Yonathan
@snoozriel.bsky.social
Entomology research tech with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, living in southwest BC.
Springtime is grub time. Based on the raster (butt hair) pattern this looks like a European chafer beetle 🪲
March 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Springtime is grub time. Based on the raster (butt hair) pattern this looks like a European chafer beetle 🪲
My latest project - a snail mail box. The pattern is my own, if you look close you can see I was workshopping it on the go.
February 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
My latest project - a snail mail box. The pattern is my own, if you look close you can see I was workshopping it on the go.
Reading up on the history of corn flakes
February 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Reading up on the history of corn flakes
I'm assembling a team
January 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm assembling a team
A Merry Licemas Eve to one and all!
December 24, 2024 at 5:05 PM
A Merry Licemas Eve to one and all!
Are you interested in plant physiology or microbiology? Would you like to develop bacteriophages as a control method for bacterial blight in berry crops? If so, a new PhD position has opened up at AAFC Agassiz/Summerland.
Apply here until Jan 6: emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Apply here until Jan 6: emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
December 11, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Are you interested in plant physiology or microbiology? Would you like to develop bacteriophages as a control method for bacterial blight in berry crops? If so, a new PhD position has opened up at AAFC Agassiz/Summerland.
Apply here until Jan 6: emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Apply here until Jan 6: emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Went for a walk with @bonmotmilo.bsky.social and we found some mossy rose gall! One of my faves. The second photo is an old one, it shows the wasp larvae developing inside. #BestGall
December 8, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Went for a walk with @bonmotmilo.bsky.social and we found some mossy rose gall! One of my faves. The second photo is an old one, it shows the wasp larvae developing inside. #BestGall
Happy little cranberry fireworm egg under the scope 🙂
December 4, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Happy little cranberry fireworm egg under the scope 🙂
Saw some really nice winter colour today at Pacific Spirit Park with @bonmotmilo.bsky.social!
December 2, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Saw some really nice winter colour today at Pacific Spirit Park with @bonmotmilo.bsky.social!
I tried to make lavender infused whipped cream and accidentally made a sweet, floral butter. Still delicious!
December 1, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I tried to make lavender infused whipped cream and accidentally made a sweet, floral butter. Still delicious!
Common names for moths are famously kind of weird, but for me this takes the cake.
It's named for the markings on the wing, which resemble the Hebrew נ (nun) and sure?? Ok?? I guess?? that's fine but why so nonspecific? "Setaceous" means hairy so just call it the Hairy Nun.
It's named for the markings on the wing, which resemble the Hebrew נ (nun) and sure?? Ok?? I guess?? that's fine but why so nonspecific? "Setaceous" means hairy so just call it the Hairy Nun.
November 27, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Common names for moths are famously kind of weird, but for me this takes the cake.
It's named for the markings on the wing, which resemble the Hebrew נ (nun) and sure?? Ok?? I guess?? that's fine but why so nonspecific? "Setaceous" means hairy so just call it the Hairy Nun.
It's named for the markings on the wing, which resemble the Hebrew נ (nun) and sure?? Ok?? I guess?? that's fine but why so nonspecific? "Setaceous" means hairy so just call it the Hairy Nun.
Walked into the living room and my cat's sitting here in his spacebowl like "we need to talk"
November 26, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Walked into the living room and my cat's sitting here in his spacebowl like "we need to talk"
Alright here's a long shot — anybody know who this is? A farmer came in with about 200 of them in a Ziploc bag. If you have a guess but need better photos to narrow it down, let me know
November 25, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Alright here's a long shot — anybody know who this is? A farmer came in with about 200 of them in a Ziploc bag. If you have a guess but need better photos to narrow it down, let me know
It sure is something. This was written in 2009, before the split.
November 25, 2024 at 3:12 PM
It sure is something. This was written in 2009, before the split.
This is a great read, there's lots of insight into some of the larger problems with modern agriculture. I'm going to be thinking about this passage for a while lol
November 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
This is a great read, there's lots of insight into some of the larger problems with modern agriculture. I'm going to be thinking about this passage for a while lol
Wooly aphid! Neolithic hominids used to hunt these on the great tundra during the last ice age.
The "wool" is actually many thin strands of wax, extruded from the aphid's abdomen. I'm not sure what purpose it serves exactly, maybe it protects from predation or prevents dehydration.
The "wool" is actually many thin strands of wax, extruded from the aphid's abdomen. I'm not sure what purpose it serves exactly, maybe it protects from predation or prevents dehydration.
November 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Wooly aphid! Neolithic hominids used to hunt these on the great tundra during the last ice age.
The "wool" is actually many thin strands of wax, extruded from the aphid's abdomen. I'm not sure what purpose it serves exactly, maybe it protects from predation or prevents dehydration.
The "wool" is actually many thin strands of wax, extruded from the aphid's abdomen. I'm not sure what purpose it serves exactly, maybe it protects from predation or prevents dehydration.
For #WormWednesday, here's an old video of some parasitic nematodes partying inside a fruit fly larva. Looks like they're about ready to explode out, nasty!
November 21, 2024 at 4:39 AM
For #WormWednesday, here's an old video of some parasitic nematodes partying inside a fruit fly larva. Looks like they're about ready to explode out, nasty!
Here's another angle. If you look close you can see little 'strings' coming off the abdomen — those are the linings of the trachea which are also shed! Imagine taking off a really tight wetsuit and it also peels off your lungs and entire gut lining. Must feel incredible lol
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November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Here's another angle. If you look close you can see little 'strings' coming off the abdomen — those are the linings of the trachea which are also shed! Imagine taking off a really tight wetsuit and it also peels off your lungs and entire gut lining. Must feel incredible lol
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Here's one from the summer backlog — an adult cicada emerging from its larval exoskeleton in Montreal, QC.
November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Here's one from the summer backlog — an adult cicada emerging from its larval exoskeleton in Montreal, QC.
One of my students found a Northern alligator lizard loitering in the lobby. He was very polite and not very smelly, for a lizard. We fed him some mealworms and sent him in his way, hopefully to find somewhere safer to hunker down for the winter
November 20, 2024 at 4:06 AM
One of my students found a Northern alligator lizard loitering in the lobby. He was very polite and not very smelly, for a lizard. We fed him some mealworms and sent him in his way, hopefully to find somewhere safer to hunker down for the winter
My partner also makes amazing bug art! This rose curculio is based on a photo I took a few years back.
November 17, 2024 at 6:44 PM
My partner also makes amazing bug art! This rose curculio is based on a photo I took a few years back.
Ok here's an intro post: I'm a research tech working in a small fruit entomology lab - I am all about bugs and berries. I will post here occasionally about my work, my hobbies, and my family.
Anyways here's a photo from the backlog - a strawberry blossom weevils rostrum-deep in a blackberry bud.
Anyways here's a photo from the backlog - a strawberry blossom weevils rostrum-deep in a blackberry bud.
November 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Ok here's an intro post: I'm a research tech working in a small fruit entomology lab - I am all about bugs and berries. I will post here occasionally about my work, my hobbies, and my family.
Anyways here's a photo from the backlog - a strawberry blossom weevils rostrum-deep in a blackberry bud.
Anyways here's a photo from the backlog - a strawberry blossom weevils rostrum-deep in a blackberry bud.