She's here! The process video for the Empress and the Tailless Whip Scorpion www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqb7...

Feast your eyes on this beautiful bug book from the Edo Period in Japan! share.google/1cuuOHp0S4Dy...

@gbif.org is amazing. And so is Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), for photographing and putting online so many of their African wasps. I can sit at home in Finland, and get a first impression of how well my Ugandan wasps fit a Madagascar species whose type specimen is in France. 🧪

The Empress!! I was so worried when I started because like ... all the spindly eggs - but where we have a whip scorpion with her noodly babies.

Octopus favor their front arms over their back ones for daily tasks at a ration of 61% to 39% Octopuses prefer to use different arms for different tasks, scientists find | Marine life | The Guardian share.google/NFEYCGsj3bWR...

Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants

typical news article about bugs. "Hey we walked around the rainforest for like 10 minutes and here are 12 new species of this weird-ass flightless beetle" Okay slight exaggeration ... but really. 12 new beetles were described from a cloud forest here in EC. www.eluniverso.com/noticias/inf...

I turned 31 today! I've been an artist all of my life, and I'm so happy with how far I have progressed in my own career. It's been a long journey, but I look forward to another 10 years of creating. I'd love a share if you're feeling generous to boost my reach for a day! ❤️

Me in Ecuador with bugs. I never know. But sometimes a new species is described and Im like, "oh yea ... I saw that"

Omg! I love his spiky eye mount

Yaaasss the way I really want to communicate//bzzzbzzz//

Me: ima a try and learn japanese Google news suggestions: we heard you! Here's an article about Japanese researchers using Ai to distinguish between 5 cicada species in Tokyo. The image is in Japanese ... you can practice!!! 💪💪💪 share.google/P9w3oNrfFUk4...

Ima teach myself Japanese. Wish me luck

I mean ... maybe humans also have "cooperation among mutually tolerant individuals"

Perfect timing for #InverteFest because my second thesis paper is out! TLDR; I counted two bajillion hydrozoans and about a dozen guys of every other species combined on four different types of substrate (rock, mesh, plastic, and wood) to see if larvae have preferences! peerj.com/articles/198...

I have found the unfortunate secret to better handwriting is just .... writing slower....

Making progress!! The chariot and the pseudoscorpions that use the harlequin beetle like a literal bus

I found a pigeon with feather feet!!!!!

Kpop demon hunters is about to be my whole personality

Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

What's one thing you wish people understood about conservation? For me - is that it takes many forms. It's not just putting a fence around d a chunk of land. Often it requires collaboration but one person or a small org can do more than you think.

Working on a thing!

I've never been tempted to buy a vinyl in my life. I don't even have a player ... But it's called the shiny bug!! Collection

We had a last minute cancellation for our trip in December that's focused on Evolution (the Struggle for Existence) with Jon Perry from Stated Clearly. If you wanna go - I have a discount code and we can get you signed up real quick =) scibugs.wetravel.com/trips/evotou...

These are my favourite trees in Quito. Arupo- native to Ecuador and Peru - looks like something out of the Lorax

Well Ima gonna keep yap about bugs and conservation

This is stunning

After many hours of grinding and polishing, finally a complete worker ant ready for patination, assembly, and final polish 🛠️ She looks exhausted too 😅

Since Taylor Swift teased TS12 ... I couldn't let the opportunity pass. So here's a little glimpse into my life around Ecuador

It turns out that my presentation at the Linda Hall Library was indeed recorded. Here you go.... #bugsky #books

You’ve seen them on walls, trees & paths—but do you know their names? 🌱 On 6 Jan, @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social will teach you to identify mosses & explore their hidden beauty. £12.50 online, recording included www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1556777967...

I don't normally give pest advice, but every now and then I do. I was recently asked about this topic. You can find my answers here, but pretty generally I recommend modifying your space first to make it less inviting for pests. homegnome.com/blog/studies...

The World and the symbolism behind Japan's dragonfly

Finally have gotten back into my Tarot project =) The world and the insect that carried Japan's success on its wings youtube.com/shorts/15MSX...

If you wanna stare at bugs in too much detail and then draw them, then you should come to Costa Rica with me. We're even partnering with the butterfly gardens to visit their animals after dark! There's just two spots left. scibugs.wetravel.com/trips/butter...

Look at her derpy wings! Lol

Waita after dark. Many things glow under uv light! One of thr most surprising to me was the trees covered in ... a mold? Lichen? I'm not sure but it popped in the UV light like a neon camouflage pattern. See second image for lables Scorpions and daddy long legs also glow blue under the uv light.

There's always so much to learn. Waita Lodge, Ecuador

It looks like if took this picture in black and white, but I didn't. It was just the misty haze of the amazon Waita Lodge, Ecuador

Look who I found skulking around the flowers. Auca Hotel, Coca, Ecuador

Blue suede thigh high boots! Beautiful Katydid from Ecuador laying eggs in a leaf Waita Lodge

Fungus forest Waita Lodge, Ecuador

Literal thirst traps. As climate changes and droughts in the rainforest become more common, reserves in Guatamala put out pools of drinking water for animals desperately looking for a cool share.google/YfXzhKdeqpGP...

Oh ya, we found these when I went to the jungle a couple weeks ago. Waita Lodge, Ecuador

I really like lichen and moss.

Sometimes ... you just have to get shuteye where you can.

Birds are fine too sometimes Grey breasted mountain toucan Guango Lodge, ecuador

I finally saw it! A turtle ant mimicking crab spider actually attacking a turtle ant. This had been in presentations of mine for 7+ years now and I finally saw it! Waita Lodge, Ecuador

When you forget your umbrella ... Guango Lodge, Andes to Amazon Tour, 2025

Swallowtail butterflies puddling in the amazon