Dr. Kelly I. Zimmerman
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Dr. Kelly I. Zimmerman
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Entomologist/Ecologist, Podcaster, Star Wars Nerd

www.kellyizimmerman.com

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Listen to my podcast Bugs Need Heroes www.bugsneedheroes.com or anywhere you get podcasts.
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🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨

Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳

📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London

Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
Dark green background with white text overlaid reading "call for papers", surrounded by various natural history illustrations of animals wearing party hats.
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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My puddle of a boy, Finn. ❤️🤩🐈‍⬛

#blackcat #cat #catsofbluesky #aww #kitten #piratepets #petsofbluesky
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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A very cute felt rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) from Etsy. The seller is CrazyEchos (I paid for my moth, noy an ad, I just love her moths). Using fairly realistic prop moths when I give talks for moth nights/in the classroom allows for quick teaching without harming/stressing the moths.
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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My nosy roly poly (Armadillidium nasatum) is munching on a piece of carrot. Peep that baby in the left corner popping up from underneath the carrot. I've got a pretty large colony now in the lab. I feed them vegetable scraps & fish flakes. My students think they are pretty cute. I agree. ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Do my cats have full names? Yes. Yes, they do. At the vet it's their full names plus Zimmerman at the end. They are fancy. They are perfect. They are cozy on a chilly Saturday.

#cat #catsofbluesky #caturday #aww #cats #kitty #cute
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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We've all had days like ol' Chucky D.
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I had an excellent time last night as a guest speaker at National Moth Week at a local park.

While we didn't see any moths, we did get the honor of watching this beautiful cicada emerge. The weather was beautiful and the community was out to appreciate all the bugs. ⬇️
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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PhD position open with Dr. Jutta Schneider and @mherberstein.bsky.social in Hamburg, on sub-social behavior in crab spiders 🕷️ It even includes field work in Australia! Application deadline is 15 July, more info at the link:
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
A crab spider with bright yellow/green prosoma and legs and a light brown opisthosoma sits on a leaf
June 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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A very cute leaf cutter bee. Testing out my new macro lens!
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳

Are you curious about
🧒 developmental,
🌍 cross-cultural
🦧 species comparative
research on cooperative sustainability?

All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Please share! 🙏
Career Opportunities: PhD position Cooperative Sustainability (14208)
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June 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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I don't even know what to say about this guy, just drink him in 💚
(some planthopper nymph. I love him)
Pale green planthopper nymph, standing nearly upright with an extremely long snoot like a chainsaw, with orange eyes and false pupils peering
June 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I had the absolute joy to be the science consultant on this and the other two volumes of Jackson's Wilder Adventures. Out now everywhere you get books!

Need a science consultant for your next book, show, movie, etc? Let's chat!
June 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I interrupted this pair of walking sticks in the Bahamas. You can see the male hitching a ride on the much bigger female. Hello, sexual dimorphism!
May 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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ESA Mid-Atlantic conference at @longwoodgardens.bsky.social Poster presented, flowers admired.
May 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Wow, very cool! News to me.

www.sciencenews.org/article/wet-...
Wet fingers always wrinkle in the same way
Pruney fingertips aren't swollen sponges — the wrinkles actually come from blood vessels constricting and pulling skin inward.
www.sciencenews.org
May 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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A big thank you to Bradon, of Lil Dudes Insect Academy, for having me on to chat about mosquitoes, why I think they are amazing, and the process of getting a Ph.D. Here's a link to the pod on Apple, but it's also on Spotify, YouTube and wherever you get podcasts!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
121. Why Mosquitoes are super cool (feat. Dr. Kelly Zimmerman)
Podcast Episode · Lil Dudes Insect Academy · 05/21/2025 · 55m
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May 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I had a total blast being on the wonderful podcast "Plants Always Win." Please check them out for all of your plant fun facts (and bug facts for my episode)! I'd love to come back on, any time. ❤️🌺🐝
plantsalwayswin.com Plants Always Win Podcast @plantsalwayswin.com · Apr 8
We cross-pollinated our gardening podcast with @bugsneedheroes.bsky.social, where an entomologist and an illustrator create bug-based superheroes. The result? Lots of laughter, a scoop of science, and a new squad of garden defenders.
www.plantsalwayswin.com/.../ep-17-pl...
A sketch of four nature-inspired humanoid characters is overlaid against a cartoon forest background. A girl with bumblebee wings and antennae flies through sparkle-filled air carrying a basket and a staff. A woman with the face of a wolf spider holds a cat. Another with the body of a beetle does an enthusiastic power pose. A man with bark skin and leaf hair holds a loving hand out for a bird to land on. The Plants Always Win Podcast logo sits in one corner, and text in another reads: Episode 17, Plants Need Bugs. Art by Amanda Niday.
May 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I love the inevitable opera of the summer bug chorus. #entomology #entomologymemes #cicadas
May 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Ah, Nature's little bubble blower, the spittlebug. Inside that frothy foam sits a juvenile or several juvenile spittlebugs (Superfamily Cercopoidea).

These tiny insects hide in “spit” to stay cool, moist, and safe from predators. More info ⬇️
May 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Dissertation defended! Doctor Zimmerman, finally! 😍🎉
April 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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My friend Jenn does awesome plant embroidery in her shop Ember and Thread @emberandthread.bsky.social

Thanks to a pattern from StitchGothica.com she embroidered this beautiful set of bugs I can't wait to hang somewhere.

#entomology #embroidery
April 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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This is so incredibly wholesome.
April 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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What matter as an entomologist.
April 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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This is part of a sentence for my dissertation "flies that utilize vertebrates as oviposition sites." I think this might be why no one wants to talk to me at parties.
March 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The absolute power of a mantis shrimp punch! We converted this on our podcast Bugs Need Heroes @bugsneedheroes.bsky.social

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Most powerful punch in the world
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March 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM