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BugBob
@bugbobphoto.bsky.social
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Biologist, author, nature photographer
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July 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
JOIN US!!!

@garlab.bsky.social is looking for a PhD and MS student to join our team studying ecology & conservation of gars, bowfin, and other non-game native fishes beginning Spring 2026!

Posting & more info coming soon. Please DM or email srdavid@umn.edu with CV if interested!
A Shortnose Gar headshot is pictured against the backdrop of the Minnesota River. Obviously on the lookout for potential GARduate students.
July 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
AOC is quite on point with this.
June 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Alright I have a question for *all of you*, esp for those of you who are not into environment stuff.

When you think about planting native plants in the area you control, what *prevents* you from taking that action? These could be emotional, financial, practical, anything.

RTs appreciated here.
June 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Is your community or organization thinking about sharing your story through interpretive signs? Learn more about the process and how to do it well with a little bit of professional help in this free webinar that I'm hosting next week. - May 22, 2:00 pm CDT. 🎨 3common.com/event/680bc0...
A brown, wood-tone interpretive sign called Magnificent Migratory Monarchs. It explains monarch natural history and includes a diagram of their life cycle and map of their migration route. It also includes photos of different local milkweed species. A large kiosk with three visible interpretive signs in a park on a sunny day. One sign is called Evolution of a River and tells the story of the Assiniboine River's course change since the last ice age. The other visible sign is called Below the Surface and shares information about the food web in the river. A grey interpretive sign is mounted in front of a large brick church with a white steeple. The sign is titled Coming Together to Build a Community and shares the story in both English and French, the history of St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba. A blue and white interpretive sign surrounded by snow. It's titled the Wreck of the Suzanne E and tells the story of the worst nautical disaster on Lake Winnipeg in 1965.
May 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
We're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab 🤔☺️

jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215...

@quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
Four tiles showing a tomato with chlorosis in upper left, a squash with powdery mildew in the upper right, broccoli with necrotic leaves on the lower left, and a pepper leaf with spots and mild chlorosis on the bottom right.
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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@aislinnde-ath.bsky.social Happy birthday!
March 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The original description of a sunflower I discovered, www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/169031
December 4, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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@emilietalpin.bsky.social Welcome to Bsky, Emilie! A great many biologists and nature photographers are here.
December 4, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Yesterday, I suddenly had nearly 100 new followers. Most appear legit (= science & photography), plus a handful of the usual uninteresting ones (which I blocked).
Anyone else? Any idea what happened?
Partial screenshot of new followers
October 18, 2024 at 3:31 PM
bugbobphoto.bsky.social
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #125,933!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #125,933, BugBob ‪@bugbobphoto.bsky.social‬, joined on Jun 14, 2023"
September 20, 2024 at 9:21 PM
bugbobphoto.bsky.social
Finally got to use my shiny new Canon R5 Mark II + EL-5 flash + AK Diffuser! Still working on focus-stacking with it (this image isn’t focus stacked)
Cotinis mutabilis, green fruit beetle, in Southern California. Rescued & fed a sliced-open plum, which it enjoyed immensely.
September 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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anarcho.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/videos/news/...
Native Americans fight barriers to voting, 100 years after being recognized as U.S. citizens
100 years after being recognized as U.S. citizens, Indigenous Americans in the Western U.S. still struggle to access the ballot box.
www.usatoday.com
September 10, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I'm throwing this out to the universe: I want to paint another mural. I love telling stories through images and I finally have room in my schedule to take on another one.

I realize this would be a big undertaking, but if you know anyone with the budget and need, please send them my way. 🌿🎨
A woman stands in front of a mural depicting the different factors affecting the health of the Lake Winnipeg watershed. It's a huge overhead view showing the watershed from where it starts in the Rockies to the lake. In between there are rivers flowing through different landscapes - farmland, crops, cities, hydro dams. They flow past golf courses, mines, forestry, marshes, cottages and septic fields. A woman stands in front of a mural depicting the food web of Lake Winnipeg. Below the water swims an otter chasing a cisco (fish), walleye chasing a trout-perch, pike chasing yellow perch. Other fish include whitefish and johnny darter. There are call-outs showing zooplankton and phytoplankton, the base of the web. Above the surface fly white pelicans and mergansers swim on the water. A research vessel cruises in the distance. A painting showing all of the different animals that benefit from North American badgers. It's a cross-section of the underground of the mixed-grass prairie at sunset. It shows a collection of burrows. In one, a badger is stalking a ground squirrel while a tiger salamander rests in an offshoot. Burrowing owls are peeking out of another while a western rattlesnake rests below in another offshoot. Swift foxes stand near the entrance of another and a common nighthawk flies overhead. An illustration of common marsh birds tucked into the cattails. A sora rail walks along the water and an American bitter hides along the edge. A marsh wren and yellow-headed blackbird perch in the grasses.
September 10, 2024 at 3:17 PM
bugbobphoto.bsky.social
@canonusa.bsky.social Hello. Preordered the R5 Mark II. Are its manuals available yet? I'd like to look up some things. Thank you.
August 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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jillybobww.bsky.social
Related to previous posts: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE spay & neuter your pets. In Los Angeles, about 250 kittens are born for every human. Shelters are having to euthanize dozens of kittens a day, which, among other things, is creating a major mental health crisis for shelter workers. FIX THOSE CATS.
June 4, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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jencross.bsky.social
If you want to learn more about inverts, Cri does a nice job with her Crawlies posts.
May 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
Worm fact: When threatened, a sufficiently large earthworm can eject its buttjuice with enough force to hit a sitting human adult in the face.

Source: Personal experience
April 14, 2024 at 9:22 AM
bugbobphoto.bsky.social
Want some terrific science art? Follow my friend!
mothmonarch.bsky.social MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · Apr 12
I'd love to find more of my #sciart fans & friends who scattered from Twitter in the upheaval & probably knew me better under my given name. Help me get the word out there with these examples of my work the entomology folks are more likely to recognize!! #entomology #insects
Ten enamel pins on purple backing cards arranged in two rows of five. All are geometric designs with rigid lines and angular shapes. Top row: praying mantis, bumblebee, dragonfly, goliath beetle, birdwing butterfly. Bottom row: scarab, cicada, ladybug, green leaf bug, yellow leaf bug. Photo of a number of different screen-printed bandanas stacked on top of each other, all with insect themed designs. The front blue one has beetles, with green-print assorted insects under it to the right. In the middle is a black bandana with gold-print honeycomb and honeybees. In the back is a brown ink on yellow variation of the bee design as well as a black bandana printed with many rings of white moths with large moon phases. A few other designs peek out from beneath these. Eight enamel pins in two rows of four, all insect designs with celestial theming and markings. Top row: bumblebee, cecropia moth, centipede, praying mantis. Bottom row: beetle grub, scarab beetle, earwig, spider in web. Photo of a sticker sheet featuring many small insects which are cutely drawn but nonetheless attentive to their actual anatomy. Includes cecropia moth, dragonfly, mole cricket, firefly, honeybee, leaf insect, goliath beetle, ant, morpho butterfly, white-lined sphinx moth, annual cicada, wooly bear caterpillar, orchid mantis, jumping spider, atlas moth, stink bug, and others.
April 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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@gailsimone.bsky.social So great to see you (again) at WonderCon today!
April 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM
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@nature-bird.bsky.social looking forward to these beasties to return to my area!
Lewis’ woodpecker flying from tree to tree. Showing its greenish-black back and red face
February 14, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
Since we're doing the owl thing again here's your reminder to not post photos and art that's not your own, unless it's public domain, creative commons or you have permission - and always post the credit.
February 11, 2024 at 4:35 PM
bugbobphoto.bsky.social
I’m helping out a small town newspaper that includes lots of wildlife articles and photos.
I could use your help reaching their fundraising goal. Every single share and donation makes a difference.

t.co/uljiRzDPUm
February 5, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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Hey @dabunnee.bsky.social , I happen to be wearing a certain comfy shirt…
Bugbob wearing a comfy blue shirt from DaBunnee Press
December 31, 2023 at 8:53 PM
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Bsky just got more awesome. @alexwild.bsky.social is now here!
August 22, 2023 at 12:33 AM