It's #WorldBeeDay and I love bees! This is a silvery leaf bee from last Invertober. Most of our beautiful (and helpful!) bees are solitary bees like this one.
Becca Clement, PhD
@drbeccasbugs.bsky.social
Entomologist, computational biologist, evolutionary ecologist. Aspiring insect songwriter
We had a very impressive view of a reef squid inking right in front of the camera this morning on @coralcitycamera.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAno...
"Awww, you guys made me ink!"
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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare (But get your mom flowers, too)
SO CUTE. Listen as kids explain what their scientist moms do at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum 💚 #MothersDay
Mother's Day: Kids Explain What Their Moms at the Natural History Museum Do for Work
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The worm snake, one of those leaf litter finds that's startling before you say "oh okay" and get back to looking for centipedes. Northern Virginia.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a giant bark aphid (probably Longistigma caryae) feeding out in the open like this. They pierce right through bark into the phloem with an almost unsettling ease. Absolutely amazing creature. #Aphididae #hemiptera #Invert #macrophotography 🪲🪳🌿
In which I feel joy for the bird, followed by immediate sadness for the bug. A rollercoaster of emotions.
A Trilobite Beetle (Platerodrilus svetae) from Northern Borneo! They are part of the genus Platerodrilus and the females retain their larval form as adults (larviform females). #Invertefest #trilobitebeetle #insects #pixelart
So very hyped that @nature.com made a video about our study on microplastic in caddisfly casings! 😱🎥 Watch it preferably next to a creek... some of them might want to tune in too. 🍿🐛
Microplastic pollution found in insect casing from 1971
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Happy Earth Day, friends. Our homeworld, seen by the crew of Apollo 8 in 1968.
I passed this apple tree on my walk today. Two different colors of blossoms! Plant grafting, the fact you can just take two different plants and grow them on the same plant, is amazing!
SHOP IS NOW OPEN! these 4 vinyl stickers are currently up for grabs!! 🐛🐌🐟👟 ill be including little traditional doodles with my orders!! hope you enjoy!! #smallbusiness #art #stickers
My quote of the day Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction. Pope Francis, June 2024
Guy 1: these flies taste funny Guy 2: how do they taste Guy 1: they taste with their feet Guy 2: wow l learned something
What a great initiative. It's so important to hear the stories of silenced scientists. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Portraits of dismissed scientists personalize US government cuts to science
A hurricane researcher. An invasive-insect entomologist. An e-cigarette toxicologist. A biomedical librarian. Those are some of the people included in Silenced Science Stories, a visual storytelling p...
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My NSF postdoctoral fellowship was one of the grants terminated yesterday. Devastating is an understatement. Thankful for a supportive admin with a plan to support me for now.
Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts. From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
You're probably tired of glacier lilies but I love them and you chose to follow me so...check out this ethereal white one! I love running across weirdo individuals and populations that don't match the classic phenotypes. #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌿🌱
Another successful trip. Found lots of fossils including some fish bones and possible pterodactyl prints. #whitby #geology #paleontology
1. Quick—which of these shapes is different from the others?
My last #ink drawing did so well I had to post another one! Here’s a tumbling flower #beetle 🪲 they’re named after the crazy movements they make to avoid predation—first they jump, then they spin as they fall down! #sciart #scientificillustration #wildlifeart #inkart #nature #invert #insect #bugsky
Today we’re talking about one of evolution’s strangest tools: the ovipositor. Hymenoptera probably began as plant-feeders in the Permian. Parasitoidism evolved once in the Late Triassic. By ~142 Ma, some ovipositors became venomous stingers. 🧪🌿 #Invertebrate #bugsky #Hymenoptera #macrophotography
Paranthrene simulans, (Grote, 1881), a Batesian mimicry MASTER! #educational #science #entomology #bugs #moth #wasp #insects #lepidoptera #batesianmimicry #nature
One of those moths that screams don’t touch me absolutely stunning in an alien critter kind of way. The caterpillar of Orgyia leucostigma flaunts bold colors and urticating hairs as a warning. Nature’s way of saying “look, but no touch” #Erebidae #macrophotography #entomology #insects #lepidoptera🌿
@entsocamerica.bsky.social is offering membership fee waivers for those affected by recent firings across the United States. They are also running a donation fund to help cover these fees. If you want to support your fellow #entomology community, donate! If you need help with a fee waiver, apply! 🧪🌿
Entomological Society of America@entsocamerica.bsky.social · last yr.As funding and workforce disruption harms U.S. science, the ESA Member Support Fund will pay affected entomologists' membership dues, allowing beneficiaries to maintain access to ESA member benefits and stay connected to the insect science community. buff.ly/mSnq5tP
