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stephie ku

@stephieku.mirakur.us

local animal biologist/entomologist auntie. I like hoarding cute things. The parrot's name is Tsuyu, I am his auntie. Also help with community stuffs for K9Kuro the Vtuber ❤️‍🩹

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stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

yummy taco

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

bird on bird violence

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

sniff

@mossworm.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're a scientist and you use chatgpt to tell you how to write R code or something I'm coming to your house and dumping ants all over the floor. Stop doing that

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

Released this beautiful kingsnake that someone had found in their garage

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

I think it's a Kibana Furan, but I don't remember exactly

stephie ku@stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

my mini orchid has buds!!!!

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

my mini orchid has buds!!!!

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

he likes it when i smoosh him into my face and he'll stay like that for an hour

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

i finally won a gold stake game in balatro aaa

Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · last yr.

Off to my yearly stint in #Yosemite! I train our #BirdBanding crew every year for @instbirdpop.bsky.social. Our Yosemite MAPS stations are some of the longest-running banding stations in the US (over 30 years)! Here are a few of last year's birds (see alt text). 🪶🧪👩‍🔬🌎

Close up photo of a young male Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's type). This bird is a steel blue with white eye arcs, a smudgy black breast band, and a bright yellow throat. This photo was taken to document the small amount of white mottling in his throat that helps to indicate he is still in formative plumage, and not yet in basic plumage as an adult would be.

Photo of a male Western Tanager held in the photographer's grip for documentation. He has a red face, yellow nape, wingbar and rump, and black back, wings, and tail. Photos such as this one are taken quickly for documentation of plumage before the bird is then released.

Photo of an adult male Anna's Hummingbird being held gently between fingertips while a person in a green shirt lowers a q-tip toward the bird's beak. The hummingbird is tiny with an iridescent purple head and a long black beak (with some fuzzy feathers stuck to the beak). The q-tip is part of a pollen collection study to see which plants are being pollinated by birds such as hummingbirds and warblers.

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

Today i learned "Goi" means bittern in Japanese, and May 1st is "Bittern Day" because 5-1 can be read as "Goi".　#ゴイの日

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

I know people mean in their good hearts gifting me sentimental and heart "i love animal" sorts of books, but my love goes to field guides and textbooks.

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!! i wanna do one for my area too. there's so many fun stitches i can use!!!

Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · last yr.

I've been working on my largest ever commission in April - a 16-inch aerial embroidery inspired by Ireland's landscapes ☘️ Rich green fields, purple heather moorland and lakes... and lots of animals when its complete! :) Also, expect many more posts from me this month after such a quiet April!

A large embroidery hoop depicting an aerial landscape inspired by Ireland - a large section of rectangular green fields, a moorland studded with purple heather bushes, and a bushy green forest in the centre-top.

Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · last yr.

A newly published study in the Journal of Medical Entomology provides critical insights into the emergence of babesiosis in the Mid-Atlantic region, documenting human cases and the presence of Babesia microti in local tick populations.

New Study Reveals Emerging Cases of Babesiosis in the Mid-Atlantic Region

A new study provides insights into the emergence of babesiosis in the Mid-Atlantic region, documenting human cases and the presence of Babesia microti in local tick populations.

entomologytoday.org

Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 4 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver onto fossils (badly) in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution Fossil is PRI's newest plush paleozoic pal of Diplocaulus salamandroides, comedian is H. sapiens #savePRI #MuseumoftheEarth 🧪 almost #fossilfriday

John Oliver (happy) riding on a plush of a fossil amphibian with a boomerang shaped head, red skin with black markings, large eyes and nostrils. on a purple background

Dr. Brendan Anderson@fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · last yr.

Day 3 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver onto fossils (badly) in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution Fossil is the nautiloid Cymatoceras nebrascense (PRI 78775), comedian is H. sapiens #savePRI #MuseumoftheEarth #desperatetimes ⚒️🦑

stephie ku @stephieku.mirakur.us · last yr.

I want this

NatureBureau@naturebureau.bsky.social · last yr.

Picture-winged Flies pages are now laid out for our NEW #FliesofBritainandIreland due Autumn 2025 - pre-order now at bit.ly/4dqQI8Z & save £££s on published price @gailashton.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

Sue Luxton @kelper60.bsky.social · last yr.

Family of Crested Caracaras...

Sue Luxton @kelper60.bsky.social · last yr.

Am always happy to see a Straited Caracara... #johhnyrook #falklandislands #birds #farmlife

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social · last yr.

Got 49 bird species in urban parks in Columbus (Ohio, USA) this morning, including 15 warbler species! And my first-of-the-year: -Eastern Wood-Pewee -American Redstart -Magnolia Warbler -Chestnut-sided Warbler And my first-of-the-county: -Blue-winged Warbler -Hooded Warbler #birds

Three photos of a Hooded Warbler, a yellow-green bird with black on his face and throat like a hood around his yellow face, and white edges of his tail. Here he is spreading his tail feathers to flash white at the photographer.

Here the Hooded Warbler is perched and showing off his black throat and pink legs.

Here the Hooded Warbler is showing off his greenish back.

Black-throated Blue Warbler male, with a clean white belly, black on the face and throat, and dark blue on the head and back.

invertebrate @crevicedwelling.bsky.social · last yr.

flipping the worm over and examining the male pores, genital papillae, tubercula pubertatis, and prostomium will tell what species it is! notes and numbers in alt text

underside of L. terrestris: papillae of male pores mostly confined to segment 15, papillae on 25/26, tubercula pubertatis 33-36, clitellum on 32-37

underside of A. longa: papillae of male pores spilling over into 14 & 16, tubercula pubertatis 32-34, clitellum on 28-35

prostomium of A. longa: epilobous/schizolobous

invertebrate @crevicedwelling.bsky.social · last yr.

here’s a pair of easily confused species that I have seen others use as an example of why earthworm are not identifiable at a glance. left is Lumbricus terrestris, right is Aporrectodea longa. both are large worms that have converged on a similar color pattern and lifestyle—how to tell them apart?