Dr. Kelly I. Zimmerman
@fillsyourniche.bsky.social
Entomologist/Ecologist, Podcaster, Star Wars Nerd
www.kellyizimmerman.com
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Listen to my podcast Bugs Need Heroes www.bugsneedheroes.com or anywhere you get podcasts.
www.kellyizimmerman.com
🏳️🌈
Listen to my podcast Bugs Need Heroes www.bugsneedheroes.com or anywhere you get podcasts.
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My puddle of a boy, Finn. ❤️🤩🐈⬛
#blackcat #cat #catsofbluesky #aww #kitten #piratepets #petsofbluesky
#blackcat #cat #catsofbluesky #aww #kitten #piratepets #petsofbluesky
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
My puddle of a boy, Finn. ❤️🤩🐈⬛
#blackcat #cat #catsofbluesky #aww #kitten #piratepets #petsofbluesky
#blackcat #cat #catsofbluesky #aww #kitten #piratepets #petsofbluesky
A very cute felt rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) from Etsy. The seller is CrazyEchos (I paid for my moth, noy an ad, I just love her moths). Using fairly realistic prop moths when I give talks for moth nights/in the classroom allows for quick teaching without harming/stressing the moths.
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A very cute felt rosy maple moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) from Etsy. The seller is CrazyEchos (I paid for my moth, noy an ad, I just love her moths). Using fairly realistic prop moths when I give talks for moth nights/in the classroom allows for quick teaching without harming/stressing the moths.
My nosy roly poly (Armadillidium nasatum) is munching on a piece of carrot. Peep that baby in the left corner popping up from underneath the carrot. I've got a pretty large colony now in the lab. I feed them vegetable scraps & fish flakes. My students think they are pretty cute. I agree. ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My nosy roly poly (Armadillidium nasatum) is munching on a piece of carrot. Peep that baby in the left corner popping up from underneath the carrot. I've got a pretty large colony now in the lab. I feed them vegetable scraps & fish flakes. My students think they are pretty cute. I agree. ❤️
We've all had days like ol' Chucky D.
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We've all had days like ol' Chucky D.
I had an excellent time last night as a guest speaker at National Moth Week at a local park.
While we didn't see any moths, we did get the honor of watching this beautiful cicada emerge. The weather was beautiful and the community was out to appreciate all the bugs. ⬇️
While we didn't see any moths, we did get the honor of watching this beautiful cicada emerge. The weather was beautiful and the community was out to appreciate all the bugs. ⬇️
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I had an excellent time last night as a guest speaker at National Moth Week at a local park.
While we didn't see any moths, we did get the honor of watching this beautiful cicada emerge. The weather was beautiful and the community was out to appreciate all the bugs. ⬇️
While we didn't see any moths, we did get the honor of watching this beautiful cicada emerge. The weather was beautiful and the community was out to appreciate all the bugs. ⬇️
A very cute leaf cutter bee. Testing out my new macro lens!
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A very cute leaf cutter bee. Testing out my new macro lens!
I had the absolute joy to be the science consultant on this and the other two volumes of Jackson's Wilder Adventures. Out now everywhere you get books!
Need a science consultant for your next book, show, movie, etc? Let's chat!
Need a science consultant for your next book, show, movie, etc? Let's chat!
June 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I had the absolute joy to be the science consultant on this and the other two volumes of Jackson's Wilder Adventures. Out now everywhere you get books!
Need a science consultant for your next book, show, movie, etc? Let's chat!
Need a science consultant for your next book, show, movie, etc? Let's chat!
I interrupted this pair of walking sticks in the Bahamas. You can see the male hitching a ride on the much bigger female. Hello, sexual dimorphism!
May 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I interrupted this pair of walking sticks in the Bahamas. You can see the male hitching a ride on the much bigger female. Hello, sexual dimorphism!
ESA Mid-Atlantic conference at @longwoodgardens.bsky.social Poster presented, flowers admired.
May 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
ESA Mid-Atlantic conference at @longwoodgardens.bsky.social Poster presented, flowers admired.
May 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ah, Nature's little bubble blower, the spittlebug. Inside that frothy foam sits a juvenile or several juvenile spittlebugs (Superfamily Cercopoidea).
These tiny insects hide in “spit” to stay cool, moist, and safe from predators. More info ⬇️
These tiny insects hide in “spit” to stay cool, moist, and safe from predators. More info ⬇️
May 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ah, Nature's little bubble blower, the spittlebug. Inside that frothy foam sits a juvenile or several juvenile spittlebugs (Superfamily Cercopoidea).
These tiny insects hide in “spit” to stay cool, moist, and safe from predators. More info ⬇️
These tiny insects hide in “spit” to stay cool, moist, and safe from predators. More info ⬇️
Dissertation defended! Doctor Zimmerman, finally! 😍🎉
April 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Dissertation defended! Doctor Zimmerman, finally! 😍🎉
My friend Jenn does awesome plant embroidery in her shop Ember and Thread @emberandthread.bsky.social
Thanks to a pattern from StitchGothica.com she embroidered this beautiful set of bugs I can't wait to hang somewhere.
#entomology #embroidery
Thanks to a pattern from StitchGothica.com she embroidered this beautiful set of bugs I can't wait to hang somewhere.
#entomology #embroidery
April 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My friend Jenn does awesome plant embroidery in her shop Ember and Thread @emberandthread.bsky.social
Thanks to a pattern from StitchGothica.com she embroidered this beautiful set of bugs I can't wait to hang somewhere.
#entomology #embroidery
Thanks to a pattern from StitchGothica.com she embroidered this beautiful set of bugs I can't wait to hang somewhere.
#entomology #embroidery
What matter as an entomologist.
April 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What matter as an entomologist.
Give me your dumbest fly memes.
March 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Give me your dumbest fly memes.
My boy Finn helps me with dissertation edits. That hanging paw, that sweet little head, those loud cat snores - everything is going to be okay.
March 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My boy Finn helps me with dissertation edits. That hanging paw, that sweet little head, those loud cat snores - everything is going to be okay.
March 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
March 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Sorry, if I had to see this so does everyone else.
March 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sorry, if I had to see this so does everyone else.
These absolutely stunning bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) were hanging out at a marina in Eleuthera. My first time seeing bull sharks in the wild! What an incredible experience. They were big but not even the biggest that hang out there.
#marinebiology #sharks #scicomm #shark #bullshark #bahamas
#marinebiology #sharks #scicomm #shark #bullshark #bahamas
February 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
These absolutely stunning bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) were hanging out at a marina in Eleuthera. My first time seeing bull sharks in the wild! What an incredible experience. They were big but not even the biggest that hang out there.
#marinebiology #sharks #scicomm #shark #bullshark #bahamas
#marinebiology #sharks #scicomm #shark #bullshark #bahamas
