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bugeric.bsky.social
Non-fiction writer, author, blogger, insect identifier, ally. Presenter/speaker. #SciComm, entomology, urban natural history, human conflict with other species, other humans (and how to resolve it). Married Progressive in Kansas, USA. he/him/they
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Hoping someone does the Tiananmen Square thing.

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So I caught this little female leafcutter bee shearing off part of a maple leaf, rolling it under her body as she goes. She’ll use it to fashion a barrel-like capsule to house a single larval offspring, plus a loaf of pollen. See next comment….

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This is the best framing of it I have ever seen.

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First luminescent firefly species of the year in our yard today, Photinus pyralis. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.

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You all are killing it with the memes and jokes tonight. Thank you!

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The June photo from @bugeric.bsky.social's and my calendar for this year is this shot of male and female Eastern Collared Lizards taken in Carter County, Missouri last May. #lizards #herpetology #EasternCollaredLizard

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Phenomenal artist. He might single-handedly turn me into a baseball fan.

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Door-to-door salesmen for pest control services are making the rounds in our small town. This lovely paper wasp is our free pest control provider, thank you very much. Leavenworth, Kansas,USA.

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Accompanying my partner on a braying donkey sur….Sorry, breeding bird survey in Jefferson County, Kansas, USA today.

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This looks like a great read.

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How I'm (not) coping....https://senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com/2025/06/state-of-myself-address.html

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Our little garden pond is probably going to overflow if it hasn’t already. Heavy rain the last couple hours, tornado warnings well south of us. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. Yes, those are sunflowers growing beneath the bird feeders.

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A richly illustrated new exploration of the painting, photography, and illustration of the politically progressive American artist. Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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