skye, certified bug enthusiast (they/he)
@thatbugkid.bsky.social
PhD student at UC Davis studying wasps and other fun bugs.
Enjoys talking to bugs, stuffing moss into their pockets, writing, and fiber arts.
Enjoys talking to bugs, stuffing moss into their pockets, writing, and fiber arts.
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This site is becoming more active, so time for an intro!
I'm Skye (they/he) and I'm a PhD student at UC Davis studying solitary wasps! I mainly post about bugs, being a disabled student, and fiber arts, but might talk about other stuff like making music or video games every once in a while.
I'm Skye (they/he) and I'm a PhD student at UC Davis studying solitary wasps! I mainly post about bugs, being a disabled student, and fiber arts, but might talk about other stuff like making music or video games every once in a while.
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AND! There are still the Dewind Awards for Lepidoptera conservation from @xercessociety.bsky.social. 🦋🦋🐛 $5000; application deadline is Jan 7, 2026 xerces.org/dewind
Joan Mosenthal DeWind Award
Supporting the future of Lepidoptera conservation.
xerces.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
AND! There are still the Dewind Awards for Lepidoptera conservation from @xercessociety.bsky.social. 🦋🦋🐛 $5000; application deadline is Jan 7, 2026 xerces.org/dewind
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Attn graduate and undergraduate students! 🚨 🪲 🦋🚨 New research funding opportunity from @xercessociety.bsky.social! $5000; deadline is Jan 7 2026. xerces.org/bandrosky
Deborah BanDrosky Award | Xerces Society
The Deborah BanDrosky Awards are made to students engaged in higher education studies and research related to invertebrate conservation.
xerces.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Attn graduate and undergraduate students! 🚨 🪲 🦋🚨 New research funding opportunity from @xercessociety.bsky.social! $5000; deadline is Jan 7 2026. xerces.org/bandrosky
Haven't posted here in a BRICK but here's some positive updates!
- Passed written quals
- Finished my first field season
- Currently taking my first entomology class
- Will be presenting at #EntSoc2025
Hope everyone is doing as well as they can with the current state of things.
- Passed written quals
- Finished my first field season
- Currently taking my first entomology class
- Will be presenting at #EntSoc2025
Hope everyone is doing as well as they can with the current state of things.
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Haven't posted here in a BRICK but here's some positive updates!
- Passed written quals
- Finished my first field season
- Currently taking my first entomology class
- Will be presenting at #EntSoc2025
Hope everyone is doing as well as they can with the current state of things.
- Passed written quals
- Finished my first field season
- Currently taking my first entomology class
- Will be presenting at #EntSoc2025
Hope everyone is doing as well as they can with the current state of things.
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Y'all I'm making a wish list of entomology reference books (like the Arnett books, Marshall books, etc) for North America. I would love recommendations!
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Y'all I'm making a wish list of entomology reference books (like the Arnett books, Marshall books, etc) for North America. I would love recommendations!
My body is a machine that turns Bohart and Menke’s 1963 “A Reclassification of the Sphecinae” into stupid bullshit ideas with zero intellectual merit
September 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My body is a machine that turns Bohart and Menke’s 1963 “A Reclassification of the Sphecinae” into stupid bullshit ideas with zero intellectual merit
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the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵
worms for brains? no no, WASPS for brains. pound rock on sand. drink nectar from flower. bite and drag things into holes.
June 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
worms for brains? no no, WASPS for brains. pound rock on sand. drink nectar from flower. bite and drag things into holes.
On a lighter note—what in gods name are they putting in the nectar and pollen that’s making the bees so freakin big?! I hear a Blackhawk helicopter next to my head and turn to see the largest bee I’ve ever laid eyes on.
May 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
On a lighter note—what in gods name are they putting in the nectar and pollen that’s making the bees so freakin big?! I hear a Blackhawk helicopter next to my head and turn to see the largest bee I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Today's progress: instead of feeling like a middle schooler who wandered into a PhD program, I feel like a collage freshman who wandered in. Not completely lost, but still finding my way.
May 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Today's progress: instead of feeling like a middle schooler who wandered into a PhD program, I feel like a collage freshman who wandered in. Not completely lost, but still finding my way.
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Also see: the absolutely ridiculous flappy fairy wings of Olixon banksii
March 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Also see: the absolutely ridiculous flappy fairy wings of Olixon banksii
Having a field site inside campus is all fun and games until it’s a weekend and everything is closed. Had to DRIVE back to my office to go to the bathroom. :/
April 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Having a field site inside campus is all fun and games until it’s a weekend and everything is closed. Had to DRIVE back to my office to go to the bathroom. :/
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Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
April 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
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Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. A friendly reminder that livestock cannot replace native biodiversity, despite what you may have heard.
March 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. A friendly reminder that livestock cannot replace native biodiversity, despite what you may have heard.
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Please please please please post the things you love.
Everyone knows the world is on fire, giving a little light in the world is a good thing and more important than ever. 💜
Everyone knows the world is on fire, giving a little light in the world is a good thing and more important than ever. 💜
March 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Please please please please post the things you love.
Everyone knows the world is on fire, giving a little light in the world is a good thing and more important than ever. 💜
Everyone knows the world is on fire, giving a little light in the world is a good thing and more important than ever. 💜
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THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
March 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!
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These elected legislators are specifically looking for FACULTY feedback, please do not put the onus on the academic precariat to yell about it
UC Davis colleagues might like to know that several State Senators and Assembly members seem to support a 8% cut to the University of California budget, even as our campuses are under threat of federal defunding by Trump. Let's call them to tell them how this devastates us! Here's how, a 🧵:
March 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
These elected legislators are specifically looking for FACULTY feedback, please do not put the onus on the academic precariat to yell about it
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UC Davis colleagues might like to know that several State Senators and Assembly members seem to support a 8% cut to the University of California budget, even as our campuses are under threat of federal defunding by Trump. Let's call them to tell them how this devastates us! Here's how, a 🧵:
March 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
UC Davis colleagues might like to know that several State Senators and Assembly members seem to support a 8% cut to the University of California budget, even as our campuses are under threat of federal defunding by Trump. Let's call them to tell them how this devastates us! Here's how, a 🧵:
I GOT A 90 WE TAKE THESEEE!
driving home at 23:47 head banging to The First Disciple after turning in the most ass paper of my scientific career
a white cat laying on a pink blanket looking up
Alt: a white cat laying on a pink blanket pumping his head up and down
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I GOT A 90 WE TAKE THESEEE!
driving home at 23:47 head banging to The First Disciple after turning in the most ass paper of my scientific career
a white cat laying on a pink blanket looking up
Alt: a white cat laying on a pink blanket pumping his head up and down
media.tenor.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
driving home at 23:47 head banging to The First Disciple after turning in the most ass paper of my scientific career
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I found this absolutely wild looking yeast growing on a bee cadaver and it reminded me of one of those spikey 2000s-style earrings lol
March 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I found this absolutely wild looking yeast growing on a bee cadaver and it reminded me of one of those spikey 2000s-style earrings lol
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We’re hiring! Looking for a seasonal insect job? Come survey butterflies and bees with VCE!
vtecostudies.org/about-us/emp...
vtecostudies.org/about-us/emp...
February 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We’re hiring! Looking for a seasonal insect job? Come survey butterflies and bees with VCE!
vtecostudies.org/about-us/emp...
vtecostudies.org/about-us/emp...
Your work matters!!! Your work MATTERS!!! It doesn't matter what scale its at or when you did it or whatever else--you did SOMETHING and it matters!!
February 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Your work matters!!! Your work MATTERS!!! It doesn't matter what scale its at or when you did it or whatever else--you did SOMETHING and it matters!!
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Does anyone know someone that might be able to help identify an #Asteraceae from Michoacán, Mexico?
February 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Does anyone know someone that might be able to help identify an #Asteraceae from Michoacán, Mexico?