Tommy McElrath
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monotomidae.bsky.social
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.
Trogossitidae is dead. Long live Trogossitidae. And Lophocateridae. And Peltidae. And Protopeltidae. And Rentoniidae. And Thymalidae.

Just don’t get me started on how Melyridae has been split up too.
May 15, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I love that they thought a snake potion would somehow fit into the ChemSafety system label.
May 9, 2024 at 5:10 PM
That’s is definitely a DND item crossed over into our world.
May 9, 2024 at 4:12 PM
For all the anti-solar hubbub, there’s the simple fact that’s it’s cheap, can be built distributed, and has way less problems than dirty energy. It’s going to replace so much energy infrastructure on those merits alone, which is great.
May 8, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Fourth time 😫😭
May 6, 2024 at 8:31 PM
That’s the pattern yes.
May 6, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Tommy McElrath
"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
May 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
If it’s got wings, it’s an adult! Probably just a smaller species. Beautiful!
May 1, 2024 at 12:07 AM
I didn’t even have tons of engagement or track it with stats but it was like a bomb went off in my engagement, absolutely destroying it overnight. Nothing I said or tweeted got any response, even from followers, probably because they weren’t seeing it anymore.
April 20, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Jeebus!
April 15, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Grubs be grubbing. Apparently looking exactly like that is highly selected for!
April 5, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I mean, she’s not wrong. America elected HER so … we’ve got a lot to repent for. 😜
April 5, 2024 at 7:06 PM
I love that there’s a whole group of creatures out there that are basically retractable ooze with a protective shell on top. Like come on that’s ridiculous and beautiful.
March 20, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Us ESA taxonomists would like a word.
March 3, 2024 at 12:28 AM
I think I found it in the back room today.
January 12, 2024 at 12:57 AM