Mike Kiernan

Lovely colors

Fly mimic?

Not pollinating, but cute.

Thumbnail cover image for a YouTube video showing a stonefly and a green june beetle flying, text reads "insect flight - 23 species!"

New video! Flight footage from 23 species across 7 insect orders! youtu.be/gDI5g3rd0Ls

In Vt

Thank you. Way ahead of us

H’ray! Where are you, please?

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing

Please define large and small?
Maybe it’s because I am trying to read it on mobile, I can not see any definition or reference to area

Wow!

Those are some plume-y antennae

That moss scent drives the ladies crazy! Love that color

CJ!

A corn field has essentially zero pollinating insects

A solar field with native plants between the rows has about 300x as many

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/how-to-address-two-environmental-crises-at-once

Beyond despair: how can ecosystem restoration enhance human wellbeing? Ecosystem restoration has historically had a very ecological focus. However, while teaching a special interdisciplinary class during her time at Duke University, SAFS Assistant Professor, Carter Smith...

Cool new PNAS paper by Prof Carter Smith @uwsafs.bsky.social, about how ecosystem restoration enhances human wellbeing

fish.uw.edu/2025/01/beyo...

When do we cut back stems?
What and Why from @xercessociety.bsky.social

Small brown moth with irregular grayish and white markings, at rest on a wall near a Polistes wasp nest. The carnivorous caterpillars can completely decimate a wasp nest over the course of the summer.

This is one sneaky little moth! The caterpillars live in a Polistes wasp nest, creeping around at night eating the wasp larvae and pupae while the parents are asleep! 😱

Chalcoela iphitalis
Douglas County, Colorado, USA

Solar Farms Have a Superpower Beyond Clean Energy The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty.

If done right: "A study published late last year found that insect abundance had tripled over five years on test plots at two other Minnesota solar sites. The abundance of native bees grew twentyfold."
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/c...