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Harlee Rush
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Just your local bug lover 🐝| Community ecologist with an invertebrate focus | PhD candidate at Kent State University studying ecological gradients | they/them
I had such a wonderful time attending and presenting at the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social meeting in Baltimore this past week. The idea that this is my last meeting as a grad student was bitter sweet, but I am so grateful for the opportunity.
August 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Our guide to bees of Pennsylvania is available for free now, you can order print copy (just have to pay shipping) and/or download PDF from Penn State Extension page: extension.psu.edu/bees-of-penn...

For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Long time no see! I’m excited to say I’ll be presenting one of my dissertation chapters at the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Baltimore. Come check it out if you want to hear about beautiful cloud forests and the bugs that are helping the ecosystem function. 🍃🐜
July 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Unbeweevilbly beautiful.
January 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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grasshoppers are beautiful and rugged plant-eating machines
January 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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canada thistle bud weevil taking a break from chewing a hole in a thistle flower bud
January 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Coach motel (like a coach beetle)
December 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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Agapostemon splendens is a splendid #bee still out foraging along the Mississippi River despite the chilly autumn weather.
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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The wasp mantisfly, Climaciella brunnea, is not a wasp, a mantis, or a fly. It is instead a type of spider-eating lacewing that keeps itself safe by looking like it has a painful sting, which is does not.

Evolution continues to be marvelous. 🧪 #Entomology
November 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I figure it’s time I introduce myself. My name is Harlee. I’m a queer, nonbinary community ecologist, and I’m getting my PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology at Kent State. My research investigates ecological gradients and their consequences on invertebrate communities and ecosystem services. 🪲
December 6, 2024 at 5:05 AM