I love the way science used to be written. Is it necessary to know that the author was pushing his baby in a pram while making observations of insects? Perhaps not, but it provides delightful context, while assuming the reader is familiar with his previously published baby-wheeling-related work.

No. 2 and 1 in the weirdest spider palps contest (UK chapter). Left: Labulla thoracica, right: Mastigusa arietina. Lucky enough to see both within a week, and finally photograph Mastigusa properly (thanks to @chalkspring.bsky.social) @tylanberry.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

weird bird alert

Dispersal capacity of larval green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): laboratory-derived estimates and simulations doi.org/10.4039/tce.... #NewInCanEnt

Orca off #Saanich yesterday: youtu.be/ID-Jfrpa-WE?... #yyj #whalewatching @ibycter.bsky.social

portrait of a male Hentzia mitrata or "White-jawed Jumping Spider" found beneath oak, NE Oklahoma, April 2025

Pretty cool publication, but I'll always be a Manual of Nearctic Diptera guy myself (but just Volume 1. They really let themselves go by Volume 2) #oldschool

I haven't seen as many Castianeira this year as I usually do, but this magnificent lass showed up at the end of my walk today and made me happy. Red lightning in the sand. ♥️ (still unclear which species this is, 4+ years after my first sighting)

Ms Grabby Hands, with a leafhopper snack

Preorders are out NOW for the long-awaited SECOND EDITION of THE SOCIAL WASPS OF NORTH AMERICA! The 2nd edition includes all new up-to-date taxonomy, detailed in crisp photo-quality illustrations. This is a must-have guidebook for naturalists everywhere! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Saw a dead yellow jacket on oak bark this evening, noticed movement and looked closer, and there were little Paratemnoides pseudoscorpions grabby hands poking out of the shadows. Seems they brought home a Big Snack to share with the community (Paratemnoides are social pseudoscorpions 🤎) 🧪

ok ok I've read the paper and as expected it is really freaking cool the queens are effectively hijacking androgenesis! so they store the sperm of the second species, and then clone that into their eggs so that the clonal males have a nuclear DNA from their og species but mito DNA from their mother

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

How to improve poster sessions at conferences. 🧪 #science colinpurrington.com/tips/poster-...

This one is a little different, but if you want to see how some spider science gets done (and how you can do it, too), you can see what I learned from @cataranea.bsky.social and @ibycter.bsky.social when they put me up for three days in St. John's! youtu.be/6c2XqAsHnuo

Anyone recognize this Euxoa, from Makkovik in Labrador? The larvae were munching some planted vegetables. We reared it out in hopes of an ID.

A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs! #Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist

These are some little dudes that I work with, diamondback moth and cabbage maggot. Not good for brassicas!

First detection of mosquito Uranotaenia sapphirina (Diptera: Culicidae) in New Brunswick, Canada doi.org/10.4039/tce.... #NewInCanEnt

Sexy resin bees! They're so cute and stubby. The boy's little feets on her back 🥹 #BugSex

Got visited by a dirty little male Antrodiaetus pacificus last night!

Look who visited us at the farmer's market: the Banded Longhorn Beetle 🪲

A cluster of Coelioxys on their nighttime sleeping perch

Taste the rainbow. #spiders #bugs

Some Ammophila and Coelioxys hanging out on a dead gumweed

Our guide to bees of Pennsylvania is available for free now, you can order print copy (just have to pay shipping) and/or download PDF from Penn State Extension page: extension.psu.edu/bees-of-penn... For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts

I almost never see bees holding onto plant stems with their mandibles to sleep because I go looking for them when they’re most active. But here is a Nomada bee holding onto a Grindelia petal when the afternoon turned windier and chillier than expected. [Alameda, CA 7-20-25] #bees #nativebees

A couple Ammophila snuggling up for the night

This Coelioxys shot with the new Laowa 15 mm 1:2 macro. No lie, it is a tough to use lens and I need more practice for sure.

Coelioxys cuckoo leafcutter bees sleeping on a dead gumweed

European wall lizard closeup from Victoria BC

If you can, please donate to help with funeral costs and supporting her family. RIP Sheila Colla. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...

a little late for pride month, but we'll forgive that for a gynandromorph spider! 🕷️🌈🥰

Castianeira are usually ground-dwelling creatures but this magnificent C. floridana lass decided to speed around a palmetto for a bit and then chill on a frond for a photoshoot and that made me very happy. 🧡

Great outline of how to do a bug talk/walk with kids. 🪲🪳 The main takeaway: just give them nets and see what they find! There's always more than enough to talk about in any ecosystem. 🌎 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲 For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website: ➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783 #Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs

A nice dung fly on the blossom of Kalmia procumbens

Few bakeapple blooms up and ready as of yet in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut; we are still early in the season. But some of the male flowers are seeing visition by flies :)

A snowshoe hare in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut. This guy was pretty unafraid of me.

✨New Science Illustration: Lab assay to observe the behavior of parasitoid, Ganaspis kimorum, when exposed to blueberries infested with spotted-wing Drosophila. For Rutgers entomologist, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona. 🪳🪲🎨🧪🐡 Seeking human-made visual storytelling for your research? Lindzeamays.com

Plume moths are very special. Here is the Yarrow plume moth, Gillmeria pallidactyla. #röllekfjädermott #Gillmeriapallidactyla #yarrowplumemoth #plumemoth #fjädermott #Pterophoridae #insectphotography #naturephotography #macrophotography #biodiversity #bjärebiodiversity #PL45/2.8

This jumper was a new one on me. Sittisax ranieri, Ranier's Patterned Jumping Spider. Thanks to @cataranea.bsky.social and @ibycter.bsky.social for getting me there, and for helping me figure out how to get the most out of my equipment. Cape Spear, Newfoundland #Pentax K-5ii, see alt for more

Leucospis chalcid wasp, a parasitoid of the egg cases of another favorite of mine, resin bees. Weird chonky thing. 🖤

A wonderful video by @tshahan.bsky.social - featuring beautiful native sunfish. Some cool gar make an appearance (that I think @solomonrdavid.bsky.social would like), and Thomas has a link for his awesome T-shirt designs if you want to support a real artist! #sciart 🐟📷🍃🌿 youtu.be/S_zUY60yQyI?...

Summer Tanager

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

Influence of a local bioclimatic gradient on wild bees in boreal forest clearcuts doi.org/10.4039/tce.... #NewInCanEnt

Another photographer who deserves more followers.