Julie Craves
@fieldmarks.bsky.social
Ecologist (entomology, urban ecology, ornithology), writer/editor, adjunct curator of Odonata at a midwestern university. Curious, strong-willed, quick-witted, don't suffer fools, love cats. fieldmarks.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9391-2767
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9391-2767
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Woohoo!! He did it! Now to find and ship a Bionomia mouse pad and stickers...
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Woohoo!! He did it! Now to find and ship a Bionomia mouse pad and stickers...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
🌱 Help secure the future of the Biodiversity Heritage Library! 🙏
Your donation will keep biodiversity knowledge open, connected, and growing, and fund the dedicated staff who make it all possible. 📖 👩💻 🌱 🌏 🧪
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#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL
Your donation will keep biodiversity knowledge open, connected, and growing, and fund the dedicated staff who make it all possible. 📖 👩💻 🌱 🌏 🧪
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#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL
New open access paper in The Urban Naturalist: Predictors of Coyote Occupancy and Detection Probability in the New York Metropolitan Area. eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New open access paper in The Urban Naturalist: Predictors of Coyote Occupancy and Detection Probability in the New York Metropolitan Area. eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/...
New in The Urban Naturalist: Predation of the Endemic Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel (Notocitellus annulatus) by Introduced Cats and Dogs in a Protected Natural Area in Colima, Western Mexico by Peña-Mondragón, Ortega-Álvarez, Casas, Pacheco-Flores, and others.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New in The Urban Naturalist: Predation of the Endemic Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel (Notocitellus annulatus) by Introduced Cats and Dogs in a Protected Natural Area in Colima, Western Mexico by Peña-Mondragón, Ortega-Álvarez, Casas, Pacheco-Flores, and others.
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New open access paper in The Urban Naturalist: The Nesting Ecology of Southern Two-lined Salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera) in Urban Streams by Rittenburg, Downing, and @twpierson.bsky.social.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New open access paper in The Urban Naturalist: The Nesting Ecology of Southern Two-lined Salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera) in Urban Streams by Rittenburg, Downing, and @twpierson.bsky.social.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Apparently, it's #WorldTapirDay! My life and career have not intersected much with tapirs. This is my rather peripheral connection: bootstrap-analysis.com/2005/10/book...
book review: the tapir’s morning bath
Time to catch you up on my reading. Topping the list is The Tapir’s Morning Bath by Elizabeth Royte. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it also gave me some serious food for thought on the direction ...
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April 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Apparently, it's #WorldTapirDay! My life and career have not intersected much with tapirs. This is my rather peripheral connection: bootstrap-analysis.com/2005/10/book...
Latest Natural Areas Journal is an Invasive Species Compendium, and includes a paper of mine (doi.org/10.3375/043....) on the dispersal of buckthorns in North America. bioone.org/journals/nat...
April 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Latest Natural Areas Journal is an Invasive Species Compendium, and includes a paper of mine (doi.org/10.3375/043....) on the dispersal of buckthorns in North America. bioone.org/journals/nat...
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This is absolutely impacting us. No paper for the copier, returning to the office (but no supplies, monitors, or chairs), and no field equipment.
The DOGE cuts are wasting taxpayer money, not saving it.
At the same time Elon’s companies continue to get contracts.
Conservation over corporations.
The DOGE cuts are wasting taxpayer money, not saving it.
At the same time Elon’s companies continue to get contracts.
Conservation over corporations.
How cuts and $1 payment limits are making federal jobs harder
Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by the Department of Government efficiency team start to bite.
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March 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is absolutely impacting us. No paper for the copier, returning to the office (but no supplies, monitors, or chairs), and no field equipment.
The DOGE cuts are wasting taxpayer money, not saving it.
At the same time Elon’s companies continue to get contracts.
Conservation over corporations.
The DOGE cuts are wasting taxpayer money, not saving it.
At the same time Elon’s companies continue to get contracts.
Conservation over corporations.
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Thank you, @entsocamerica.bsky.social, for making this fund a reality in just a few weeks. The recent terminations of #entomology employees have been halted for now, but we know the government will likely attempt to return and finish what they started. 🧪
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Member Support Fund
The ESA Member Support Fund assists members who have faced a job loss as a result of disruptions from the federal government in 2025. The fund aims to support membership dues, which will allow benefic...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Thank you, @entsocamerica.bsky.social, for making this fund a reality in just a few weeks. The recent terminations of #entomology employees have been halted for now, but we know the government will likely attempt to return and finish what they started. 🧪
entsoc.org/support/memb...
entsoc.org/support/memb...
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It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
Appreciate that my paper continues to be discovered and adds context to European Goldfinch sightings in the U.S. #birds #IntroducedSpecies #birding #GreatLakes
European goldfinches have been breeding in the wild since 2003 in the area between Chicago and Milwaukee. This study says "the likely primary founding event of this population was release or escape from a cage bird importer in northern Illinois." neobiota.pensoft.net/article/97736/
March 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Appreciate that my paper continues to be discovered and adds context to European Goldfinch sightings in the U.S. #birds #IntroducedSpecies #birding #GreatLakes
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Simultaneously fascinating and horrifying: a coot nest in Amsterdam, reused over many years, turned out to be a time capsule of plastic trash dating back to the early 1990s. #ornithology
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March 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Simultaneously fascinating and horrifying: a coot nest in Amsterdam, reused over many years, turned out to be a time capsule of plastic trash dating back to the early 1990s. #ornithology
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THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. ⬇️
"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. ⬇️
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This spring, cicada Brood XIV will emerge in the eastern US! This is the second-largest periodical cicada emergence on the planet (after Brood XIX, which emerged last year).
Expect to see them in parts of the following states from May to June in 2025: KY, TN, IN, OH, WV, GA, NC, MD, PA, NY, MA.
Expect to see them in parts of the following states from May to June in 2025: KY, TN, IN, OH, WV, GA, NC, MD, PA, NY, MA.
March 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This spring, cicada Brood XIV will emerge in the eastern US! This is the second-largest periodical cicada emergence on the planet (after Brood XIX, which emerged last year).
Expect to see them in parts of the following states from May to June in 2025: KY, TN, IN, OH, WV, GA, NC, MD, PA, NY, MA.
Expect to see them in parts of the following states from May to June in 2025: KY, TN, IN, OH, WV, GA, NC, MD, PA, NY, MA.
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This makes me so happy! Also, Puck Arks looks like a great account to follow.
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...
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Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in Local Communities | Brooklyn Public Library
Librarians and Teen Volunteers Spearhead Books Unbanned Initiative to Combat Censorship
www.bklynlibrary.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This makes me so happy! Also, Puck Arks looks like a great account to follow.
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Excellent opportunity to learn about the incredible diversity of spiders (& their relatives) at the Southwestern Resesrch Station in the beautiful Chiricahua Mountains.
@ibycter.bsky.social & I did the spider course there in 2015 & it was fantastic.
@ibycter.bsky.social & I did the spider course there in 2015 & it was fantastic.
Spider Biology Field Course!! from July 1 - 9, 2025 experience the outstanding biodiversity of spiders and non-spider arachnids found in montane southeastern AZ; taught by Greta Binford, Paula Cushing, & Marshal Hedin
$946 for tuition, room & board. See www.amnh.org/research/sou... for details.
$946 for tuition, room & board. See www.amnh.org/research/sou... for details.
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February 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Excellent opportunity to learn about the incredible diversity of spiders (& their relatives) at the Southwestern Resesrch Station in the beautiful Chiricahua Mountains.
@ibycter.bsky.social & I did the spider course there in 2015 & it was fantastic.
@ibycter.bsky.social & I did the spider course there in 2015 & it was fantastic.
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We also urge you to send your stories directly to your legislators. 3/3 https://entsoc.quorum.us/campaign/109016/
Support Early Detection of Invasive Species to Protect Health and Agriculture
Investing in research to promote early detection and prevent the establishment of invasive insect and arthropod species is crucial for preserving biodiversity and ecosystem health.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We also urge you to send your stories directly to your legislators. 3/3 https://entsoc.quorum.us/campaign/109016/
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The integration of LLM agents into TaxonWorks is inevitable.
The amazing: A *single* prompt and image was all it took to generate this, 10 seconds of human work.
The horrible: It is for all intents and purposes 100% wrong, hours to fix.
Over time we will find a balance.
The amazing: A *single* prompt and image was all it took to generate this, 10 seconds of human work.
The horrible: It is for all intents and purposes 100% wrong, hours to fix.
Over time we will find a balance.
February 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The integration of LLM agents into TaxonWorks is inevitable.
The amazing: A *single* prompt and image was all it took to generate this, 10 seconds of human work.
The horrible: It is for all intents and purposes 100% wrong, hours to fix.
Over time we will find a balance.
The amazing: A *single* prompt and image was all it took to generate this, 10 seconds of human work.
The horrible: It is for all intents and purposes 100% wrong, hours to fix.
Over time we will find a balance.
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I had so much fun taking photos of my colleagues at the @asubiocollections.bsky.social last week.
Here is Sangmi Lee, ASU Hasbrouck Insect Collection Manager. She poses with her study species -Gelechiidae - the twirler moths.🦋✨
Here is Sangmi Lee, ASU Hasbrouck Insect Collection Manager. She poses with her study species -Gelechiidae - the twirler moths.🦋✨
February 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I had so much fun taking photos of my colleagues at the @asubiocollections.bsky.social last week.
Here is Sangmi Lee, ASU Hasbrouck Insect Collection Manager. She poses with her study species -Gelechiidae - the twirler moths.🦋✨
Here is Sangmi Lee, ASU Hasbrouck Insect Collection Manager. She poses with her study species -Gelechiidae - the twirler moths.🦋✨
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This drying "crumbs on a napkin" stage of insect mounting is difficult to get past, even though I enjoy pointing. By now, I usually have ID'd everything of interest to me, and I have to commit to the first step in an arts & crafts activity I've done hundreds of times before.
February 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This drying "crumbs on a napkin" stage of insect mounting is difficult to get past, even though I enjoy pointing. By now, I usually have ID'd everything of interest to me, and I have to commit to the first step in an arts & crafts activity I've done hundreds of times before.
Open access paper just published in The Urban Naturalist: Fisher Use of an Ecological Corridor Near the City Center of Edmonton, Canada, A City of Over One Million People by Sage Raymond and Colleen Cassady St. Clair
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February 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Open access paper just published in The Urban Naturalist: Fisher Use of an Ecological Corridor Near the City Center of Edmonton, Canada, A City of Over One Million People by Sage Raymond and Colleen Cassady St. Clair