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Jillian 서정화
@bugsorbust.bsky.social
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Spider gyno | PhD Student | 🇺🇸🇰🇷🕷🕸
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bugsorbust.bsky.social
Only hot girls (gender neutral) study arachnids. I don’t make the rules.
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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gurepyon.bsky.social
bbno$ is so fuckin based for supporting artists so much
you can love or hate his music but man that man uses his influence for the right thing
huge respect for him 🔥💪
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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spidermax3000.bsky.social
#arachtober
Six-spotted fishing #spider - Dolomedes triton
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-24-24) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #fishingspider #spidersky #ento
A six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) looking straight on at the camera that’s shooting from a little above them while they extend their front legs out over stagnant water, waiting for prey to swim underneath. They are resting on the surface tension of the water while anchored to a stick in the water. Their six spots in their abdomen are mostly visible and their white bands outlining their body are standing out.
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
Dolomedes sulfureus 황닷거미 keeping her peets clean.
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
Day 13 #Invertober2025 - Bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) 😬

holy hell this thing took the most time out of any other #invertober critter i have ever drawn, partially because there are NO GOOD REFS except for its face

#SciArt #invertebrates
semi-realistic drawing of a bobbit worm, a very segmented deep sea worm with a massive jaw at the front and a very holographic sparkly body with two little leg like structures at each segment, on a black background. semi-realistic drawing of a bobbit worm, a very segmented deep sea worm with a massive jaw at the front and a very holographic sparkly body with two little leg like structures at each segment, on a white background.
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
I *might* be biased, but this is the best art ever.
October 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
A perfectly placed spider.
📍Seoul, Korea
A small spider in the middle of a window
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
🧵 ARACHNOPHOBIA GREATEST HITS

A thread of my favorite arachnophobia papers dedicated to my friends @humanbyweight.bsky.social and @entobiologist.bsky.social, with increasingly unserious character limited summaries.

Is this the science version of making somebody a mixtape?

Okay, here we go 👇🕷️
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
🧵Arachnophobia, while common, is unique amongst phobias bc often invokes an overlap of fear and disgust! This is not prevalent in other arthropod phobias. Interestingly, fear & disgust utilize the same neural network and have similar outputs, making them difficult to disentangle.
humanbyweight.bsky.social 🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · Oct 9
Arachnophobia is interesting to me because it's so specific. Like, people generally aren't afraid of crabs, even though they're hairy and skitter around. And they're not afraid of bugs, even though they have about the same number of eyes. Most people will never even see a dangerous spider irl.
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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entobiologist.bsky.social
hello fellow ecologists has anyone successfully applied to the grfp (in its current format) and would be willing to send me their application materials for my own reference? many thanks!! 🧪
September 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
The RAPTURE? Ohhhh I thought you said D. RAPTOR. Damnit.
Photo of Dolomedes raptor sitting on a rock at night
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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lotuscat.bsky.social
Female fishing spider (Dolomedes sulfureus) glaring at us as she clutches the egg sac with her jaws. I’ve posted a photo 3 months ago of one that's selensulfur color. This species come in wide range of colors. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrate #Insect
卵嚢を抱いたイオウイロハシリグモ。八つの目で睨みつける。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫
Close-up of the head of large spider covered with short brown hairs. Eight eyes in all on the front part. Large brown spider with velvety, red-brown abdomen on the leaf. The long jaws are holding the egg sack closely against the lower part of the body. Long legs with black spikes.
September 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Not enough of you liked this. I was sitting on the couch cracking myself up making it. Have we given up on frivolity as a people? Smh.
sarahmackattack.bsky.social Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Sep 11
*Most* eels don’t wear wigs. Did you know that? Did you know that *important fact* about eels??

Well there are a LOT more eel facts where that came from. Most being, ya know, better and more useful eel facts. You better learn more with an eel facts advent calendar.

Get one at EelFacts.Net
September 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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scibugs.bsky.social
The Empress!! I was so worried when I started because like ... all the spindly eggs - but where we have a whip scorpion with her noodly babies.
a stylistic image of a tailless whip scorpion with bright green babies and their noodly legs on her back. The text reads "3. The empress"
September 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
UNL is hosting a ✨FREE✨ virtual symposium on games and SciComm

FEAT
🌱Matt Montrose, creator of Ecologies
🌱Jenny Keshwani, science literacy specialist
🌱Ryan Tan, games for community resilience

And I’m giving a workshop on turning science into games!

Link: scimath.unl.edu/conferences-...
Flyer for the symposium says: Fun and games symposium Playing with a purpose Virtual location Date September 17 Time 1-5pm CDT
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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humanbyweight.bsky.social
I finally finished the first draft of the illustrated plate series for Widow Spiders of the World! This book is going to be so good, y'all. Expect its release in early 2026. 🕷️🕸️
A sneak peak of a illustrated plate from Widow Spiders of the World. The male and female of a species is shown, along with a close-up of the hourglass pattern at the bottom, juvenile color forms in an arc across the center, and an egg sac in the upper right. A range map in Dymaxion projection is tastefully superimposed onto the background. The male spider is gangly and brown, but his abdomen has bright black and white stripes with red spots. The female is a shiny black with bold red stripes. The egg sac is golden and spiky.
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
Teaching the bugs how to appreciate anime.
A juvenile bean bug sits on my finger that is hovering over a sketch of an anime style man
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
A baby Dolomedes raptor attempting to balloon in lab 🥹 Only 2mm in size, this one could grow to be ~35mm and weigh nearly 2g if female.
A very small baby spider with its butt in the air releasing a strand of silk in hopes a gust of wind will help carry it for dispersal
September 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
❗ATTENTION SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, WRITERS❗

Cohosted by me, Data Bloom LLC, & the UNL NoCoast SciComm Symposium — it’s the Science Remix Game Jam! 🧪🎮

No game dev experience needed! We’ll match scientists + devs into teams to make science games.

More info below
Signup here:
🔗 itch.io/jam/science-...
Science Remix Game Jam
A game jam from 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-12 hosted by Data Bloom LLC. Transform science into something you can play. What if science could be felt, explored, and played from the comfort of your home? The...
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September 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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entobiologist.bsky.social
the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Blue isopods with ribbons🎀
There are Powder Blue Isopods (Porcellionides pruinosus) of various sizes on a pastel pink background. All of them are hanging with large and small ribbons. Happy and lovely atmosphere.
May 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
🚨 Your Opinion Needed 🚨

We've had a number of people asking for a Bigger than Binaries shirt, so @franzanth.bsky.social & I discussed...

... and we will DO IT!

But we need your opinion! Which color should we print?! We can only do one.

Vote here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/5ZYWPHS
three versions of the same design, all of which say "Biology is bigger than binaries", with a central image of a bee, a clownfish, and a lily. The one on. the left is pink, the middle is orange, the right is light blue.
May 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
My favorite season is field season! #spider
Me staring at a Dolomedes tenebrosus that sits on my hand.
May 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
I am pleased to share that I have been selected for the 2025-26 Fulbright Presidential STEM initiative award. This initrive was created by presidents Joe Biden and Suk Yeol Yoon to celebrate the 70 year alliance between our countries. I am excited to study the Dolomedes spiders of South Korea! 🇰🇷🕷️
Me (right) and my mentee (left) collecting Dolomedes spiders at night on a fallen tree.
May 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
bugsorbust.bsky.social
A perfect 🍤
My black cat Rhea curled into a ball like a shrimp.
April 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM