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Lee Dyer
@gusanero.bsky.social
loves family, friends, rock climbing, moths, caterpillars, statistics, math, poetry, music, literature; hates the current US Super-Fascist Regime
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Another species of clearwing #butterfly, the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (Cithaerias pireta) at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#butterflies #nature #bugsky
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Not any news to love these days, but I do love this paper on caterpillar sensory ecology. I can't wait to use figures from this for teaching. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The sensory ecology of caterpillars - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Caterpillars (larval Lepidoptera) are one of the most ecologically and evolutionarily significant taxa on Earth. As both feeders and food, they shape the dynamics of enumerate ecosystems on land. Key ...
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a really thorough and interesting paper on moth orientation strategies, relevant to migration, pollination, host location. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies – neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
The Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths, display an astonishing diversity of spatial orientation strategies essential for survival, reproduction, and ecological success. These spatial orientation strat...
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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My neighborhood #Ocelot keeps visiting me but I still don't have any photos of it. It's a very sneaky kitty. One day.

At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#nature #cats #wildlife
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
What an honor to work with an amazing group in Colombia, Rio Vaupes, collecting caterpillars, marking and releasing butterflies and moths, learning Traditional Knowledge.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
On the Vaupes. Comunidades.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Far away in Colombia. Trying not to pay attention to news.
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Another amazing paper from Tara Christensen - with a surprising result that nectar generalists (butterflies) are declining more than specialists. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Specialized flower visitation in montane butterflies is associated with positive population trajectories over time
Insect biodiversity is under threat from multiple stressors, including climate change and extreme weather. For butterflies, nectar resource use is an understudied trait in relation to population traj....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nice paper by Wesley and Tlacaelel in Ecology Letters. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Remote‐Control Science in Ecology: A Hidden Face of Scientific Neocolonialism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Twist and shout. Fall color on the Dwarf bald cypress in Tates hell state Forest in Florida.
#stunday #cypress #fall #waterlilies #trees #naturephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Buenos días. Cópula de la mariposa Polyommatus hispana. La hembra a la izquierda de la foto y el macho a la derecha!!
#insects #insectos #mariposas #butterfly #macro #lepidoptera #photography #nature #naturaleza #fotografia
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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A NFG this week in the form of this Green-brindled Crescent. Both a brown ☕️ version (Mon 13th) and one glittering with green ❇️ (Wed 15th). #TeamMoth #MothsMatter @obsidentify.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #macro #moths #nature #wildlifephotography #Lepidoptera
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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One of my favourite moths, and the first we’ve recorded for this season.

From the genus Pseudanapaea. Likely Pseudanapaea denotata, but there’s a suggestion that the moths of this genus recorded in WA are possibly a different species.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Orange-spotted Flower Moth
(Syngamia florella)

on red mangrove
(Rhizophora mangle)
Size: ~1.5cm (1/2”)
Location: Bonita Springs, Florida

#ColorADay #YellowThu #eastcoastkin #bugsky #insectThursday #Lepidoptera #moths #yellow #native #insects #bugs #nature #macro #photography #macroPhotography #art
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Dorantes Longtail skipper butterfly
(Cecropterus dorantes)

On paths near Naples zoo yesterday, admiring these flowers, freely sweating, when this little skipper arrives, fits like the missing piece.

#nature #native #insects #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macro #photography #macrophotography #art 🦋
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Happy Fly-day!

Zebra longwing
(Heliconius charithonia ssp. tuckeri)

on Butterfly needles
(Bidens alba)

Golden gate parkway, Naples, Florida
10-21-25

#eastCoastKin #bugSky #FlyDay #flowers #bloomscrolling #Lepidoptera #native #butterflies #nature #macro #photography #art #macrophotography 🦋
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Day 23 of #inktober- the prompt is firefly
A small sketch of fireflies in a woodland at nighttime

#inktober2025 #inktober2025firefly #fireflies #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #inkdrawing #dailydrawing
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
October 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sam Jaffe's plate for Euchlaena in the Eastern USA. His work is so good.
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Stephen Miller will just make up a new "nobler" peace prize for his king.
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thanks Sloan Tomlinson for all your cool images of parasitoids (attacking leps in Mass. USA - from about 2 years ago).
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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A few #moths dropped by last soir. Best of the bunch was this nfg Green Brindled Crescent. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM