becca ☻

entomologist ⋆ arachnophile ⋆ she/her

[becca ☻ @buggirlbecca]

Look how cute!!!🥰 On Valentines Day, I achieved a life long goal of mine: I successfully bred my first tarantulas ever!! The fact that it’s Avicularia purpurea makes it extra exciting. There were 26 spiderlings total and they are all doing so well💜 #LoveYourPetDay #tarantula

[SK Winnicki, PhD @skwinnicki]

As a kid, spring trips to see displaying woodcocks were a fun treat

As life got harder, spring woodcocks became an important lifeline at the end of a long, dark winter

Anyway, guess who I could see and hear (from my bedroom window) displaying last night under the streetlights??

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

It’s finally happened. A peer-reviewed journal article with what appear to be nonsensical AI generated images. This is dangerous.

[Chentomology @czbugsart]

Just in case

[Chentomology @czbugsart]

Team west coast ☀️

[Cladistics Journal Alert @CladisticsAlert]

⚠️#NewPaperAlert 𝐀d𝐯a𝐧c𝐞s i𝐧 𝐭h𝐞 𝐫e𝐜o𝐧s𝐭r𝐮c𝐭i𝐨n o𝐟 𝐭h𝐞 𝐬p𝐢d𝐞r t𝐫e𝐞 𝐨f l𝐢f𝐞: A r𝐨a𝐝m𝐚p f𝐨r s𝐩i𝐝e𝐫 𝐬y𝐬t𝐞m𝐚t𝐢c𝐬 𝐚n𝐝 𝐜o𝐦p𝐚r𝐚t𝐢v𝐞 𝐬t𝐮d𝐢e𝐬
By Siddharth Kulkarni, @hannah_m_wood and, @GustavoHormiga

https://t.co/4le2ZzzJtp

[Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager]

Support Native Pollinators stickers are now up in the shop! 🔗 below! 🦋✨

[Samantha Kennett @smkennett4]

I collected these bagworm cocoons a few weeks ago in Georgia and just discovered parasitoids have emerged! Anyone know what these are?

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

Chilling with the big girl! 🕷️😱

[Chentomology @czbugsart]

In pink goes with everything 💅

[Chentomology @czbugsart]

Müllerian mimicry vs. Batesian mimicry

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

Big is Bess as they say in Honduras…

A beautiful Passalidae beetle just strolling around on the forest floor of Cusuco National Park - what a glorious sight!

@opwall @NHM_London #fieldwork

[Guido Meijer @guido_meijer]

I was watching Lord of the Rings last night and realized there are many parallels with academia!

A thread 🧵👇

[becca ☻ @buggirlbecca]

@nfquinn2 @UFCitrusBugs uhm they are ADORABLE 😍

[invertebrate @crevicedwelling]

was pleasantly surprised to find this celebrity parasite in the woods! Leucochloridium are trematode flatworms famous for extending colorful, pulsating broodsacs into ambersnails’ eystalks so birds mistake them for tasty caterpillars and become the next host for the parasite

[Ummat Somjee @ummat_s]

Bugs are doing well in the bug hut!

[becca ☻ @buggirlbecca]

@crevicedwelling Please tell Stella I love her

[Studio Ansitru (look at my Linktree) 🤠✨ @Ansitru]

Chaotic neutral vs lawful good

[Chentomology @czbugsart]

Beetle workout schedule 🪲💪

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

Yeah, this happened yesterday. IYKYK. @AAS_arachnology @sderkarabetian @wizards_magic

[Entomemeology @entomemeology]

#entomemeology #drainfly #entomologymemes #diptera