Allen Gathman
@agathman.bsky.social
Retired genetics professor. I spend my time birding, reading, growing native plants, cooking, singing in a community chorus, playing mountain dulcimer, biking, kayaking. My wife and I are blue dots in very red SE Missouri. He/him.
Sunrise in SE Missouri.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Sunrise in SE Missouri.
Look out, sailor. Dawn in SE Missouri.
October 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Look out, sailor. Dawn in SE Missouri.
Sunrise at Pioneer Forest Virgin Pine - Randolph Tract, Shannon County, MO.
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Sunrise at Pioneer Forest Virgin Pine - Randolph Tract, Shannon County, MO.
My dad (left) and uncle in their Antifa uniforms, 1941.
October 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My dad (left) and uncle in their Antifa uniforms, 1941.
After the recent rain, I had to cut a bunch of prairie plants that had flopped into the path. I didn’t have the heart to compost them, so I made a bouquet. #nativeplants #gardening #Missouri
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
After the recent rain, I had to cut a bunch of prairie plants that had flopped into the path. I didn’t have the heart to compost them, so I made a bouquet. #nativeplants #gardening #Missouri
Kayaking the Mississippi River with the Missouri Department of Conservation yesterday. From Trail of Tears State Park to Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau.
September 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Kayaking the Mississippi River with the Missouri Department of Conservation yesterday. From Trail of Tears State Park to Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau.
I like the Guardian. They’re not pulling any punches.
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I like the Guardian. They’re not pulling any punches.
Crummy hand-held phone pic, but you can see Mercury (down and right from the moon, just over the foliage), Venus, and Jupiter. And Castor and Pollux.
August 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Crummy hand-held phone pic, but you can see Mercury (down and right from the moon, just over the foliage), Venus, and Jupiter. And Castor and Pollux.
Morning in Cape Girardeau County, MO.
August 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Morning in Cape Girardeau County, MO.
Black Swallowtail caterpillar, having eaten an entire dill plant.
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Black Swallowtail caterpillar, having eaten an entire dill plant.
Snowberry Clearwing moth (Hemaris diffinis) on Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum). Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
#Missouri #insects #BugSky #NativePlants
#Missouri #insects #BugSky #NativePlants
August 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Snowberry Clearwing moth (Hemaris diffinis) on Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum). Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
#Missouri #insects #BugSky #NativePlants
#Missouri #insects #BugSky #NativePlants
July 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A camouflaged looper, Synchlora aerata, on my spotted bee balm. This caterpillar takes chunks of the flower it’s feeding on and sticks them on its back. Presumably this hides it from predators.
Cape Girardeau County, MO.
Cape Girardeau County, MO.
July 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A camouflaged looper, Synchlora aerata, on my spotted bee balm. This caterpillar takes chunks of the flower it’s feeding on and sticks them on its back. Presumably this hides it from predators.
Cape Girardeau County, MO.
Cape Girardeau County, MO.
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar on purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) in my SE Missouri yard.
#NativePlants #bugsky
#NativePlants #bugsky
July 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar on purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) in my SE Missouri yard.
#NativePlants #bugsky
#NativePlants #bugsky
Another in my continuing series of “insects on my spotted bee balm.” This is a Sphex wasp— I think it’s Sphex flavovestitus. In my Cape Girardeau county, MO yard.
#bugsky #nativeplants
#bugsky #nativeplants
July 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Another in my continuing series of “insects on my spotted bee balm.” This is a Sphex wasp— I think it’s Sphex flavovestitus. In my Cape Girardeau county, MO yard.
#bugsky #nativeplants
#bugsky #nativeplants
Dark grasshopper-hunting wasp, Tachytes guatemalensis, on spotted horsemint, Monarda punctata in my Cape Girardeau County, MO yard. Bought this plant a couple of weeks ago; it’s still in a gallon pot and attracting quite a variety of native insects.
#Bugsky #NativePlants
#Bugsky #NativePlants
July 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Dark grasshopper-hunting wasp, Tachytes guatemalensis, on spotted horsemint, Monarda punctata in my Cape Girardeau County, MO yard. Bought this plant a couple of weeks ago; it’s still in a gallon pot and attracting quite a variety of native insects.
#Bugsky #NativePlants
#Bugsky #NativePlants
Four-toothed mason wasp, Monobia quadridens, on spotted horsemint, Monarda punctata. In my Cape Girardeau County, MO yard.
#Bugsky #NativePlants
#Bugsky #NativePlants
July 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Four-toothed mason wasp, Monobia quadridens, on spotted horsemint, Monarda punctata. In my Cape Girardeau County, MO yard.
#Bugsky #NativePlants
#Bugsky #NativePlants
So, as I understand it,
1) The Epstein files were written by Obama, Hillary Clinton, Biden, and other Biden administration officials.
2) There isn’t anything in these files that would hurt Trump and the “MAGA movement, or Biden would have released them.
1) The Epstein files were written by Obama, Hillary Clinton, Biden, and other Biden administration officials.
2) There isn’t anything in these files that would hurt Trump and the “MAGA movement, or Biden would have released them.
July 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
So, as I understand it,
1) The Epstein files were written by Obama, Hillary Clinton, Biden, and other Biden administration officials.
2) There isn’t anything in these files that would hurt Trump and the “MAGA movement, or Biden would have released them.
1) The Epstein files were written by Obama, Hillary Clinton, Biden, and other Biden administration officials.
2) There isn’t anything in these files that would hurt Trump and the “MAGA movement, or Biden would have released them.