Kendrick Fowler
@kendrickorion.bsky.social
Nature, canoe, and camera enthusiast studying parasitoid wasps in the Hudson Valley 🔬 Mostly (re)skeeting on insects, science, and current events (not necessarily in that order) 🐝 Still trying to stay in the control group 😷 He/him 🧍♂️ Views my own
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Another chonky Conura chalcid, sleeping under a leaf 💛
Such strange, pretty little lumps
Such strange, pretty little lumps
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Another chonky Conura chalcid, sleeping under a leaf 💛
Such strange, pretty little lumps
Such strange, pretty little lumps
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Fourteen species of Aprostocetus Westwood from China are reviewed, including one new species, and new country records for four species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#parasitoids #taxonomy #newspecies
#parasitoids #taxonomy #newspecies
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Fourteen species of Aprostocetus Westwood from China are reviewed, including one new species, and new country records for four species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#parasitoids #taxonomy #newspecies
#parasitoids #taxonomy #newspecies
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If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social - Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/FXAbLQeLlF8
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
The Natural Capital of Wasps - Seirian Sumner,
YouTube video by Oxford Biodiversity Network
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social - Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/FXAbLQeLlF8
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
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🚨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
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Some of the walnut husk maggot fly pupae I've collected in my back yard. Hoping that some will have resident Coptera, sleek black wasps in the Diapriidae that have a fondness for Tephritidae. #flies #wasps #diapriidae #walnuts #insects
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Some of the walnut husk maggot fly pupae I've collected in my back yard. Hoping that some will have resident Coptera, sleek black wasps in the Diapriidae that have a fondness for Tephritidae. #flies #wasps #diapriidae #walnuts #insects
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Eupelmid wasps borrowing Hemipteran eggs (a lot of them Hemipteran eggs will be producing Hymenopterans) 👀
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Eupelmid wasps borrowing Hemipteran eggs (a lot of them Hemipteran eggs will be producing Hymenopterans) 👀
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fyi if you want to work with me for some reason
Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7
Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
fyi if you want to work with me for some reason
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In several days you'll likely be sitting next to an ignorant relative who is 100% convinced he knows the difference between a sweet potato and a yam. Here's my primer on the topic. #thanksgiving #sweetpotato #yam #botany 🍠 colinpurrington.com/yams-versus-...
The difference between sweet potatoes and yams » Colin Purrington's blog
Every year at Thanksgiving, families in the United States sit down to argue about politics and the difference between sweet potatoes and yams. This page details how to tell them apart and explains how...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In several days you'll likely be sitting next to an ignorant relative who is 100% convinced he knows the difference between a sweet potato and a yam. Here's my primer on the topic. #thanksgiving #sweetpotato #yam #botany 🍠 colinpurrington.com/yams-versus-...
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I STAND CORRECTED, here is the recommended brand of toothpaste for inflating beetle dicks
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I STAND CORRECTED, here is the recommended brand of toothpaste for inflating beetle dicks
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The paper covered in this NPR piece justifies a brief addendum to my 'Increasing Lifespan..' post (mscaterino.pika.page/posts/increa...).
Researchers found a highly effective DNA repair protein in Bowhead whales that, inserted into Drosophila, increased lifespan and tumor resistance in the flies.
Researchers found a highly effective DNA repair protein in Bowhead whales that, inserted into Drosophila, increased lifespan and tumor resistance in the flies.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The paper covered in this NPR piece justifies a brief addendum to my 'Increasing Lifespan..' post (mscaterino.pika.page/posts/increa...).
Researchers found a highly effective DNA repair protein in Bowhead whales that, inserted into Drosophila, increased lifespan and tumor resistance in the flies.
Researchers found a highly effective DNA repair protein in Bowhead whales that, inserted into Drosophila, increased lifespan and tumor resistance in the flies.
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Found a very handsome Cynipid wasp while searching for leaf litter myriapods! Usually I have to rear out galls, so this was a nice surprise: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Gall Wasps (Family Cynipidae)
Gall Wasps from Halifax County, VA, USA on November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM by Derek Hennen. Leaf litter in Southern Piedmont Basic Oak - Hickory Forest
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Found a very handsome Cynipid wasp while searching for leaf litter myriapods! Usually I have to rear out galls, so this was a nice surprise: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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I'm excited with how Temperance came out! Traditionally depicted as an androgynous angel - here I have a gynandromorph Malaysian Jungle Nymph. That means it's split down the middle - half male half female. I exaggerated its features for the card - but you can find these in real life occasionally.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm excited with how Temperance came out! Traditionally depicted as an androgynous angel - here I have a gynandromorph Malaysian Jungle Nymph. That means it's split down the middle - half male half female. I exaggerated its features for the card - but you can find these in real life occasionally.
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Thinking about buying a macro lens for insect photography? Along with @ageofarthropods.bsky.social we have been testing many options! Our results are summarized in 2 blog posts in the field www.insectid.org/post/macro-l... and in the lab www.insectid.org/post/lab-tes...
Macro Lens Comparison in the Field
As I continue to dive deeper into insect macrophotography, I have been exploring lens options and fallen down many YouTube rabbit holes and read probably hundreds of photography blogs and customer rev...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Thinking about buying a macro lens for insect photography? Along with @ageofarthropods.bsky.social we have been testing many options! Our results are summarized in 2 blog posts in the field www.insectid.org/post/macro-l... and in the lab www.insectid.org/post/lab-tes...
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I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking.
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
Alt: a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
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January 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking.
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
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The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
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Christopher C. Grinter of the California Academy of Sciences discusses documenting California’s insect diversity through the CalATBI.
From DNA barcoding to voucher specimens, he says these tools help track species amid rapid biodiversity loss.
From DNA barcoding to voucher specimens, he says these tools help track species amid rapid biodiversity loss.
Inside California’s race to document its insects: A conversation with Chris Grinter
Christopher C. Grinter has spent much of his life surrounded by insects, though not in the way most people imagine. As Senior Collection Manager of Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences,…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Christopher C. Grinter of the California Academy of Sciences discusses documenting California’s insect diversity through the CalATBI.
From DNA barcoding to voucher specimens, he says these tools help track species amid rapid biodiversity loss.
From DNA barcoding to voucher specimens, he says these tools help track species amid rapid biodiversity loss.
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Also certain classes of people could self-select into professions that were compatible with florid unmanaged ADHD, in jobs that essentially don't exist anymore.
I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Also certain classes of people could self-select into professions that were compatible with florid unmanaged ADHD, in jobs that essentially don't exist anymore.
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If you live in California, fresh figs may contain fig wasps. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Common Fig Wasp (Blastophaga psenes)
Common Fig Wasp in July 2025 by Noriko Ito
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November 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If you live in California, fresh figs may contain fig wasps. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Hear ye, hear ye!
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
<i>Dendrogaster nike</i>
Parasitic crustaceans can evolve into some pretty funky forms and they have been featured multiple times on this blog. These crustacean...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hear ye, hear ye!
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
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This evening, I’ll be in conversation with George Monbiot about political dysfunction and ecological collapse, and I want to tell you all briefly about a ritual involving an ancient Hittite king, a throne, and a tree from 3,000 years ago @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This evening, I’ll be in conversation with George Monbiot about political dysfunction and ecological collapse, and I want to tell you all briefly about a ritual involving an ancient Hittite king, a throne, and a tree from 3,000 years ago @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!