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Abantiades hydrographus - Western Rain Moth Autumn rain and storms overnight brought this stunning Rain Moth to our Perth Hills moth light. She was big, ~80mm in length, and so beautiful! Such an honour to see these amazing moths. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

A very badass fly with feathery legs. Genus Porphyrochroa

There are 214 Democrats in Congress. Where the fuck are the rest of them?

This is fucking awful

Look who showed up at my lights last night- a full SEVEN WEEKS earlier than the previous early date I have found it here...!!! Spring is springing way too early here along Colorado's parched Front Range... Glover's Silk Moth- Hyalophora gloveri

A greater display of sexual dimorphism and size difference (c) Ray Simpson / iNaturalist

Yes- a very small moth, smaller than anyone realized. Very easy to overlook! As soon as I had it in the vial I knew what it was- since folks around here have been looking for it for decades… Now that it’s pinned, I can verify she’s a female- the holotype and only other known specimen is a male!

Cosmodes elegans - Green-blotched Moth These lovely moths are relatively frequent visitors to our Perth Hills garden but it’s lovely to see them every time! These moths are native to Australia and can be seen in most areas except the NT. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Today's bingo card definitely did not have "rediscover one of North America's rarest moths" on it today, yet here we are, on Feb. 6, in Colorado! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Garbage politicians will eventually pass, but this song will last forever… m.youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w...

Hey bsky! I’d like to share some cool work I recently coauthored that integrates entomology, paleontology, and German cultural history. 🔶🐜⚡️ We discovered a fossil ant in the amber collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! Read on for a delightful story of #museomics and #collectomics. >> 1/

If ever there was a day to announce it - it's today. My paper (one I own) is finally online - we've got fact checking local politics, a spotlight on girls HS sports & Crawlies and MORE! Celebrating 50 years (I did NOT own in in 1976 lol) of publication Check us out! upperrogueindependent.com

A long overdue #TikkaTheKitten video from my eldest today. #CatKiss

Just a friendly reminder everyone, it is now “community science”, not “citizen science”, no matter what country you’re in. #communityscience

It's easy to see these men as individual bad apples. But I'd argue--the bigger problems are "elite" universities' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name bad actors, and the fact that, societially, we let "elite" universities play such a big role in determining who can get ahead.

So an odd thing here is that if you say "an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume" your point is to communicate "it is not really Batman" but the problem is that the real Batman, within the fiction of the comic book "Batman", is also, literally, an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume

Entometa fervens - Gum Snout Moth This beautifully marked Gum Snout moth was resting on our moth light tent this morning. These large moths can be seen around many parts of Australia. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

Todays moth: The Merveille du Jour (Griposia aprilina) This dapper gentleman can be found across Europe and western Asia! Colour varies from green to an extremely pale mint #moths #mothposting

Dr Glaucomflecken, an actual ophthalmologist, with helpful instructions for dealing with pepper spray to the face. youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...

"... the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world..."

Sex sells, and sex kills.

You can find out more about our #NMCCbiodiversity work by tuning into Gardeners World this Friday, at 8pm on BBC TWO. 📺 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

What a moth! Eggplant Leafroller, Lineodes integra. On our backyard fence. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, September 29, 2025. It’s facing north, abdomen curled back to nearly reach its face. Totally convincing of a wisp of dry grass.

Can’t see me. Just leaf only. Opps … I guess you can. California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) 🌿

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Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

FYI: Despite recent info suggesting otherwise, my lab at CU Boulder is in fact accepting grad students fall 2026! Reach out if interested in insect systematics, phylogenetics, life history, insect-plant interactions.

Today is the last day to help make your voice heard for protection of our wilderness, places where we need to get away from the trauma of being human. Places of solitude. Please speak up for roadless rule. It’s easy and it only takes a few minutes at this link. earthjustice.org/action/prote...

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...

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!

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!

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

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. 🐙🌿

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

robberfly- 1 wasp- 0 Happy #worldrobberflyday everyone!

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

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!

📢 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

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

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

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

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!

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-...

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

This is one sneaky little moth! The caterpillars live in a Polistes wasp nest, creeping around at night eating the wasp larvae and pupae while the parents are asleep! 😱 Chalcoela iphitalis Douglas County, Colorado, USA

These butterflies are bilateral gynandromorphs. Each of them is exactly half male and half female!

Despite sporting some pretty loud warning coloration, the Red Peacock is not known to be toxic. Anartia amathea Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil