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Kendrick Fowler
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Nature, canoe, and camera enthusiast studying parasitoid wasps in the Hudson Valley 🔬 Mostly (re)skeeting on insects, science, and current events (not necessarily in that order) 🐝 Still trying to stay in the control group 😷 He/him 🧍‍♂️ Views my own
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kendrickorion.bsky.social
The New York Post is not generally the most reliable source…but AFAICT, this particular article seems well reported and worth sharing.
brownecfm.bsky.social Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 2d
As I've said many times before on this platform, the moment I decided that I was going to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2 was the moment I read that acute Covid-19 could cause both cognitive dysfunction and anosmia.

nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...
Long COVID may be triggering Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain: new study
Over 20 million Americans are believed to have long COVID, suffering symptoms such as severe fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness and muscle pain.
nypost.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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bug-gwen.bsky.social
Are you interested in invertebrate education and conservation? Apply for a scholarship to attend the IECC conference in August! Deadline March 15 titag.org/iecc-confere...
Scholarships - TITAG
A Prchal Scholarship covers Invertebrates in Education and Conservation Conference (IECC) registration, round-trip transportation, room & board, and meals for first time atttendees
titag.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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parasitoidrex.bsky.social
On this International Day of Women & Girls in Science, I'm headed home from an amazing gall workshop at the Botanical Museum of the University of Padua. Grateful for all the mentors and colleagues who've treated me with dignity and respect. I would not be here without them!
Entrance to the Padua Botanical Garden, the oldest scientific botanical garden in the world! With a sign for "Complex objects, different perspectives: Studying and digitising cecidological collections". The sign has a picture of preserved historical plant galls. Interior of the historical botanical collections at the University of Padua. Tall wooden cabinets are filled with bundles of herbarium specimens. A close up of an old herbarium specimen on a wooden table. Gloved hands are holding open some folded paper, revealing the preserved galls within. An informational sign from inside the Botanical Museum of the University of Padua, with a biography of Silvia Zenari in Italian and English. She is described as "una botanica del Novecento" (a 20th century female botanist). Below the sign are some herbarium specimens from her collection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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mutillidae.bsky.social
All the non-hymenopterans really wanna be hymenopterans...

😀

#MimicryFTW
#HymenopteraRule
rosariolebronentomology.com Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · Jun 10
For a moment I was fooled, I took the picture assuming it was a wasp. The way it moved very specifically, suggested Hymenoptera. It even moved its antennae the same way! Then I looked closer... that’s #Cerambycidae, #Coleoptera keeps surprising me.

#Entomology 🪲🪳 #Invert 🌿 #macrophotography
A close-up macro photograph of a longhorn beetle, likely from the genus Necydalis, possibly Necydalis mellita, resting on a glossy green leaf. The insect is shown in profile and displays striking wasp-like mimicry, a classic feature of this genus. Its body is slender, elongated, and mostly black with some dark brown tones, mimicking the sleek body shape of a wasp. The exoskeleton texture is finely detailed with short, pale hairs. Long, segmented black antennae curve forward, contributing to the Hymenoptera illusion. The legs are long, thin, and reddish-brown with visible articulation and fine setae. The beetle’s elytra (wing covers) are short and reddish-brown, leaving much of the abdomen exposed, another trait that enhances the wasp disguise. Underneath the elytra, partially visible, are the delicate, membranous hindwings. The thorax appears narrow and raised, helping define a “waist,” furthering the mimicry effect. The compound eyes are large and deep black, typical of longhorn beetles. The leaf it's perched on is vibrant green with white speckling, and its waxy texture reflects the light. The background is a softly blurred mix of darker greens, ensuring the beetle remains the focal point. This detailed image captures the beetle’s impressive Batesian mimicry, where a harmless species evolves to resemble a more dangerous one, in this case, mimicking a wasp to deter predators.
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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xercessociety.bsky.social
Join us to learn about soils, the bugs that live there, & practices to support these important animals! This course is for conservation & agriculture professionals in the Southeast, but everyone is welcome!
🗓️Feb 18 at 6am PT / 9am ET
🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“Farming with Soil Life Virtual Short Course: Southeast Region” Up close with a, very tiny, bright orange springtail walking on the surface of a fallen leaf.
February 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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dmbmeg.bsky.social
This is legit why I followed @bertonemyia.bsky.social
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
Dipterology has been handed a major blow: as a result of the Federal Gov.'s Work Force Adjustment Program, research on Diptera (true flies) at the Canadian National Collection, a hub of excellence in this field, is being discontinued

Please sign the letter to support our fly friends & colleagues! ❤️
zfmk.bsky.social Bjoern Rulik @zfmk.bsky.social · 2d
sooooo... WHO is NEXT?!? 😱🙈😭

🔥 #Diptera unit 🦟🪰 at #CNC in Ottawa under threat!!! 🔥

Plz support the colleagues!!! Read the Open Letter and sign the petition here: diptera.de/CNC_Diptera/

#taxonomy #biodiversity #collection #museum #entomology #gnatsarecool #fliesarecooltoo #Canada #insects
Termination Diptera unit CNC Ottawa
Help the Diptera unit at CNC!!!
diptera.de
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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drnikiphd.bsky.social
www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/10/1...
A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions
Backlash against ICE is fueling a broader movement against AI companies’ ties to President Trump.
www.technologyreview.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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flowerhorne.com
oof, same here. Settings > Accessibility and make sure "require alt text" is still checked; they seem to have had a bug.
elizmanderson.com E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 13h
alt text writers, check your settings! my "require alt text" setting was also off when I checked after seeing this post
thevaliantone.bsky.social Specialist_K @thevaliantone.bsky.social · 13h
Went into my setting and found everything was off. Had to turn “require alt text” back on. @bsky.app Why did that happen?!
February 13, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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alexsmithants.bsky.social
🤦‍♂️
Choosing to wear a mask to prevent illness ≠ “extreme”
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npr.org NPR @npr.org · 4d
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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alexwild.bsky.social
Question for Entomology curators: what printers are you using these days for archival specimen labels?
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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phytoseiid.bsky.social
Hey colleagues, know that I judge you super hard when you put AI art in your presentations. I keep seeing them and it is always to make a joke or to include as just a flavor image. They never are critical to understanding the presentation.
sarah.northsky.social Sarah Colonthree @sarah.northsky.social · 6d
Doing art badly is good and sacred
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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colinpurrington.bsky.social
New on my blog: last fall I took photographs of all the different wasp species that were loitering around the eastern redbud trees in my front yard. People driving by gave me strange looks, but it was worth it. 🌿🧪 #wasps #beetles #insects #entomology #photography colinpurrington.com/2026/02/gall...
Gallery of parasitic wasps from the redbuds in my front yard » Colin Purrington's blog
Now that my eastern redbuds (Cercis canadensis) are pumping out thousands of pods each fall, I thought I’d start photographing the wasps that show up to parasitize the redbud bruchids (Gibbobruchus mi...
colinpurrington.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
*hooded cultists slowly emerging from the shadows, chanting with increasing intensity* Baeus! Baeus! Baeus!
americanbeetles.bsky.social Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 6d
just a little baby child (from @mosquitolab.bsky.social's pitfall samples; I can see how this one got sorted into the beetle pile)
teeny tiny wingless parasitic wasp, probably genus Baeus. It is so round and fat and perfect. Its head is the size of the rest of its body.
February 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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parasitoidrex.bsky.social
The cutest wasp in the whole world! It attacks spider eggs
americanbeetles.bsky.social Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 6d
just a little baby child (from @mosquitolab.bsky.social's pitfall samples; I can see how this one got sorted into the beetle pile)
teeny tiny wingless parasitic wasp, probably genus Baeus. It is so round and fat and perfect. Its head is the size of the rest of its body.
February 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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luckytran.com
Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.
U.S. Olympic men’s cross-country ski team member Ben Ogden, second from left, speaks at a news conference Thursday, Feb. 5 at the competition venue in Tesero, Italy. From left, Ogden’s teammates are Zak Ketterson, JC Schoonmaker and Zanden McMullen. (Nathaniel Herz for FasterSkier) Masked members of the U.S. women’s Olympic cross-country ski team pose for a photo Thursday, Feb. 5 after a news conference at their competition venue in Tesero, Italy. From left , Jessie Diggins, Hailey Swirbul, Sammy Smith, Julia Kern, Novie McCabe and Rosie Brennan. (Nathaniel Herz for FasterSkier)
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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caxela.bsky.social
Thylacine
Digital Drawing. In the centre, a thylacine/tasmanian tiger is depicted mid-run. Behind it are the silhouettes of thylacine bodies lined up in rows against a red background.
February 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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mutillidae.bsky.social
I decided to print a dedicated tool for holding bees while viewing through a microscope.

A bee-spoke manipulator, if you will...

#3DprintingFTW
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#MakeItYourself
Close up view of a 3D-printed insect specimen manipulator on a white background. The manipulator is all black except the two rotating knobs and the foam filled socket for holding the insect are yellow. There is a pinned queen of the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis in stuck in the foam.
February 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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mossworm.bsky.social
I'm hearing PRI Museum of the Earth currently has an exhibit with LIVE Chittenango ovate amber snails, which are known only from the spray zone on the left side of a singular waterfall in New York State. I would go and visit if I was closer, but I figure some other people would be interested in this
two live Chittenango ovate amber snails ready for controlled release to the wild from a captive breeding program. the snails are amber-colored and speckled with brown. photo by Jessica Suarez Chittenango Falls, part of Chittenango Falls State Park, is a 167 ft tall waterfall in New York State
February 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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mossworm.bsky.social
to highlight the fact that species epithets can repeat in separate genera, here are three species named "yellow", three named "spotted", and three named "from India". it took a while to come up with a nice spread of lifeforms
nine illustrations. from top left: a yellow mariposa flower, a golden beetle, a yellow sparrow, a spotted blue jellyfish, a brown spotted snake, an orange spotted fig, white mushrooms, a grey snail with a brown shell, and four pinkish pill-shaped bacteria
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
paid summer internship in our museum, it is in BOTANY but you cannot get in there without walking through the insect collection and being subjected to Beetle Facts drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNy...
CMNH Botany Internship Solicitation 2026 .pdf
drive.google.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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teamdiptera.bsky.social
Do you love flies? Do you love trivia??? Come join Team Diptera for a fun Trivia Night, February 11th, 6PM MST on our Discord channel! Links in the link tree in our bio. #Diptera #FliesAreWonderful
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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parasitoidrex.bsky.social
We have #grants for presenters - deadline in 2 days! (February 4) Come share your latest work in #insect #taxonomy and be part of a really cool symposium! 🧪🦋🐜🐝🪲🦗🪳🦟 www.entsoc.org/membership/b...
February 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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fossildetective.bsky.social
Excited to present the flounder effect - how our biases in sampling and worker effort impact our view of organisms.

A long term collaboration with @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social, @bigfacecats.bsky.social, Jon Hendricks, and Curtis Congreve!

#FossilFriday ⚒️🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation
www.nature.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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fossildetective.bsky.social
Brendan gives a great summary of our latest paper.
February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM