Maria Owens

Resource Management Technician🌱Environmental Scientist and Marine Biologist🔬
Geology and Entomology enthusiast🪲
❀𖤣𖥧.𖤣𖥧𓆏𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣❀

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

What even is this app anymore 🙃

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

I may have forgotten about Twitter being a thing😬

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

Millipedes hold a special place in my heart ❤️ I hope it found where it was going 🤣

[Keiki FUKUI 福井敬貴 @fukuinsect]

ポルテリ

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

Meet the wasp mantidfly! Despite its name and appearance, it isn't a wasp or mantis. These insects lay their eggs on wolf spiders' egg sacs, where their larva feed on spider eggs until pupating! 😱

📷 courtesy of Katja Schulz/CC BY 2.0 https://t.co/uq12FUHyZM

[Turtle Conservancy @turtletweets]

This Vietnamese Black-breasted Leaf Turtle may look like he’s just been jump-scared 👻😳 but are notorious and beloved for their big wide owl eyes. They are actually great hunters as a result and can even focus on two separate things at a time, like a chameleon!

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

Beech blight aphids

[Adrian Smith @DrAdrianSmith]

1 min of millipede

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

Is your child texting about wildlife? ⚠️📱

LOL: lots of lamprey
BRB: beavers really build
IMO: I miss owls
NSFW: not safe from weasels
GG: gigantic gar
FTW: for the whales
IRL: I respect lynx

[Global Women in Herpetology @GlobalWomenHerp]

This is the official account for the Global Women in Herpetology Project! Follow our new accounts on Instagram and Facebook, @GlobalWomenHerp on all platforms! Link to the #GWH website here: https://t.co/jygTxJX0Kv

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

I can't get enough of these millipedes at work! This latest @Ologies episode with @DearMillipede couldn't have been more perfect for me 🖤

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

I'm so ready for spring! But in the meantime here's a photo of a frozen oyster mushroom with snow❄️

[Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager]

Gaudy sphinx 🌿✨

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

The problem of being me is there is always something worth noticing while out hiking.

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

@kasson_wvu Happy birthday! Here's a unique photo of a puffball I took!

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

Found this Oncideres cingulata also known as the twig girdler at Clifty Falls State Park!

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

I have been seeing these guys out and about more at Clifty Falls State Park!

[John S Christensen @JasperSailfin]

Anyone need a new bug to haunt their nightmares? For you, I present the Transvestite Rove Beetle (Leistotrophus versicolor). This beetle secretes odor from its wiggling abdomen tip to attract prey within range of its huge mandibles. Good night.
Ecuador, Sept 2021.

[Maria Owens @m_owens_]

@JasperSailfin It is creepy but still amazing though!