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Hey, friends and family!
Thanks for following us here on BlueSky!
We're an insect-focused blog which discusses entomology, and we're just getting started.
Please let us know if you have questions about bugs, and we'll do a science-based deep dive on any topic you want.
Thanks for following us here on BlueSky!
We're an insect-focused blog which discusses entomology, and we're just getting started.
Please let us know if you have questions about bugs, and we'll do a science-based deep dive on any topic you want.
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#InsertAnInvert2024
Motion - Scuttler
Many insects never evolved flight, while others lost their wings to fit their ground-dwelling lifestyle better.
Ice crawlers live in extreme places like mountaintops or glaciers. They don't travel far and get easily overheated outside their comfort zone. 🎨 🐡
Motion - Scuttler
Many insects never evolved flight, while others lost their wings to fit their ground-dwelling lifestyle better.
Ice crawlers live in extreme places like mountaintops or glaciers. They don't travel far and get easily overheated outside their comfort zone. 🎨 🐡
December 2, 2024 at 3:15 PM
#InsertAnInvert2024
Motion - Scuttler
Many insects never evolved flight, while others lost their wings to fit their ground-dwelling lifestyle better.
Ice crawlers live in extreme places like mountaintops or glaciers. They don't travel far and get easily overheated outside their comfort zone. 🎨 🐡
Motion - Scuttler
Many insects never evolved flight, while others lost their wings to fit their ground-dwelling lifestyle better.
Ice crawlers live in extreme places like mountaintops or glaciers. They don't travel far and get easily overheated outside their comfort zone. 🎨 🐡
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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...
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OK - 1 of my favourite things that I learned today was that a #Triassic #dinosaur liked eating #staphylinid beetles & that researchers inferred the dinosaur's, "...beak-like jaws ...were used to efficiently peck small insects off the ground, a feeding behaviour analogous 2 some extant #birds."
November 28, 2024 at 8:46 PM
OK - 1 of my favourite things that I learned today was that a #Triassic #dinosaur liked eating #staphylinid beetles & that researchers inferred the dinosaur's, "...beak-like jaws ...were used to efficiently peck small insects off the ground, a feeding behaviour analogous 2 some extant #birds."
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November 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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It is that magical time of the year when we entomologists make everyone else aware of the Large Turkey Louse.
Ideal to bring up during awkward pauses in conversation today.
Ideal to bring up during awkward pauses in conversation today.
Louse - Chelopistes meleagridis
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
bugguide.net
November 28, 2024 at 2:36 PM
It is that magical time of the year when we entomologists make everyone else aware of the Large Turkey Louse.
Ideal to bring up during awkward pauses in conversation today.
Ideal to bring up during awkward pauses in conversation today.
When the first white settlers arrived in Montana, the native Salish people warned them to not settle the West side of the Bitterroot River.
Ignoring these warnings, a small group of people colonized that side of the river.
Three quarters-75%-died of a mysterious disease.
#DeepDive
Ignoring these warnings, a small group of people colonized that side of the river.
Three quarters-75%-died of a mysterious disease.
#DeepDive
November 28, 2024 at 8:17 PM
When the first white settlers arrived in Montana, the native Salish people warned them to not settle the West side of the Bitterroot River.
Ignoring these warnings, a small group of people colonized that side of the river.
Three quarters-75%-died of a mysterious disease.
#DeepDive
Ignoring these warnings, a small group of people colonized that side of the river.
Three quarters-75%-died of a mysterious disease.
#DeepDive
Just a rundown of what we have planned:
1.) Interview with multiple folks about starting an insect garden
2.) Something about bug-type pokemon (we need to analyze some data for this)
3.) Stories about unsolved entomological mysteries
...we are a question-driven blog, so what else should we cover?
1.) Interview with multiple folks about starting an insect garden
2.) Something about bug-type pokemon (we need to analyze some data for this)
3.) Stories about unsolved entomological mysteries
...we are a question-driven blog, so what else should we cover?
November 26, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Just a rundown of what we have planned:
1.) Interview with multiple folks about starting an insect garden
2.) Something about bug-type pokemon (we need to analyze some data for this)
3.) Stories about unsolved entomological mysteries
...we are a question-driven blog, so what else should we cover?
1.) Interview with multiple folks about starting an insect garden
2.) Something about bug-type pokemon (we need to analyze some data for this)
3.) Stories about unsolved entomological mysteries
...we are a question-driven blog, so what else should we cover?
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Why are so many bugs shiny? New experiments with jumping spiders suggest the bling is visually confusing! Story also includes disco balls and Harry Styles. For Reasons 😆🧪 pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/a-b...
A bit of bling helps insects dazzle their predators
Beyond just looking stunning, shininess may help insects confuse predators to avoid being eaten, finds a University of Melbourne study
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
November 26, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Why are so many bugs shiny? New experiments with jumping spiders suggest the bling is visually confusing! Story also includes disco balls and Harry Styles. For Reasons 😆🧪 pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/a-b...
Wow! 220 followers in less than a week!
We'll be reposting some of our old Twitter content soon, but in the meantime, what do you want to know about bugs?
We'll be reposting some of our old Twitter content soon, but in the meantime, what do you want to know about bugs?
November 26, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Wow! 220 followers in less than a week!
We'll be reposting some of our old Twitter content soon, but in the meantime, what do you want to know about bugs?
We'll be reposting some of our old Twitter content soon, but in the meantime, what do you want to know about bugs?
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Fun fact: Some moths have given up wings and flight muscles to pump those resources into their ovaries.
This is totally adorable!
This is totally adorable!
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Fun fact: Some moths have given up wings and flight muscles to pump those resources into their ovaries.
This is totally adorable!
This is totally adorable!
Hey, folks...
So with the migration to BlueSky, we're looking to follow people who aren't necessarily entomologists but still do cool stuff.
Artists immediately come to mind.
Who should we follow?
So with the migration to BlueSky, we're looking to follow people who aren't necessarily entomologists but still do cool stuff.
Artists immediately come to mind.
Who should we follow?
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Hey, folks...
So with the migration to BlueSky, we're looking to follow people who aren't necessarily entomologists but still do cool stuff.
Artists immediately come to mind.
Who should we follow?
So with the migration to BlueSky, we're looking to follow people who aren't necessarily entomologists but still do cool stuff.
Artists immediately come to mind.
Who should we follow?
One account we've followed over the years is @rafael-glass.bsky.social who makes genuinely amazing glass sculptures of insects.
I've always wanted to pay for a collection of their work, but the frequent moves required of scientists make it difficult for someone to keep something so fragile.
I've always wanted to pay for a collection of their work, but the frequent moves required of scientists make it difficult for someone to keep something so fragile.
November 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM
One account we've followed over the years is @rafael-glass.bsky.social who makes genuinely amazing glass sculptures of insects.
I've always wanted to pay for a collection of their work, but the frequent moves required of scientists make it difficult for someone to keep something so fragile.
I've always wanted to pay for a collection of their work, but the frequent moves required of scientists make it difficult for someone to keep something so fragile.
We are decidedly an insect stan blog...but holy shit polychaetes are also awesome.
It's #wormwednesday again. Here's an amazing Aglaophamus macrura (Nephtyidae) ejecting its jaws out. This behavior is used for feeding and burrowing. Scary and amazing species! Seen and captured in Antarctica in continental shelf waters. 🧪🐧🦑🌎🇦🇶🧬
November 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM
We are decidedly an insect stan blog...but holy shit polychaetes are also awesome.
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BLUESKY SHOW US YOUR WASP
November 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
BLUESKY SHOW US YOUR WASP
Reaaaaaaally trying to fit these into my MtG decks at the moment.
Unfortunately, they're not the GREATEST cards because Hornet Queen is really expensive and Hornet's Nest requires a lot of 1/1 counters to make an impactful amount of wasps.
Still awesome cards, though.
Unfortunately, they're not the GREATEST cards because Hornet Queen is really expensive and Hornet's Nest requires a lot of 1/1 counters to make an impactful amount of wasps.
Still awesome cards, though.
November 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Reaaaaaaally trying to fit these into my MtG decks at the moment.
Unfortunately, they're not the GREATEST cards because Hornet Queen is really expensive and Hornet's Nest requires a lot of 1/1 counters to make an impactful amount of wasps.
Still awesome cards, though.
Unfortunately, they're not the GREATEST cards because Hornet Queen is really expensive and Hornet's Nest requires a lot of 1/1 counters to make an impactful amount of wasps.
Still awesome cards, though.
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Using this as an excuse to show off these fabulous Polistes gigas. With males at >50mm, they are the largest species of polistine, and use their exceptionally powerful jaw muscles to fight one another.
Top shows a smaller male specimen at 32mm, and a female (queen?) at 36mm. #wasplove
Top shows a smaller male specimen at 32mm, and a female (queen?) at 36mm. #wasplove
November 20, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Using this as an excuse to show off these fabulous Polistes gigas. With males at >50mm, they are the largest species of polistine, and use their exceptionally powerful jaw muscles to fight one another.
Top shows a smaller male specimen at 32mm, and a female (queen?) at 36mm. #wasplove
Top shows a smaller male specimen at 32mm, and a female (queen?) at 36mm. #wasplove
So does anyone know how starter packs work on BlueSky?
I'm trying to follow all the bug people, but it keeps saying that we're only following one person.
Also, drop your tag below or in our pinned post and we'll follow you!
I'm trying to follow all the bug people, but it keeps saying that we're only following one person.
Also, drop your tag below or in our pinned post and we'll follow you!
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
So does anyone know how starter packs work on BlueSky?
I'm trying to follow all the bug people, but it keeps saying that we're only following one person.
Also, drop your tag below or in our pinned post and we'll follow you!
I'm trying to follow all the bug people, but it keeps saying that we're only following one person.
Also, drop your tag below or in our pinned post and we'll follow you!
This account is run by @stylopidae.bsky.social, so if you want to follow him, feel free.
He has a lot on his plate at the moment, so we might not be posting as much as we'd like.
Our first #DeepDive will involve us teaming up with @labmaus.bsky.social...but we need to analyze some data first.
He has a lot on his plate at the moment, so we might not be posting as much as we'd like.
Our first #DeepDive will involve us teaming up with @labmaus.bsky.social...but we need to analyze some data first.
November 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM
This account is run by @stylopidae.bsky.social, so if you want to follow him, feel free.
He has a lot on his plate at the moment, so we might not be posting as much as we'd like.
Our first #DeepDive will involve us teaming up with @labmaus.bsky.social...but we need to analyze some data first.
He has a lot on his plate at the moment, so we might not be posting as much as we'd like.
Our first #DeepDive will involve us teaming up with @labmaus.bsky.social...but we need to analyze some data first.
Hey, friends and family!
Thanks for following us here on BlueSky!
We're an insect-focused blog which discusses entomology, and we're just getting started.
Please let us know if you have questions about bugs, and we'll do a science-based deep dive on any topic you want.
Thanks for following us here on BlueSky!
We're an insect-focused blog which discusses entomology, and we're just getting started.
Please let us know if you have questions about bugs, and we'll do a science-based deep dive on any topic you want.
November 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Hey, friends and family!
Thanks for following us here on BlueSky!
We're an insect-focused blog which discusses entomology, and we're just getting started.
Please let us know if you have questions about bugs, and we'll do a science-based deep dive on any topic you want.
Thanks for following us here on BlueSky!
We're an insect-focused blog which discusses entomology, and we're just getting started.
Please let us know if you have questions about bugs, and we'll do a science-based deep dive on any topic you want.