A beautiful place to call home
30.06.2025 02:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@loganmrowe.bsky.social
Rare species conservation in Michigan. Mostly insects. Also likes to cook.
A beautiful place to call home
30.06.2025 02:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
New paper published: "A survey of native bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) at lakeplain prairie and prairie fen habitats in Michigan" led by @loganmrowe.bsky.social
I got to contribute to this project and look at a lot of interesting and rare fen bees
scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol57/i...
Having a little fun before the cold hits.
19.01.2025 19:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looking back to last winter when we put together this masterpiece of original content. We arenβt professional videographers, but hopefully can still tell a story.
10.01.2025 03:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whatβs brown now will be green in 6 months. Always great meeting with the land managers who make real habitat improvements on the ground. Excited for fen season 2025!
19.12.2024 23:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nothing says entomology like walking knee deep through a fen, climbing some trees, and sweep netting for the tamarack tree cricket.
03.12.2024 19:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Karner blue butterflies are currently hanging out as eggs, waiting for spring, just like the rest of us. A long winter awaits.
26.11.2024 13:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Recent pizza
25.11.2024 17:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#endemic #grasshopper #michigan #bog
24.11.2024 19:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Michigan bog grasshopper canβt sing or fly. Itβs special because itβs the only endemic species of grasshopper in the state. Found within high quality jack pine bogs in the northern lower peninsula.
24.11.2024 19:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0#moth #Michigan #Liatris
23.11.2024 13:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#endangered #butterfly #michigan #praire
23.11.2024 13:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The title of rarest of rare species in Michigan belongs to the Poweshiek skipperling, found in just a couple prairie fens of the highest quality in the country.
23.11.2024 13:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Rare moths often rely on rare plants. This gal is the blazing star borer, found mostly in wet to dry prairie remnants in the Midwest. Have to stay up late to find the good stuff.
23.11.2024 03:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Boop
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