Katherine kodanakabees 🦋☁️

PhD candidate in the Rehan Lab | York University | Nomada evolution, biogeography, and taxonomy | addicted to caffeine | sometimes I make giant robot cosplays

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Late night shenanigans from yesterday XD

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Found this really chill male Nomada imbricata at the Andrena regularis aggregation by campus! He was super photogenic ❤️

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The sunset tonight was gorgeous ❤️

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I found this cool Nomada in a box of bees from Arizona 👀 I’m not sure what species he is, but he’s not matching to what I thought it was. I’ll have to do some more searching tomorrow 👀 also find me at the other site! I’m gonna try posting there more often and less here

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From my morning walk! A heron, some ducks and a cormorant ❤️ Maybe I should become a morning person

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A sweet bug I found on my walk this morning 👀

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Found some interesting aphids on campus today! At first I thought they were specks but then I noticed some with wings 👀

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These “lepida” males have been driving me nuts 🤪 Are they all “lepida”? Maybe and if they are, the color variation is wild

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Well apartment we had a good 5 year run We survived the worst of the pandemic together & even though the roaches & that one dead mouse kinda killed my soul Im gonna miss you ill especially miss watching people get parking tickets & how on really nice days I could see CN tower

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I guess getting locked out of my building has its perks

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I think this cake says it all ❤️ thank you to everyone who came to my defense today and for all the support! its been a wild, challenging but very rewarding 5 years and im so excited for what comes next 🐝❤️

[orangepelican @orange_pelican]

小型のキマダラハナバチ。
Nomada sp.

[orangepelican @orange_pelican]

小型のキマダラハナバチ。Nomadaは大きさ含め多様ですね。
Nomada sp.

[orangepelican @orange_pelican]

そしてまたダイミョウキマダラハナバチ。
Nomada japonica

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The lucky shaker says that today will have moderate luck 👀 After the total 💩 show that was the end of the day yesterday I’ll take anything

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My brain this week at every inopportune time:

[Axanthic @Axanthic1]

ハルジオンでよく見かけるたぶんダイミョウキマダラハナバチ
なかなか顔は見せてくれない

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

In #Canada, a Short-tailed #Weasel (Mustela richardsonii) carries off its Northern Short-tailed #Shrew (Blarina brevicauda) prey, and it's our #TwoferTuesday Observation of the Day! Seen by trinitygc.

More details at: https://t.co/UIfTdZsqvd

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@CodeyMathis Just wait for this key to come out 👀👀👀I took so many pictures it might as well have no words XD

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One of my favorite pictures I’ve taken so far 👀 it shows the red hairs distinctive of some species of ruficornis group in eastern US and Canada (Nomada vincta F) they basically look like eyelashes under the scope