Hunter Lindsay
@cfollicularis.bsky.social
Research Aide at the GEP (thegep.org) | Supporting #GenomicsEducation & #UndergraduateResearch | Native plant gardener & #CarnivorousPlant collector | Botanical artist (ink & watercolor) | #STEMeducation & #BotanicalArt | He/him/his 🏳️🌈
I’ve had this ant plant since 2019. It produces icy blue flowers periodically.
#Myrmecophytes live in close association with ant colonies, providing shelter (and sometimes food) in exchange for defense. See the enlarged stem (caudex) with channels running through it in the last picture. #AntPlants
#Myrmecophytes live in close association with ant colonies, providing shelter (and sometimes food) in exchange for defense. See the enlarged stem (caudex) with channels running through it in the last picture. #AntPlants
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’ve had this ant plant since 2019. It produces icy blue flowers periodically.
#Myrmecophytes live in close association with ant colonies, providing shelter (and sometimes food) in exchange for defense. See the enlarged stem (caudex) with channels running through it in the last picture. #AntPlants
#Myrmecophytes live in close association with ant colonies, providing shelter (and sometimes food) in exchange for defense. See the enlarged stem (caudex) with channels running through it in the last picture. #AntPlants
#Alsobia dianthiflora grows well in similar conditions to African violets. It does not, however, flower as easily as African violets for me, so this is a real treat! 🌸
Its common name is Lace Flower, which requires no further explanation here.
#Flower #Gardening #Houseplants
Its common name is Lace Flower, which requires no further explanation here.
#Flower #Gardening #Houseplants
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#Alsobia dianthiflora grows well in similar conditions to African violets. It does not, however, flower as easily as African violets for me, so this is a real treat! 🌸
Its common name is Lace Flower, which requires no further explanation here.
#Flower #Gardening #Houseplants
Its common name is Lace Flower, which requires no further explanation here.
#Flower #Gardening #Houseplants
#Maxillaria cocosoma flowered yesterday, and it appears there is another bud on the way! Like M. tenuifolia, this species’ flowers smell strongly of coconut. 🥥
#Orchid #Flower #Gardening
#Orchid #Flower #Gardening
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#Maxillaria cocosoma flowered yesterday, and it appears there is another bud on the way! Like M. tenuifolia, this species’ flowers smell strongly of coconut. 🥥
#Orchid #Flower #Gardening
#Orchid #Flower #Gardening
With the growing season coming to an end, here are a few pictures from the garden this year! 🌱🌸🌼🍂🍁
#Gardening #Garden #Flowers
#Gardening #Garden #Flowers
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
With the growing season coming to an end, here are a few pictures from the garden this year! 🌱🌸🌼🍂🍁
#Gardening #Garden #Flowers
#Gardening #Garden #Flowers
This was the first COLD cold day and the woodland strawberries (Fragaria vesca) are still trying their best. They taste better (my opinion) in the fall when the daytime temps are a little cooler. We had about a month of very sweet fruit this year!
#Gardening #Garden #Minnesota
#Gardening #Garden #Minnesota
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This was the first COLD cold day and the woodland strawberries (Fragaria vesca) are still trying their best. They taste better (my opinion) in the fall when the daytime temps are a little cooler. We had about a month of very sweet fruit this year!
#Gardening #Garden #Minnesota
#Gardening #Garden #Minnesota
Almost a year old, but might be worth a watch (or rewatch).
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
This is one of those videos that you could just keep writing forever but I guess I recently had cause to decide to finish it. I waffle back and forth about whether we are on the quick path or the…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Almost a year old, but might be worth a watch (or rewatch).
Bees adore Anise Hyssop. However, I should warn you, it spreads! (The seedlings are not difficult to pull if you get them early in the season). This has been a staple in my garden for several years. It is very easy to grow from seed and pollinators love it!
October 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Bees adore Anise Hyssop. However, I should warn you, it spreads! (The seedlings are not difficult to pull if you get them early in the season). This has been a staple in my garden for several years. It is very easy to grow from seed and pollinators love it!
Did you know that Gray Treefrogs can withstand partial freezing? That probably won’t be an issue for at least a few more weeks, but fall is approaching quickly in the Upper Midwest! Say hello to this little green garden visitor. 🍁 🍂
October 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Did you know that Gray Treefrogs can withstand partial freezing? That probably won’t be an issue for at least a few more weeks, but fall is approaching quickly in the Upper Midwest! Say hello to this little green garden visitor. 🍁 🍂
I don’t see as many Monarch Butterflies as I once did, so this is a real treat!
October 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I don’t see as many Monarch Butterflies as I once did, so this is a real treat!
Reposted by Hunter Lindsay
Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Jane Goodall
Thank you, Jane Goodall
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Jane Goodall
Thank you, Jane Goodall
Reposted by Hunter Lindsay
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
Reposted by Hunter Lindsay
The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
Reposted by Hunter Lindsay
Nature research paper: One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants
go.nature.com/45PYV6d
go.nature.com/45PYV6d
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same mother having distinct genomes and morphologies.
go.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Nature research paper: One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants
go.nature.com/45PYV6d
go.nature.com/45PYV6d
September 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Hunter Lindsay
Lysimachia punctata is one of ca. 80 spp of Lysimachia (out of 288 spp in the genus) that have oil-secreting hairs in the bowl of the corolla. It is pollinated by oil bees in the genus Macropis (ca. 16 spp; #Melittidae). 📷: Pete CCBY2. #pollination #bees #Primulaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Lysimachia punctata is one of ca. 80 spp of Lysimachia (out of 288 spp in the genus) that have oil-secreting hairs in the bowl of the corolla. It is pollinated by oil bees in the genus Macropis (ca. 16 spp; #Melittidae). 📷: Pete CCBY2. #pollination #bees #Primulaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
I know of only two patches of Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) within walking distance—one being right behind my house. They are one of the first plants to pop up each spring, their distinctive leaves like umbrellas. I finally got photos of the flowers this year!
#Mayapple #PodophyllumPeltatum
#Mayapple #PodophyllumPeltatum
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I know of only two patches of Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) within walking distance—one being right behind my house. They are one of the first plants to pop up each spring, their distinctive leaves like umbrellas. I finally got photos of the flowers this year!
#Mayapple #PodophyllumPeltatum
#Mayapple #PodophyllumPeltatum
Potter Wasp Nest
4 September 2025
Potter Wasp Nest (study in graphite)
3 September 2025
Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen potter wasp nests in my garden.
#InkDrawing #PenAndInk #NaturalHistoryArt #PotterWasp #MasonWasp #Eumeninae #Vespid #Art
4 September 2025
Potter Wasp Nest (study in graphite)
3 September 2025
Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen potter wasp nests in my garden.
#InkDrawing #PenAndInk #NaturalHistoryArt #PotterWasp #MasonWasp #Eumeninae #Vespid #Art
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Potter Wasp Nest
4 September 2025
Potter Wasp Nest (study in graphite)
3 September 2025
Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen potter wasp nests in my garden.
#InkDrawing #PenAndInk #NaturalHistoryArt #PotterWasp #MasonWasp #Eumeninae #Vespid #Art
4 September 2025
Potter Wasp Nest (study in graphite)
3 September 2025
Yesterday was the first time I’ve seen potter wasp nests in my garden.
#InkDrawing #PenAndInk #NaturalHistoryArt #PotterWasp #MasonWasp #Eumeninae #Vespid #Art
Reposted by Hunter Lindsay
"In this moment, scientists, legal experts, and advocates must speak up to defend climate science, push back on disinformation, and preserve tools for accountability." Read UCS's Delta Merner's new blog.
The US Undermines Science While the World Demands Climate Justice
Thousands of peer-reviewed studies conducted over decades show that burning fossil fuels is driving climate change, with devastating consequences for people and ecosystems. That consensus is not in question.
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August 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"In this moment, scientists, legal experts, and advocates must speak up to defend climate science, push back on disinformation, and preserve tools for accountability." Read UCS's Delta Merner's new blog.