A. 8/26/26”

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· 6d

Tried to capture and channel this spirit. #HulkSmashNazis

Night time scene. Statue of the Hulk in Busan, seeming to emerge from the water. Bridge and fireworks in the background.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· 10d

Annyeonghaseyo, I’m visiting your amazing country and capital from the United States. I’m impressed by many things, including public transport, your food, and this reflecting pool. We have so much to learn. Teach me how it’s done.

Three workers dressed all in black cleaning reflecting pool in Seoul Forest Park with pressure hoses. High rises in the background.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· 15d

My Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which INSECT BIODIVERSITY LOSS is a key element (at the assistant professor level). illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Picture of a green tree-lined quad at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, with Foellinger Hall in the background. Skies are often this blue.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· 17d

Come be our colleague!!!! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Job posting that reads:

Assistant Professor

Insect Declines

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Entomology and the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invite applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which insect biodiversity loss is a key element, including understanding how anthropogenic stressors (such as land-use change, climate change, agriculture, invasive species, and pollution) are causing declines in insect abundance, biomass, species richness, or range size. Candidates whose work addresses amelioration of anthropogenic changes to species, populations, and people, and who are working to develop new strategies for insect and biodiversity conservation and long-term monitoring, are especially welcome to apply. We additionally encourage researchers who can build connections and expand research in understudied global regions.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Jul 22

Today I imagined myself as Arthur Smith from Elif Shafak’s “There Are Rivers in the Sky”, except for the wicked intellect, poverty, extremely polluted Thames, magical raindrop, etc. But I did get a bonus bevy of swans, and a suitcase full of “sea” glass.

Picture of a small sandy beach with high rises in the background (canary wharf) and an old pier with bolts sticking out on the left, and some apartments. The beach is along the Thames (between Limehouse and Wapping). On the beach are lots of pigeons and at least 6 swans.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Jul 5

Got this breaking news notification right when Thierry and Zatlan were asked to comment. They clearly were not allowed to say what they really think of this. So I will not either. But… #USABEL

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Jun 19

I’d pay big $$$ for audio/caption of what those dogs were saying to each other. www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/o...

Picture of oil refinery on outskirts of Moscow emitting dark smoke plumes after drone attack (in the distance). In foreground women looking at the smoke. She is holding two dog leashes attached two dogs sitting on walkway, with backs to the smoke, looking at each other. Probably doing the dog variety of a shoulder shrug.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· May 19

Ready for my kid’s college graduation AND the World Cup (even though I’ll probably boycott one of those 😜) Also, these colors will clash with the Arsenal shirt I’ll be wearing the rest of the week. WORTH IT! #GoTigers #HupOranje #COYG

Hand with nails painted bright orange. One nail also has black tiger stripes.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· May 6

Wonderful article about ABCLab's Graduate Student @insects247 (written by #UIUC undergraduate journalism student. 👏) #BrochosomesAreAwesome (This series of articles highlights the Illinois Natural History Survey's #insect collection.) lrodr29.web.illinois.edu/specimens/st...

Image of two screens associated with a scanning electron microscope (not shown). The screens show images in black and white of brochosomes, which are hollow spheres with evenly spaced holes that are shaped as pentagons or hexagons.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Apr 27

Clearly an important read…it was delivered 10 min after a tornado warning ended. Thanks USPS. @lollardfish.bsky.social

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Apr 19

The NOLA roaches have more opinions to share.

Same roach on different structure now holding a sign that states: “Humans are Disgusting, Roaches”

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Apr 18

Feeling the #Entomology art in New Orleans.

Wall art showing black and green and cockroach (ventral side) on blue background with white clouds. Cockroach is holding brown sign that reads: “making the best of a super bad situation, cockroaches.”

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Apr 13

A grad student (Univ of Illinois UC) was kind enough to take the time to answer some questions about a new study out of Penn State. Then that news outlet (ScienceNews) turns around and puts her quote RIGHT NEXT to an absolutely AWFUL AI-video. In the student's words: "it's booty cheeks & cringe".

Rather than linking to the article, I took a screenshot of the article thumbnail. It says: Tech - Backyard leafhoppers inspire next-generation cloacking tech. By Pragathi Ravi. 11 hours ago. And shows a picture of agreen and red leafhopper on a green leaf.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Apr 7

Lab clean out. Glass oven pan containing 4 metal mystery objects in the shape of….I dunno. An object is part metal pipe of 5-6 inches in length. 1 inch in diameter (but size doesn’t matter here). Each pipe is topped on one side with acorn shaped perforated metal head.
Oh, jeez, I can’t believe I’m typing all this.
I should just type a quartet of metal penises in a glass bowl and be done with it.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Apr 4

Chicago is ready for the Men’s Final Four! I-L-L

Picture of the Chicago sky line at night from the south. Against a cloudy sky. The Sears tower’s spires are lit up in blue and orange - the colors of the University of Illinois.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Mar 28

Saw him again. Took another picture. This time with a bonus Picasso.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Mar 28

#NoKings Chicago, of course.

Man holding a sign at no kings protest. Man is dressed as one of the Blues Brothers in black suit, white shirt, and hat. The sign (white board, black letters) reads: Trump is not on a mission from god!

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Mar 28

Always skeet “protesting” insects. (+ my fav so far) #nokings #chicago

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Feb 27

Inspired by the amazing @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, the ABClab made their first zine. We had a great time. So probably first of many. #GuerrillaSciComm #SciComm

Unfolded and folded zines on a black table. Two pairs of folding them.

Zines at various stages of completeness on a white table. With a children’s book on the sand table - by coincidence.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Feb 25

Apropos of nothing in particular. (Finally found a use for AI tool)

Norway

Total medals per person: 41 ÷ 5.6 M ≈ 7.3 medals per million people

Gold medals per person: 18 ÷ 5.6 M ≈ 3.2 golds per million people

United States

Total medals per person: 33 ÷ 349 M ≈ 0.095 medals per million people

Gold medals per person: 12 ÷ 349 M ≈ 0.034 golds per million people

Netherlands

Total medals per person: 20 ÷ 18 M ≈ 1.1 medals per million people

Gold medals per person: 10 ÷ 18 M ≈ 0.56 golds per million people

Key Takeaways

Norway far outperformed both the U.S. and the Netherlands on a per-capita basis — both for total medals and for gold medals — thanks to a relatively small population with a strong winter sports culture.

The Netherlands also performs strongly per capita, especially in gold medals, due largely to its dominance in speed skating.

The U.S. won more medals overall than the Netherlands, but its much larger population lowers the per-person medal figures significantly.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Feb 4

Solidarity! Same = immigrant, proud of my t-shirt, and all my students. And the life I built in the US. Not quite the same = research in biology, engineering, and entrepreneurship. 🪰🪲🐜🐛🪳🐝🦋🦟🐞 At a different land-grant university. With #scipol experience. And someday I will write a book.

Author wearing a rebel loon shirt, next to a poster of a click beetle. In front of science march sign that says: whether you are left wing or right wing, you need entomologists. (the sign has pictures of cicada wings)

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Jan 27

As the sun set on another day I wondered what advice Lincoln would have had for how to live through these times. Urbana, IL

Statue of Lincoln in snowy park where evergreen trees and ground are covered in snow. Sunset peaks through in the background.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Jan 19

Apropos of everything. This picture of an aurora was taken almost 7 years ago. In TRØMSO, NORWAY. A town within the arctic circle, with an amazing tunnel system of roads, that includes many roundabouts. And amazing scenery like this. And an excellent university.

Picture taken at night within the background mountains, covered with snow, and the sky is lit up by the northern lights’ green color. The tour company provided these pictures..

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Jan 4

Deja vu all over again. #EntSoc25 #SICB26

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Jan 1

It’s been raining a lot today. Oh well. #WelcomeToJamrock #HappyNewYear #RainbowsAndUnicorns

Picture of a complete rainbow over a Jamaican bay and beach. Dark clouds in the sky.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Dec 23

See ya, same place, ~ 15 years from now. I’ll promise to do my best to ensure that there will still be a sandy beach for you (or your female special friend) to land. #WelcomeToJamRock

4 hatchling turtles making their way across the beach into the Caribbean Ocean. Blue sky and white clouds in the background.

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Dec 19

Oh dear. There are so many ominous ones from that year. I’ll go with the #1 European movie. Not growing up is one way to cope. “The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.”

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Nov 27

My people have a weird fascination with witches sitting backwards on brooms and wreaking havoc. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #OostNederland 🇳🇱

Marianne Alleyne@cotesia· Nov 20

We need some help from folks more familiar with describing insect body parts. This is a fragment of a figure for a paper. In the text, we need to describe structure ii. (The click beetle is in this position in our test rig.)