Emily Geest, PhD

Grassland butterfly 🦋 ecologist & avid birder 🐦
She/Her/Hers

[The Wildlife Society @wildlifesociety]

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. This week, postdoctoral fellow @EmilyGeest talks about how the power of nature helped her to survive the darkest of days. https://t.co/ExYodN3Lk6

[People and Nature @PaN_BES]

Aiders of the Lost Monarch, Got Milkweed?, & Beauty and the Bees are examples of the creative names people have given their Monarch Waystations over the years; positivity, mortality, and family are commonly used themes. @emilygeest @UnivOfKansas
👑🦋🪑
https://t.co/W1yQHw6Q9p

[The Wildlife Society @wildlifesociety]

Red imported fire ants prey on a number of native species in the southern United States. Researchers set traps to determine if the ants were also affecting butterfly abundance in parts of Texas. @EmilyGeest https://t.co/wTifwzSTIH

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

I made a postcard game! 🐜

[Hissy Cat @hissycatstudio]

#32 love the theme. =)
#pftf2023

https://t.co/vdcqv9SDvS

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

As part of my @SciPolNetwork SciPol Scholars Residency, I got to help write this petition, meet amazing folks at @xercessociety and learn about fireflies! It was an AMAZING experience and I’m so excited to see what happens with the petition!

[The Xerces Society @xercessociety]

The Xerces Society has submitted a petition for the listing of the mysterious lantern firefly (Photuris mysticalampas) as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
https://t.co/xEf2fTbih1

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

Check out my new paper on patch-burn grazing impacts on butterflies! 🦋

TLDR: some species may benefit from fire more often while others may need longer times between fire, but patch-burn grazing regimes can support the overall butterfly community

https://t.co/X1HgGGc9oy

[OSU Natural Resources Extension @OklahomaLands]

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Oklahoma has 5 invasive thistles. Three are legally considered noxious weeds and control is required.

Noxious Weeds (legal status) - control required
Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)
Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

@EstherNgumbi I do! 🦋

[Run Blue @RunBlueOfficial]

It was a great honour to host the 2022 #Sweat4Soap 🙏

We had participation from 146 countries & territories👏🎽

Most importantly, we raised 432 098 bars of soap 🎆🧼 Thanks for joining us to give dignity for the needy #RunBlue community🫂

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

Check out this opinion article on monarchs and conservation I helped write 😃🦋

https://t.co/DFPsT3f6Ud

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

I had a chance to speak with The Oklahoman about the monarch butterfly migration! You can check out the article below 🦋

[The Oklahoman @TheOklahoman_]

Endangered monarch butterflies migrate through Oklahoma. How you can help the species. https://t.co/AbQd4S4fcd

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

@leannakal @LettersPreSci they ended the letter asking if I was nervous to be a penpal too!🥺

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

I got my first letter from my pre-scientist penpal!

Their big question in this letter is: how do cheetahs run so fast? 🐆

@LettersPreSci

#LetterOpeningParty
#STEMforAll
#STEMPenPals

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

Oct 10-16 is #Sweat4Soap. Every 1 km walked/run = 1 bar of soap donated to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

https://t.co/Erp8tF95XA
@minaguli

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

@thisplusthatpod @jayaisales An ecotone

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

I also got matched with a classroom for @SkypeScientist today! I can’t wait to chat about butterflies with everyone! 🦋🦋🦋

#STEMoutreach
#SciComm
#butterflies

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

Just got the email that I’ve matched with a pre-scientist with @LettersPreSci ! This is my 3rd year in program (2nd with a match).

My pre-scientist loves animals, plants, and oceans so I can’t wait to get their letters!!!
🦋🌱🌊

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

@Md1819 What an interesting question! Scudder wrote in 1889 that he suspected monarchs traveled like birds (referring to annual migrations) but Urquhart seems to be the first to have formally published on monarch migration. Of course in Mexico they have known about it for centuries

[Emily Geest, PhD @EmilyGeest]

Check out this episode of OSU Research Matters! You can listen to me chat about bee campus & bees 🐝

#bees #beecampus #okstate

[KOSU @KOSURadio]

In this episode of OSU Research Matters, a bi-weekly look inside the work of @okstate faculty, staff, and students, we learn from Dr. Emily Geest about the criteria for becoming a certified Bee Campus.

https://t.co/t74hT2y9oo