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IN AWE OF NATURE! Entomologist, systematist, biogeographer, photographer; museums & collections. Based in Colorado! he/his. My science: https://lepscience.com/my-publications/
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GOP Senate bill mandates 3 million acres of public land to be sold, but NOW authorizes ANOTHER 255 million acres for sale. This is 40 percent of all public lands! An environmental disaster. Please call your senators, it takes less than five minutes. wessiler.substack.com/p/lee-daines...

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

Oh to be a moth that cannot fly... Meet the newly described genus/species Coloradactria frigida, a moth with females that don't fly- they scurry around on the ground like a spider or silverfish... lepscience.com/wp-content/u... @inaturalist.bsky.social observations helped us locate populations!

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Oh to be a moth that cannot fly... Meet the newly described genus/species Coloradactria frigida, a moth with females that don't fly- they scurry around on the ground like a spider or silverfish... lepscience.com/wp-content/u... @inaturalist.bsky.social observations helped us locate populations!

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

I'm thrilled to announce that the Entomology department at the NHMLAC is hiring a full-time collections manager! 🪰🐜🕸️🦋 I'm biased, but the museum is a great place to work, and our department is full of fun, thoughtful people. Job description and information for applying are here: shorturl.at/iRqOB

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Glover's silk moth (Hyalophora gloveri), Pryor Mountains, Montana. This is a male, told by the large, feathery antennae. These moths don't feed as adults, and only live about a week, just long enough to reproduce. Phone pic from last weekend. 🐙🌿

submitted 47 days ago • 11 comments

while flipping rotten logs for Bimastos earthworms, I found another wood-eating “worm”: Scolecocampa liburna, the deadwood borer! this is an erebid moth and unlike the leaf-munching larvae you might associate with Lepidoptera these caterpillars eat rotten wood

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

robberfly- 1 wasp- 0 Happy #worldrobberflyday everyone!

submitted 3347 days ago • 0 comments

Mallophora bomboides is called the 'bee killer' because, well, you get the idea... #worldrobberflyday

submitted 3347 days ago • 0 comments

Check out this incredible bilateral gynandromorph moth my friend found in Japan! The left side is female, right side male. Look at those two completely different antennae, and different hindwing shapes!

submitted 67 days ago • 2 comments

📢 JOB KLAXON! The Yale Peabody Museum is hiring a permanent, full-time Museum Assistant in #Entomology 🦋 Full details & how to apply: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... #EntoJobs #InsectCollections

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Monkey slug? Hag moth caterpillar? Both phenomenal names. But I ❤️ the genus name most: Phobetron. Sounds like a malevolent transformer or a giant alien space television. These caterpillars have fleshy deciduous appendages (this one lost a few) & stinging hairs. Watch out! ☣️☠️ North Carolina, USA

submitted 85 days ago • 4 comments

Such a wonderful butterfly, the Julia Orangetip (Anthocharis julia) yesterday along the Colombia Gorge, Washington #butterflies #bugsky #nature

submitted 88 days ago • 12 comments

I stumbled upon this most extremely perfect Mountain Ball Cactus last week, and realized it would be rude not to share this incredible beauty with you! Pediocactus simpsonii Douglas County, Colorado, USA

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

Hi Everyone! Been silent here lately as Dad passed away last month. There has been plenty to keep me busy. Will try to reingage soon!

submitted 95 days ago • 6 comments

There is no rational justification for listing the butterfly Euchloe ausonides (the 'Large Marble") as Endangered/Threatened in the USA. The current effort by the Xerces Society (@xercessociety.bsky.social) to list them is complete nonsense, as we explain here: www.regulations.gov/comment/FWS-...

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

From north Africa and Europe to Siberia and North America, The Swallowtail thrills and inspires everyone who is lucky enough to see it! Papilio machaon aliaska Brooks Range, North Slope, Alaska, USA

submitted 149 days ago • 1 comment