Rachel she/her
@rachbehm.bsky.social
PhD student at UCF studying the mobilome of Ichneumonoidea. Opinions are my own
Id love to enter the ISH art competition for hymathon this year but unfortunately my brain only wants to draw termites
Yes, I did go to a bobblehead workshop at my local ceramics studio and make a Pipunculidae, thanks for asking. Confusing the other studio-goers and making them learn about nice insects is what fuels me in these dark times.
Hi friends, in case you were wondering...paper wasp nests do not work in ceramic raku firing.
I painted this in 2022 for the lab. I really should paint a new one.
Look at this freaky local Dolichopodid. Someone come get yo mans
Happy Earth Day except @ucf.bsky.social has just bulldozed site 2 on this map and then is moving onto site 1. This area by the way, is home to 3 different habitats, 5 endangered plants, and a minimum of 29 potentially inhabited gopher tortoise burrows. For a sports complex... tinyurl.com/54vurj8p
I am more proud of this flea that I hand-stitched than anything I've done during my PhD.
Ceramic jumping bristletail (Order Archaeognatha/Microcoryphia). They were really common in California but really rare here in Florida.
I started painting during Covid because I was broke and wanted to be able to make gifts for people for special occasions. Finished this pretty ambitious piece last week for my friend Ella's baby shower/bday celebration. Fish are hard to paint.
I have returned from my academic burnout-induced hiatus to bring you two ceramic bugs that I have made. The next one, which is hopefully out of the kiln this evening, is a jumping bristletail. The more niche the better
Of course I think of something really funny to draw 4 days before the art competition deadline for Hymathon smh
Great departmental seminar today by Dr. Watts on the importance of fjords in the face of climate change. I have created a graphical abstract on carbon sequestration
Hi ento friends! Does anyone have any mealybugs of the genus Puto from SW California? My junior in my lab is hoping to do some whole genome sequencing and will need a ton! Any and all leads appreciated! As a thanks, please enjoy this doodle of a male :).
I just realized I haven't updated my LinkedIn since 2017...Do people in our field even actually use LinkedIn?
More like Cry-sidid cause they're so beautiful they make me cry. This one was in my old house while I was moving out
Some sketches of Diptera-themed sticker ideas that I considered peddling at ESA in Portland.
Someone take me fishing with them so I can take pictures of fish for my iNat. 🎣Species number go up makes brain go brrrr
Happy Davi-day! Thanks for those here to support our friend @ddpichenumonidae.bsky.social during his defense. Nobody is more deserving!!!!
It'd be fun to do some art trades at ESA this year. I wonder if they are gonna do another art show 👀
Hello friends, my first first-author publication has just released! Please take a read, its open access! rdcu.be/eq1xQ
Don't be mean to bioinformaticians on they'll go on your computer and rm -rf *
endogenous viral genome dispersal in Ichneumonoidea is the virus domestication equivalent of the floppyfication of dog ears and I will not allow myself to be silenced any longer
Can I ask a editor for revision extensions if I have covid? Today is the first day I've started feeling like a human in a whole week
I kinda wanna make another cartoon for the next Hamuli. Should I? And what should I make if I do? Was thinking about maybe a mining bee
Why yes I am taking pictures of bugs outside this bachelorette party.
Me: people who celebrate celebrity birthdays are stupid you don't even know them Also Me: Happy Birthday @jeremywade.bsky.social, king of the river monsters 🐟🦈