Tommy McElrath
@monotomidae.bsky.social
This is where I'm supposed to fit in a box right? Boxes of choice: beetles, twin-dadding, Christian, evolutionary biology, disc golf, minecraft, climate change?
Tweets personal views and not representative of my institution.
Tweets personal views and not representative of my institution.
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May is crab month for #insertaninvert2024 - here, a humble farmer rides his lollypop crab to market.
May 6, 2024 at 11:32 PM
May is crab month for #insertaninvert2024 - here, a humble farmer rides his lollypop crab to market.
I would love to give my children a Covid booster shot but they get it so fast from daycare every three months it’s basically impossible. I can basically schedule it at this point. #covidisnotover #covid
May 6, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I would love to give my children a Covid booster shot but they get it so fast from daycare every three months it’s basically impossible. I can basically schedule it at this point. #covidisnotover #covid
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"Choose your own adventure in mental anguish and suffering"
WILL YOU
-count nearly invisible tarsomeres on a 2mm beetle? Turn to... COLEOPTERA
-count individual bristles on a made-up sounding body segment? Turn to... DIPTERA
-not be able to ID anything that's not spread? Turn to... LEPIDOPTERA
WILL YOU
-count nearly invisible tarsomeres on a 2mm beetle? Turn to... COLEOPTERA
-count individual bristles on a made-up sounding body segment? Turn to... DIPTERA
-not be able to ID anything that's not spread? Turn to... LEPIDOPTERA
May 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
"Choose your own adventure in mental anguish and suffering"
WILL YOU
-count nearly invisible tarsomeres on a 2mm beetle? Turn to... COLEOPTERA
-count individual bristles on a made-up sounding body segment? Turn to... DIPTERA
-not be able to ID anything that's not spread? Turn to... LEPIDOPTERA
WILL YOU
-count nearly invisible tarsomeres on a 2mm beetle? Turn to... COLEOPTERA
-count individual bristles on a made-up sounding body segment? Turn to... DIPTERA
-not be able to ID anything that's not spread? Turn to... LEPIDOPTERA
Managed to snap a few more #Invertefest shots, favorite is definitely this goldenrod leaf mining beetle. #coleoptera #chrysomelidae
April 27, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Managed to snap a few more #Invertefest shots, favorite is definitely this goldenrod leaf mining beetle. #coleoptera #chrysomelidae
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Want a nice, fact-filled overview of this year's periodical cicada emergence? Here you go #InverteFest 🧪https://entomologytoday.org/2024/04/25/periodical-cicadas-2024-brood-xix-xii-entomologists-prepare-six-week-serenade/
Periodical Cicadas, 2024: Entomologists Prepare for the Six-Week Serenade
Entomologists across the U.S. share their research plans for the much-anticipated—and quite rare—dual emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX periodical cicadas in 2024.
entomologytoday.org
April 26, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Want a nice, fact-filled overview of this year's periodical cicada emergence? Here you go #InverteFest 🧪https://entomologytoday.org/2024/04/25/periodical-cicadas-2024-brood-xix-xii-entomologists-prepare-six-week-serenade/
My first #Invertefest shot: nice little hover fly cooled down too much to fly away. Probably Allograpta but not sure. iNat Observation here:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
April 24, 2024 at 11:14 PM
My first #Invertefest shot: nice little hover fly cooled down too much to fly away. Probably Allograpta but not sure. iNat Observation here:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Dear parents of one sick child who insist upon sending them places to spread their disease: Don’t.
Sincerely, a parent of twins who just spent a whole week without sleep dealing with dual Upper Respiratory and Ear Infections.
#twinparenting #nosleep
Sincerely, a parent of twins who just spent a whole week without sleep dealing with dual Upper Respiratory and Ear Infections.
#twinparenting #nosleep
April 14, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Dear parents of one sick child who insist upon sending them places to spread their disease: Don’t.
Sincerely, a parent of twins who just spent a whole week without sleep dealing with dual Upper Respiratory and Ear Infections.
#twinparenting #nosleep
Sincerely, a parent of twins who just spent a whole week without sleep dealing with dual Upper Respiratory and Ear Infections.
#twinparenting #nosleep
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HELL YES I GOT IT HOLY SHIT 🔭
April 8, 2024 at 8:07 PM
HELL YES I GOT IT HOLY SHIT 🔭
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The Chinook got shook when their truck got cooked. Now the salmon are swimming — but in the wrong brook.
Fish out of water story ends with 77,000 young salmon in the wrong water
The Chinook got shook when their truck got cooked. Now the salmon are swimming — but in the wrong brook.
www.npr.org
April 4, 2024 at 6:11 PM
The Chinook got shook when their truck got cooked. Now the salmon are swimming — but in the wrong brook.
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Since periodical cicadas are trending again, I've copied a thread I originally posted to Twitter in 2021 that answers the question "How loud would a periodical cicada be if it were the size of an F-35?"
April 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Since periodical cicadas are trending again, I've copied a thread I originally posted to Twitter in 2021 that answers the question "How loud would a periodical cicada be if it were the size of an F-35?"
WHAAATTT??
#PGG57 ending on a #Drosophila #Evolution high point, with Heloise Bastide showing that Braula is a steganine drosophilid! Which do we rename? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
WHAAATTT??
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“CSU Management Walks Out of Bargaining.”
So we doing this thing…the California Faculty Association will begin a 5-day, systemwide strike in the Cal State system starting Jan. 22.
To be clear, that’s a systemwide strike (23 campuses) in the largest public university system in the county.
So we doing this thing…the California Faculty Association will begin a 5-day, systemwide strike in the Cal State system starting Jan. 22.
To be clear, that’s a systemwide strike (23 campuses) in the largest public university system in the county.
January 10, 2024 at 3:31 AM
“CSU Management Walks Out of Bargaining.”
So we doing this thing…the California Faculty Association will begin a 5-day, systemwide strike in the Cal State system starting Jan. 22.
To be clear, that’s a systemwide strike (23 campuses) in the largest public university system in the county.
So we doing this thing…the California Faculty Association will begin a 5-day, systemwide strike in the Cal State system starting Jan. 22.
To be clear, that’s a systemwide strike (23 campuses) in the largest public university system in the county.
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We’ve survived the first week of 2024! Now what’s going to define the year ahead? CICADMANIA of course! Who’s excited for 17 yr and 13 yr cicadas to emerge simultaneously for the first time in 221 y? #cicada #entomology #bugs
January 7, 2024 at 12:56 PM
We’ve survived the first week of 2024! Now what’s going to define the year ahead? CICADMANIA of course! Who’s excited for 17 yr and 13 yr cicadas to emerge simultaneously for the first time in 221 y? #cicada #entomology #bugs
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Looks like Dr. Johanne Brunet, of the Brunet bee lab, is finally out from the USDA.
This comes years after she left UW Madison in 2019 after they initiated a dismissal for cause.
For background see: web.archive.org/web/20230221...
This comes years after she left UW Madison in 2019 after they initiated a dismissal for cause.
For background see: web.archive.org/web/20230221...
January 3, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Looks like Dr. Johanne Brunet, of the Brunet bee lab, is finally out from the USDA.
This comes years after she left UW Madison in 2019 after they initiated a dismissal for cause.
For background see: web.archive.org/web/20230221...
This comes years after she left UW Madison in 2019 after they initiated a dismissal for cause.
For background see: web.archive.org/web/20230221...
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She's so flat 🥹
(forgot to post more grizzled mantis pics from the other day)
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(forgot to post more grizzled mantis pics from the other day)
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January 3, 2024 at 5:21 AM
She's so flat 🥹
(forgot to post more grizzled mantis pics from the other day)
🌿
(forgot to post more grizzled mantis pics from the other day)
🌿
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Me, all December: we don't need Spotify Wrapped-like retrospectives for everything, please
Also me, January 1st: but #InverteFest Wrapped though?
Also me, January 1st: but #InverteFest Wrapped though?
January 1, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Me, all December: we don't need Spotify Wrapped-like retrospectives for everything, please
Also me, January 1st: but #InverteFest Wrapped though?
Also me, January 1st: but #InverteFest Wrapped though?
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#InverteFest recap: This is what our map looked like at the end of the event. We had 54 participants upload 1245 different animals, at least 672 of which were unique species.
Thank you for everyone who played along! The next event will be in April, which coincides with Northern Hemisphere spring.
Thank you for everyone who played along! The next event will be in April, which coincides with Northern Hemisphere spring.
January 1, 2024 at 6:42 PM
#InverteFest recap: This is what our map looked like at the end of the event. We had 54 participants upload 1245 different animals, at least 672 of which were unique species.
Thank you for everyone who played along! The next event will be in April, which coincides with Northern Hemisphere spring.
Thank you for everyone who played along! The next event will be in April, which coincides with Northern Hemisphere spring.
As I deal with twins sick with RSV, this reflection, shared with me by my dad, meant a lot to me. I hope it helps any of you dealing with sick children over the holidays. #RSV
January 1, 2024 at 5:08 PM
As I deal with twins sick with RSV, this reflection, shared with me by my dad, meant a lot to me. I hope it helps any of you dealing with sick children over the holidays. #RSV
Finally got a chance to go out for #invertefest - not much out even on a warm Tennessee day but was able to find one adult beetle and some stunning translucent fly larvae. Collembola abounded under bark.
December 28, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Finally got a chance to go out for #invertefest - not much out even on a warm Tennessee day but was able to find one adult beetle and some stunning translucent fly larvae. Collembola abounded under bark.
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We begin on MONDAY.
I'll be mostly offline except for #InverteFest stuff. Don't forget to join the iNaturalist project to participate in community science! www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
I'll be mostly offline except for #InverteFest stuff. Don't forget to join the iNaturalist project to participate in community science! www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
Greetings, chordate comrades.
#InverteFest is upon us. It's a periodic event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you for an entire week. It's happening on whichever platform you're on, so feel free to reupload this image to spread the word!
#InverteFest is upon us. It's a periodic event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you for an entire week. It's happening on whichever platform you're on, so feel free to reupload this image to spread the word!
December 23, 2023 at 10:49 AM
We begin on MONDAY.
I'll be mostly offline except for #InverteFest stuff. Don't forget to join the iNaturalist project to participate in community science! www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
I'll be mostly offline except for #InverteFest stuff. Don't forget to join the iNaturalist project to participate in community science! www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
RIGHT NOW, GBIF is highlighting the BEST image/specimen they've EVER highlighted!
www.gbif.org to check it out:
Screenshot for those who miss it:
www.gbif.org to check it out:
Screenshot for those who miss it:
December 5, 2023 at 8:48 PM
RIGHT NOW, GBIF is highlighting the BEST image/specimen they've EVER highlighted!
www.gbif.org to check it out:
Screenshot for those who miss it:
www.gbif.org to check it out:
Screenshot for those who miss it:
For those of you who like #entodesign this rug is on point. Seriously it has an identifiable #rhipicerid
ruggable.com/products/iri...
ruggable.com/products/iri...
Iris Apfel Flutterby Rug
ruggable.com
November 22, 2023 at 12:48 AM
For those of you who like #entodesign this rug is on point. Seriously it has an identifiable #rhipicerid
ruggable.com/products/iri...
ruggable.com/products/iri...
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Posted a meme here from FB that went uncredited in the other place. Folks here shared that it was from @whysharksmatter.bsky.social!
So if you liked it, follow him cause it's cool.
(I nuked the original cause I couldn't update the alt text to reflect this.)
So if you liked it, follow him cause it's cool.
(I nuked the original cause I couldn't update the alt text to reflect this.)
November 21, 2023 at 4:49 AM
Posted a meme here from FB that went uncredited in the other place. Folks here shared that it was from @whysharksmatter.bsky.social!
So if you liked it, follow him cause it's cool.
(I nuked the original cause I couldn't update the alt text to reflect this.)
So if you liked it, follow him cause it's cool.
(I nuked the original cause I couldn't update the alt text to reflect this.)
November 21, 2023 at 4:17 PM