Becky Trout Fryxell
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Becky Trout Fryxell
@drvectorbio.bsky.social
Vector Biologist, mosquitoes, ticks, & flies to improve human & animal health & welfare.
Medical & Veterinary ENTOMOLOGIST
Prof., Univ. of Tennessee
she/her/hers
my own opinions and ramblings
mom, wife, friend
It's May term at UTK & I'm teaching Public Health Entomology

We set out mosquito traps along the Greenway yesterday & picked them up today- yep those are skeeters.

VectorEd Network's
@utknoxville.bsky.social

#SunsOutVectorsOut
May 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Look who is right there in the middle!
#MEGABITESS educator & middle school educator of the year (for Knox county) Mrs Butterfield from Bearden Middle School!
Congrats!
February 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If you work with undergraduate students, please forward
(1) Public Health Entomology Training at the Univ of Tennessee via CDC funded VectorEd Network's Student Training Network
Students @ Tenn will work w/ agencies on La Crosse virus and other vector-borne diseases.
@vectorednetwork.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We did it! Just like many talks, as we went up, there was a hole (yep a hole in the balloon!).
But we did it, "still fly ready"
Not as scary as I thought
Glad I did it
And met more entomologists through our shared experiences
#EntSoc24 @machtingerlab.bsky.social
November 11, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I feel connected to the @EntsocAmerica students giving their first talk this morning.
Yeah, it's scary, but it'll be ok
It'll be ok
W @MachtingerLab
#EntSoc24
November 11, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Started the morning w/ my #Valentine & gave blood
Why do we give?
Extra months w my mom
Extra wks w my dad
Extra wks w his bro
My nieces & newphews still have their mom
For 3 people we may or may not know & their family, friends, & community
#snacksforbreakfast
#giveblood
February 14, 2024 at 3:37 PM
I've been going nonstop, to the point I was getting stress sick

Broken plane kept me in knoxville yesterday, so today...
I sorted mosquitoes at work and coins after dinner

Yes, I listened to my favorite podcasts and checked 2 boxes that were not a priority
February 9, 2024 at 2:28 AM
We lost a Hackberry tree about 2 years ago...
Our Christmas Elm will take its place
Super excited about it

Note, there was solid discussion about persimmon, plum, redbud, and dogwood - but the elm won

#HappyHolidays
December 9, 2023 at 11:50 PM