Robert Orpet

[Entomological Society of America @EntsocAmerica]

NEWS: "Spongy moth" has been formally adopted as the new common name for the moth species Lymantria dispar in @EntsocAmerica's Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms List. MORE: https://t.co/B3zWtIanh9

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

Interesting information: insect galls are a historical source of ink @DylanGJones92 https://t.co/YTq6crvW8Q

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

@whereismynet https://t.co/M3jk2gJZ3q

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

@Phytoseiid Logistic regression is good for binary response variables such as dead/not dead. Does not have homoscedasticity assumption, but beware of independence problem if reps had multiple insects

[Becca Hebron @FCCDsoilhealth]

Soil microbes provide so many benefits to the soil in healthy systems, by establishing soil health and a microbial community are you helping climate change? #soilhealth #climatechange https://t.co/BjjvL6kivr via @sciam

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

@adesany85 @Girl_into_bugs I have adult European earwigs. How many do you need?

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

#formsite.com is a great website to use for building online forms. The site also has notably good customer service, I must say.

[Lederson Gañán-Betancur @LedersonGanan]

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[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

An innovative potential management tactic for orchard pests https://t.co/kvmYYC7FAT #entomology #woollyappleaphid

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

Interesting questions and striking photo!

[Avery Russell @draverbee.bsky.social @DrAverbee]

Makes you wonder how #bees are choosing muds! Is it particle size? Chemical composition? Visual characteristics? Do these choices have adaptive value? #behavioralecology! #behaviour

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

An inspirational congressperson https://t.co/8S0mrBPUSK

[Paul Chisholm @PaulJChisholm]

When you miss the publishing date but have a soft spot for insects and your editors are kind enough to let you do the piece anyway...
Here's a piece about why it's important for scientists to think in new ways outside their discipline.

https://t.co/o5LUD1zOTw

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

Photo by @knerledge

[Dave Crowder @CrowderLabWSU]

Smokey-winged ash aphids have been swarming around Pullman and eastern WA this month. Blue and woolly, they are moving from conifers to ash trees, where they live over winter. Not a pest, see 2017 article: https://t.co/Hb1aTG0rnk #entomology #aphid #WSU

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

Check out the Dave Crowder laboratory twitter. I am a member of this lab and research #apples

[Dave Crowder @CrowderLabWSU]

This apple has a deformity called parrot beak. If you see it in the store, it tastes the same #apple #biology #parrots

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

https://t.co/HtOKtfQsS7 here is a video I collected of a ladybug larva eating an important apple pest #entomology #ladybug #IPM

[WSU CAHNRS @wsucahnrs]

Farmers are increasingly using goods bugs to stop bad ones. But are earwigs good or bad? Robert Orpet, student #entomologist w/ #WSU Tree Fruit, stalks #insect #predators to find out #GoCougs https://t.co/z3jKhnBdqa

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

@Phytoseiid don't know, they made small fruit that eventually got soft and brown instead of growing

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

@Phytoseiid I a grew some yellow watermelons in 2014, I wonder if they were the same variety, they were amazing! I failed growing melons in Wenatchee ):

[Robert Orpet @2robsterlobster]

@mrbrousil woah, will let you know if I make progress, thank you