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Sorry for the lack of posts; college burns me out very fast and I’ve lost a lot of energy. Here’s a particularly interesting photo where a wild male promethea moth came to mate with a captive cecropia female I left out to attract mates of her own species. 5/21/23

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The IUCN listing for the Goliath beetles have been proposed. Notably, Goliathus cacius and G. regius are proposed to be CR and EN over concerns of habitat loss and to a lesser extent, overexploitation. Some interesting notes on ecology also. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Thank you for letting me draw your adorable moth!! My bug is excited to interact with another hawkmoth like themselves :D

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Finally deleted twitter

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sawfly larvae are so adorable Tenthredinoidea (6/17/24) (I was too lazy to ID this one sorry)

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Opening a slot for these again now that I have internet again ^^

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you guys really liked my swallowtail sona.. So here’s a few closeup photos I got of a specimen from the same species. Used a microscope!

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Delighted to see our new paper out, led by PhD student Asia Hoile. We explored new genes that emerged during the early evolution of Lepidoptera 🦋 Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore. Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more! 🔗: tinyurl.com/48rx72es

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Happy to share we have a new postdoc position in "Biogeography of genetic diversity changes or Macrogenetics" at @utu.fi to work on large-scale patterns of genetic diversity using Lepidoptera= moths and butterflies 🦋🦋 Applications are open until March 10! ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...

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Thank you for letting my draw your butterfly in my style!! They are absolutely gorgeous🤩 Our bugs can enjoy some delicious nectar together!

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Shading practice with my moff

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swallowtail and chokecherry / colored pencil on 14x17 Duralar / 2023 Here we have a swallowtail butterfly (Papilio multicaudata) throughout multiple stages of its life - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and imago - perched on a branch of its host plant, the chokecherry tree (Prunus virginiana)!

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So uh. Valentine’s day huh?

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Did butterflies invent the solar panel? A few springs ago, I saw this marble butterfly (Euchloe sp.) land on the desert floor, then tilt its wings at an angle exactly perpendicular to the sun - like a motorized solar array - to efficiently warm up on a chilly morning (Mojave Desert, California). 🐙🌿

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A dragonfly resting on my hand enjoying a meal Pachydiplax longipennis (7/26/22)

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The western monarch butterfly population is near record lows; fewer than 10k individual butterflies counted this year. xerces.org/press/wester...

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Finally, the butterfly is real

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Hyleoides zonalis - Yellow-banded Giant Masked Bee This amazing native #bee is a #wasp mimic (and she had me fooled when I first saw her). Observations on #inaturalist suggest this beautiful bee is endemic to Western Australia #ausinverts #wildoz #pollinators #bugsky

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I don't know if my followers care about dandys world but the voices won and I made an oc for it lol He's just a little guy

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Puka had a visitor tonight. A black witch moth borrowed his throne.

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First #InsertAnInvert2024 (in 2025) prompt for February, which has my favorite theme: Relationships!

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Take a walk in the forest ✨

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The reality of [casually] writing a graphic novel: Jolt of inspiration, outline 5 scene storyboards in one night, and finish none of them before burning out so they look like utter chicken scratch the next day. 🤦‍♀️🙃 Slow & steady I guess. Any tips from writers to organize the process? 🎨 #Scifilit

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Müllerian mimicry in Neotropical butterflies: One mimicry ring to bring them all, and in the jungle bind them https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.635679v1

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You can now find the Sahara swallowtail (Papilio saharae) illustrations in my web portfolio: www.lazaroillustration.com #Sciart #insects

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Sound UP if you've never heard a dragonfly chew before. It was kind enough to leave a disembodied head on my hand. #invert 🌿

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Hi does anyone have any information on Boreidae and how to search for them This definitely will not be relevant knowledge to me while I’m out trekking in the snow

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This is the year of the snake, but every year can be the year of caterpillar! 🐛 caterpillar can do anything! Therefore here’s the 12 Chinese zodiac in caterpillar version! Which is the your caterpillar zodiac?

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Spotted this female Gasteruption sp. wasp laying her eggs in what is likely the nest of a Megachile sp. bee. It’s not the best quality video, but at around 6s you can see her unsheath her ovipositor. #wildoz #ausinverts #wasp #bee #insects

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longhorn beetles can be so pretty… this is a Placosternus erythropus, a Mexican relative of the mesquite borer! I love the vivid colors… (8/3/24)

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Locust borers (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Megacyllene robiniae) are common beetles in many parts of the United States. While adults can feed on pollen from a variety of flowers, they have a distinct preference for goldenrods (Asteraceae: Solidago spp.). Palmyra Michigan, 09/25/2013.

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A sketchbook page & what it became: inspired by a sphinx moth, Laothoe amurensis!

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Comm for @pastelmelon.bsky.social ^^

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Sawflies are such underrated cuties. I haven’t been able to spot an adult yet, but I just love the larvae to death Arge quidia (9/4/23) Dimorphopteryx abnormis (8/31/23) Blennocampini? (5/23/23)

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We found a few of these snazzy day-flying moths in Colombia. They look like they are outfitted for moth racing circuit. 🏎️🏁 (Erateina sp.) Tatama National Park, Colombia

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Artistic expression, bug style. These sawfly larvae make quick work of defoliating the quaking aspen saplings in our yard each spring. I don't mind. I adore photographing them. #bugsky

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Ever seen a caterpillar pupate? Here’s a (low quality) vid of a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar transforming!!

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Don't let them suppress you I don't care what a government says I'm still gonna keep on going

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A crosspost from twitter

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