After a long series of flights from Chicago, I am happy to announce that I am standing at THE world famous, Seagull Pit, of Christchurch, New Zealand maps.app.goo.gl/3MXMLMkZvhkV...

*thicc* cave cricket spotted in Mammoth Cave NP last weekend (plus a shot of its many friends...or enemies?). Look at that ovipositor #bugsky

Tiny native Carolina mantis on my pepper plant this morning #bugsky

Great day for stink: Wally, the corpse flower in the Indiana University Bloomington Biology greenhouse, bloomed today

🚨🚨the corpse flower at IU Biology Building is probably going to bloom today, this is not a drill🚨🚨😬

Little shepherds #bugsky

Zebra swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus. If you see one these dudes, it is a good sign that pawpaw trees are near by -- their larvae feed exclusively on the leaves of pawpaw species, and are chemically defended by sequestered acetogenins from the host plant. #bugsky

Lasius claviger, the small yellow ant AKA "citronella ant" --This species is a social parasite -- queens establish new colonies taking over existing ant colonies. A hypertrophied mandibular gland in workers is filled with huge amounts of citrus-smelling terpenes used as an alarm pheromone #bugsky

Sun's out, bugs out (after cruelly disturbing their home, a rock) -- Reticulitermes flavipes workers and soldier

Good roots 👍

"Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter, but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?" - Carl Sagan #standupforscience2025 #HoosierSky