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Jon Elmquist

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Insect Conservation Technician (UF) Entomology MS (Penn State)

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Got my first tick bite of the field season! Be safe out there, folks! Check yourself!

26.03.2025 00:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cardinal couples are such cuties. “Why yes, I’d love to flit about the branches with you.”

20.03.2025 17:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I love bees(!), but I wish their poop didn’t stain clothes so easily…

19.03.2025 14:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rubus is blooming, and something about that brings a joyful tear to my eye.

18.03.2025 21:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every time I read a scientific paper, there comes a point where I get bored, scroll down to see how much longer I have to read, sigh, then get back to reading from where I left off.

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Indian Paint Brush in a field of summer grass with other flowers scattered about but not always in focus.

Indian Paint Brush in a field of summer grass with other flowers scattered about but not always in focus.

Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight

06.02.2025 00:24 — 👍 2811    🔁 244    💬 64    📌 11
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Please join us Friday at 12pm EST for a presentation by Jordan Parker to learn how to better landscape your yard for butterflies. Register here: buff.ly/3CHXDOP

06.02.2025 14:23 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

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26.01.2025 16:29 — 👍 43589    🔁 5653    💬 2163    📌 399
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Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to new dreams, new triumphs.

01.01.2025 16:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m so excited for the new year! Hope you are too! We’re all in this together! Let’s do great things!

27.12.2024 22:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ground level view of yellow, white and purple flowers under a sunny bright cloud filled sky.

Ground level view of yellow, white and purple flowers under a sunny bright cloud filled sky.

Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers today

27.12.2024 19:14 — 👍 1535    🔁 133    💬 20    📌 5
Fox in a snowy field just before the leap.

Fox in a snowy field just before the leap.

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

25.12.2024 12:26 — 👍 9929    🔁 522    💬 69    📌 12
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A very early Merry Christmas to y’all! Hope the morning brings you joy in abundance. Have a blessed evening, with dreams filled with sugar plums :)

25.12.2024 05:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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