@tessafort.bsky.social
🎓MSc student @ UWO studying
🪰Syrphidae migration
⚛️Stable isotope lover
🚑First aider
🧶Hobby collector
🪰Syrphidae migration
⚛️Stable isotope lover
🚑First aider
🧶Hobby collector
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In honor of #FlyWeek here's a piece of collage art I made, highlighting some wise words from Dr. Riley Nelson, who taught me to love flies 🪰❤️ Thanks Riley!
May 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In honor of #FlyWeek here's a piece of collage art I made, highlighting some wise words from Dr. Riley Nelson, who taught me to love flies 🪰❤️ Thanks Riley!
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Hoverfly of the day in Gamlingay Wood LNR, S. Cambridgeshire, an ancient woodland, only a 10 minute stroll from my home.
A male Criorhina floccosa, an excellent Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) mimic.
Localised in mature woodland with plenty of dead wood, in which the larvae breed.
A male Criorhina floccosa, an excellent Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) mimic.
Localised in mature woodland with plenty of dead wood, in which the larvae breed.
May 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hoverfly of the day in Gamlingay Wood LNR, S. Cambridgeshire, an ancient woodland, only a 10 minute stroll from my home.
A male Criorhina floccosa, an excellent Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) mimic.
Localised in mature woodland with plenty of dead wood, in which the larvae breed.
A male Criorhina floccosa, an excellent Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) mimic.
Localised in mature woodland with plenty of dead wood, in which the larvae breed.
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Do you guys think she’s ready for breakfast
November 30, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Do you guys think she’s ready for breakfast
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Otter Kits in the Yellowstone River.
November 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Otter Kits in the Yellowstone River.
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We've just published some brand new insect migration research in iScience!
We found that Marmalade hoverfly migrants are marathoners, not sprinters.
Led by Richard Massy of @uniofexeter.bsky.social
Full Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
We found that Marmalade hoverfly migrants are marathoners, not sprinters.
Led by Richard Massy of @uniofexeter.bsky.social
Full Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
November 28, 2024 at 3:17 PM
We've just published some brand new insect migration research in iScience!
We found that Marmalade hoverfly migrants are marathoners, not sprinters.
Led by Richard Massy of @uniofexeter.bsky.social
Full Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
We found that Marmalade hoverfly migrants are marathoners, not sprinters.
Led by Richard Massy of @uniofexeter.bsky.social
Full Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
I’ve fallen behind on my reading goal this year, looking for short book recommendations- any genre is welcome!
November 27, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I’ve fallen behind on my reading goal this year, looking for short book recommendations- any genre is welcome!
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The wasp mantisfly, Climaciella brunnea, is not a wasp, a mantis, or a fly. It is instead a type of spider-eating lacewing that keeps itself safe by looking like it has a painful sting, which is does not.
Evolution continues to be marvelous. 🧪 #Entomology
Evolution continues to be marvelous. 🧪 #Entomology
November 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The wasp mantisfly, Climaciella brunnea, is not a wasp, a mantis, or a fly. It is instead a type of spider-eating lacewing that keeps itself safe by looking like it has a painful sting, which is does not.
Evolution continues to be marvelous. 🧪 #Entomology
Evolution continues to be marvelous. 🧪 #Entomology
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Happy Evolution Day! Today's the 165 anniversary of the initial publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" - and this is a page from his notebooks.
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November 24, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Happy Evolution Day! Today's the 165 anniversary of the initial publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" - and this is a page from his notebooks.
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Starlings and blackbirds at #LongPointPP last fall!
November 23, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Starlings and blackbirds at #LongPointPP last fall!
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disney exec: it’s about a guy who thinks he’s a monkey lol. probably don’t need anything too crazy for the soundtrack.
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
November 20, 2024 at 5:10 PM
disney exec: it’s about a guy who thinks he’s a monkey lol. probably don’t need anything too crazy for the soundtrack.
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
Saw a few new lifers I saw while in Phoenix for #EntSoc24
Great-tailed Grackle (m&f), Curve-billed Thrasher, and a Verdin (not pictured)
Great-tailed Grackle (m&f), Curve-billed Thrasher, and a Verdin (not pictured)
November 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Saw a few new lifers I saw while in Phoenix for #EntSoc24
Great-tailed Grackle (m&f), Curve-billed Thrasher, and a Verdin (not pictured)
Great-tailed Grackle (m&f), Curve-billed Thrasher, and a Verdin (not pictured)
Last week I presented by preliminary data on #Syrphidae migration in #SWOntario at @entsocamerica.bsky.social ‘s #EntSoc24
It was such a great experience and I met so many incredible researchers!
It was such a great experience and I met so many incredible researchers!
November 18, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Last week I presented by preliminary data on #Syrphidae migration in #SWOntario at @entsocamerica.bsky.social ‘s #EntSoc24
It was such a great experience and I met so many incredible researchers!
It was such a great experience and I met so many incredible researchers!