Isa Betancourt
@isabetabug.bsky.social
entomologist, photographer, environmentalist.
Documenting, protecting, & making the fascinating world of insects accessible is my mission🪲✨
•NEON Insect Collection Mngr @ASU
•Fulbright-NatGeo Fellow in the Indonesian peat swamp🔍
Cornell Alum, twin, surfer
Documenting, protecting, & making the fascinating world of insects accessible is my mission🪲✨
•NEON Insect Collection Mngr @ASU
•Fulbright-NatGeo Fellow in the Indonesian peat swamp🔍
Cornell Alum, twin, surfer
Happy #ECN2025 wknd everyone!!
Sadly, I am not there in person this year, but I look forward to tuning in online as much as I can.
There is a great line-up of presentations.
Big thanks to the presenters and organizers!
For anyone who wants to tune in:$20, $5 for students: ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
Sadly, I am not there in person this year, but I look forward to tuning in online as much as I can.
There is a great line-up of presentations.
Big thanks to the presenters and organizers!
For anyone who wants to tune in:$20, $5 for students: ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy #ECN2025 wknd everyone!!
Sadly, I am not there in person this year, but I look forward to tuning in online as much as I can.
There is a great line-up of presentations.
Big thanks to the presenters and organizers!
For anyone who wants to tune in:$20, $5 for students: ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
Sadly, I am not there in person this year, but I look forward to tuning in online as much as I can.
There is a great line-up of presentations.
Big thanks to the presenters and organizers!
For anyone who wants to tune in:$20, $5 for students: ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
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📢 Ento job klaxon!
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
📢 Ento job klaxon!
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
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The bees are loving the flowering Cup Plant! They seem to like resting or sleeping on it too.
#NativePlants #bugsky #cupplant
@isabetabug.bsky.social
#NativePlants #bugsky #cupplant
@isabetabug.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The bees are loving the flowering Cup Plant! They seem to like resting or sleeping on it too.
#NativePlants #bugsky #cupplant
@isabetabug.bsky.social
#NativePlants #bugsky #cupplant
@isabetabug.bsky.social
Me this past Sunday on the Salt River, east of Phoenix, AZ.
Can you guess what I’m taking a video of?? 🔍✨
Can you guess what I’m taking a video of?? 🔍✨
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Me this past Sunday on the Salt River, east of Phoenix, AZ.
Can you guess what I’m taking a video of?? 🔍✨
Can you guess what I’m taking a video of?? 🔍✨
The classroom! With Dr. Hojun Song getting us oriented. 🇨🇷🦗
We will be learning Ensifera (katydid and cricket) phylogeny, behavior, morphology, and acoustics this week.
#CricketCourse
We will be learning Ensifera (katydid and cricket) phylogeny, behavior, morphology, and acoustics this week.
#CricketCourse
June 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The classroom! With Dr. Hojun Song getting us oriented. 🇨🇷🦗
We will be learning Ensifera (katydid and cricket) phylogeny, behavior, morphology, and acoustics this week.
#CricketCourse
We will be learning Ensifera (katydid and cricket) phylogeny, behavior, morphology, and acoustics this week.
#CricketCourse
Greetings from Costa Rica!
I made it through immigration and customs. I am now on the group bus and headed to the field station with the 13 other students and our lead instructor for this cricket and katydid course.
I made it through immigration and customs. I am now on the group bus and headed to the field station with the 13 other students and our lead instructor for this cricket and katydid course.
June 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Greetings from Costa Rica!
I made it through immigration and customs. I am now on the group bus and headed to the field station with the 13 other students and our lead instructor for this cricket and katydid course.
I made it through immigration and customs. I am now on the group bus and headed to the field station with the 13 other students and our lead instructor for this cricket and katydid course.
I’m headed to Costa Rica for a cricket course!
No not the sport but the insect!
Can’t wait. I’ll bring you along - posting tidbits, encounters, and updates here in BlueSky :)
🦗🦗🦗🦗🎶
No not the sport but the insect!
Can’t wait. I’ll bring you along - posting tidbits, encounters, and updates here in BlueSky :)
🦗🦗🦗🦗🎶
June 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I’m headed to Costa Rica for a cricket course!
No not the sport but the insect!
Can’t wait. I’ll bring you along - posting tidbits, encounters, and updates here in BlueSky :)
🦗🦗🦗🦗🎶
No not the sport but the insect!
Can’t wait. I’ll bring you along - posting tidbits, encounters, and updates here in BlueSky :)
🦗🦗🦗🦗🎶
My friends, you must do the @nytimes.com’s Strands game today (Thursday May 29)
✨🪲😉
www.nytimes.com/games/strands
✨🪲😉
www.nytimes.com/games/strands
Play Strands, our newest word-search game with a twist.
Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme.
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
My friends, you must do the @nytimes.com’s Strands game today (Thursday May 29)
✨🪲😉
www.nytimes.com/games/strands
✨🪲😉
www.nytimes.com/games/strands
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Hey look, @isabetabug.bsky.social - it's a picture of me and you! 🤗👯
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/633750...
#buggirl #birdgirl #naturesky
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/633750...
#buggirl #birdgirl #naturesky
ML633750074 - Spotted Towhee - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML633750074; © Laura Macky; Contra Costa, California, United States
macaulaylibrary.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey look, @isabetabug.bsky.social - it's a picture of me and you! 🤗👯
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/633750...
#buggirl #birdgirl #naturesky
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/633750...
#buggirl #birdgirl #naturesky
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Monitoring and protecting birds and bees. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Check it out @isabetabug.bsky.social
Check it out @isabetabug.bsky.social
With new tool, birds can help track – and save – wild bees | Cornell Chronicle
A new publicly available tool uses data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird program to track and estimate the diversity of wild bees across the eastern and central U.S. - with implications for...
news.cornell.edu
April 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Monitoring and protecting birds and bees. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Check it out @isabetabug.bsky.social
Check it out @isabetabug.bsky.social
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📢 JOB KLAXON!
The Yale Peabody Museum is hiring a permanent, full-time Museum Assistant in #Entomology 🦋
Full details & how to apply: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
#EntoJobs #InsectCollections
The Yale Peabody Museum is hiring a permanent, full-time Museum Assistant in #Entomology 🦋
Full details & how to apply: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
#EntoJobs #InsectCollections
Museum Assistant 2 - Yale University - Job Details
Job Details: A job opportunity at Yale University
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April 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
📢 JOB KLAXON!
The Yale Peabody Museum is hiring a permanent, full-time Museum Assistant in #Entomology 🦋
Full details & how to apply: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
#EntoJobs #InsectCollections
The Yale Peabody Museum is hiring a permanent, full-time Museum Assistant in #Entomology 🦋
Full details & how to apply: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
#EntoJobs #InsectCollections
@blancobercial.bsky.social hi! Are you familiar with freshwater zooplankton archival collection practices?
April 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@blancobercial.bsky.social hi! Are you familiar with freshwater zooplankton archival collection practices?
@elizabethbeston.bsky.social hi! Are you familiar with zooplankton archival preservation practices?
April 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@elizabethbeston.bsky.social hi! Are you familiar with zooplankton archival preservation practices?
Southwestern tent caterpillar sighting in Prescott, AZ! Happy spring :)
Tent caterpillars have a special place in my heart. As kids, @ileanabeta.bsky.social & I ran around our suburban backyard in the spring, collecting the caterpillars as if we were on an Easter egg hunt.
PSA: They are native!
Tent caterpillars have a special place in my heart. As kids, @ileanabeta.bsky.social & I ran around our suburban backyard in the spring, collecting the caterpillars as if we were on an Easter egg hunt.
PSA: They are native!
April 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Southwestern tent caterpillar sighting in Prescott, AZ! Happy spring :)
Tent caterpillars have a special place in my heart. As kids, @ileanabeta.bsky.social & I ran around our suburban backyard in the spring, collecting the caterpillars as if we were on an Easter egg hunt.
PSA: They are native!
Tent caterpillars have a special place in my heart. As kids, @ileanabeta.bsky.social & I ran around our suburban backyard in the spring, collecting the caterpillars as if we were on an Easter egg hunt.
PSA: They are native!
Reposted by Isa Betancourt
The #scicomm group COMPASS is offering a free communication workshop on April 2 for current or former government workers - federal, state, and local levels www.compassscicomm.org/event/sharin...
Sharing Impact & Value: Strategic Communication for Government Workers | COMPASS
Strategically and clearly communicate the importance of your work to relevant audiences, without partisanship. Government workers at all levels — local, state, and federal — provide important and nece...
www.compassscicomm.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The #scicomm group COMPASS is offering a free communication workshop on April 2 for current or former government workers - federal, state, and local levels www.compassscicomm.org/event/sharin...
Parental care -
A watchful mama keeps an eye on little one as they both rest and feed on an oak tree branch. She will ward off predators who seek to snatch up her children for lunch.
Bonus: You can see slits in the bark of the branch where the tree hopper mama (Platycotis vittata) laid eggs!
A watchful mama keeps an eye on little one as they both rest and feed on an oak tree branch. She will ward off predators who seek to snatch up her children for lunch.
Bonus: You can see slits in the bark of the branch where the tree hopper mama (Platycotis vittata) laid eggs!
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Parental care -
A watchful mama keeps an eye on little one as they both rest and feed on an oak tree branch. She will ward off predators who seek to snatch up her children for lunch.
Bonus: You can see slits in the bark of the branch where the tree hopper mama (Platycotis vittata) laid eggs!
A watchful mama keeps an eye on little one as they both rest and feed on an oak tree branch. She will ward off predators who seek to snatch up her children for lunch.
Bonus: You can see slits in the bark of the branch where the tree hopper mama (Platycotis vittata) laid eggs!
We started an account for the natural history collections at Arizona State University ☺️☀️🔱
Hi all! This is the Bluesky account for the ASU Biocollections.
We consist of the ASU Natural History Collections & NEON Biorepository.
Our collections of insects, lichens, plants, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, shells, fossil plants, a cryo facility, & more are available for research & education
We consist of the ASU Natural History Collections & NEON Biorepository.
Our collections of insects, lichens, plants, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, shells, fossil plants, a cryo facility, & more are available for research & education
February 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
We started an account for the natural history collections at Arizona State University ☺️☀️🔱
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.🦋✨
I made it to my first NatGeo Live event the other day. Dr Heather Lynch shared her work & experiences with studying penguins in Antarctica. It was great!
It got me brainstorming how I might craft an insect show to join the NatGeo Live circuit.
My mission is to get more insects on the big screen!✨🙌🪲
It got me brainstorming how I might craft an insect show to join the NatGeo Live circuit.
My mission is to get more insects on the big screen!✨🙌🪲
February 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I made it to my first NatGeo Live event the other day. Dr Heather Lynch shared her work & experiences with studying penguins in Antarctica. It was great!
It got me brainstorming how I might craft an insect show to join the NatGeo Live circuit.
My mission is to get more insects on the big screen!✨🙌🪲
It got me brainstorming how I might craft an insect show to join the NatGeo Live circuit.
My mission is to get more insects on the big screen!✨🙌🪲
Behind the scenes shot of me taking pictures of my colleagues and the students at the ASU Biocollections. We are building our digital assets for our website and social media!
📷 picture cred: Evan Waite🪲
📷 picture cred: Evan Waite🪲
February 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Behind the scenes shot of me taking pictures of my colleagues and the students at the ASU Biocollections. We are building our digital assets for our website and social media!
📷 picture cred: Evan Waite🪲
📷 picture cred: Evan Waite🪲
So many for the bird to choose from!
@isabetabug.bsky.social and #bugsky, thought you might appreciate the diversity of insects in this photo. macaulaylibrary.org/asset/617674...
#biodiversity #predatorprey #MacaulayLibrary #birding
#biodiversity #predatorprey #MacaulayLibrary #birding
ML617674784 - Strong-billed Woodcreeper - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML617674784; © Marc Kramer (Birding by Bus); Pichincha, Ecuador
macaulaylibrary.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
So many for the bird to choose from!
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Reminder! Science IRL mini-grant applications are due February 14!
These grants are to support IN PERSON science communication projects in the US that reach science disinterested people, and ideally encourage concrete action in the audience.
Apply here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
These grants are to support IN PERSON science communication projects in the US that reach science disinterested people, and ideally encourage concrete action in the audience.
Apply here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant
Skype a Scientist is offering $300-$1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science mess...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reminder! Science IRL mini-grant applications are due February 14!
These grants are to support IN PERSON science communication projects in the US that reach science disinterested people, and ideally encourage concrete action in the audience.
Apply here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
These grants are to support IN PERSON science communication projects in the US that reach science disinterested people, and ideally encourage concrete action in the audience.
Apply here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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At the ESA Annual Meeting, Nov. 9–12, 2025, Portland, Oregon, will be buzzing with excitement as thousands of insect scientists gather for a can't-miss event. Now is the time to make your mark by organizing a symposium or workshop. Proposals due March 14. #EntSoc25 https://www.entsoc.org/events/ann…
February 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
At the ESA Annual Meeting, Nov. 9–12, 2025, Portland, Oregon, will be buzzing with excitement as thousands of insect scientists gather for a can't-miss event. Now is the time to make your mark by organizing a symposium or workshop. Proposals due March 14. #EntSoc25 https://www.entsoc.org/events/ann…
Looks like videos are not quite crisp yet one Bluesky. Or is there something I need to do to process it to make it more compatible?
A video clip of the serene scene With the chill road runner.
It was only a few strides from where @ileanabeta.bsky.social and I were sitting on the bench! I wonder why. It came over from where we first saw it by the parking lot. I wonder if it feels safer near (but not too near) humans?
It was only a few strides from where @ileanabeta.bsky.social and I were sitting on the bench! I wonder why. It came over from where we first saw it by the parking lot. I wonder if it feels safer near (but not too near) humans?
February 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Looks like videos are not quite crisp yet one Bluesky. Or is there something I need to do to process it to make it more compatible?