Kelly "Craz" Carruthers, PhD

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Selfie with workshop instructors and participants holding up their mini-collections

Speakers include @crazbuglady.bsky.social, @monarchjv.bsky.social, @fuzzibumblebee.bsky.social, and more! And there will be 4 posters including my own about a workshop organized by UW-Madison Insect Ambassadors at the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers annual conference. #FITatEntSoc25 🪲🕸️

Insect Pinning! Small Creatures, Big Impact: Support Cah Entomology Club!, a project from Mr. Lopez Help me give my students an insect pinning kit to be able to have active and engaging insect pinning projects. The Entomology Club has the goal of engaging students in the scientific process throug...

Hey EntFriends #EntSoc25: This high school entomology club in California is looking for funds to support their pinning and collections. Can we make that happen? Any donations large and small will help! www.donorschoose.org/project/inse...

Insect Pinning! Small Creatures, Big Impact: Support Cah Entomology Club!, a project from Mr. Lopez Help me give my students an insect pinning kit to be able to have active and engaging insect pinning projects. The Entomology Club has the goal of engaging students in the scientific process throug...

Bug People!!! - This is an Entomology Club in California that needs our help! Donate here! www.donorschoose.org/project/inse...

The 19th-Century Entomologist Who Dreamed Up Daylight Savings The 19th-Century Entomologist Who Dreamed Up Daylight Savings: Hungry for more light to find insects, this scientist championed changing time

Ok, it *is* true that the idea of Daylight savings was invented by an entomologist that wanted more time to catch bugs, but I assure you few modern entomologists support it. nautil.us/the-19th-cen...

Apparently, y'all are really into bugs, @dragoncon.org! Fortunately, so are we! Had a great time with the "So, You Like Bugs" panel. See us tomorrow for the Insect Petting Zoo for hands-on science (11:30a) and Bugs and Superheroes (2:30p). See y'all there! 🪲🐞🦋🦸🏼‍♀️💖

I'm so fortunate to have been passed this opportunity from THE @bug-gwen.bsky.social! If you're around for DragonCon in a few weeks, come see me (and our insect zoo critters)! 🕷️🪰🦋🐜🐝🪲

It is tricky, but if you resize it proportionally down to within the limits you have, it will work! I've been there. It's a doozy! You got this!

Bugging Science Olympiad in 2024 and 2025 with Real Insect Specimens in Georgia, USA Dr. Kelly Carruthers explains how and why real insect specimens were used for Science Olympiad entomology exams in Georgia, USA.

In the latest @pensoft.net guest blog post, Dr. Kelly Carruthers (@crazbuglady.bsky.social) ‬explains how students in Georgia's Science Olympiad entomology exam were given real insect specimens to engage with, rather than just images, to encourage hands-on learning.

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Use of insect specimens for Science Olympiad entomology exam in Georgia, USA Science Olympiad is a non-profit organization with a mission to increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) participation among students of all grade levels by creating engaging t...

Students in Georgia's Science Olympiad entomology exam engaged with real insect specimens rather than just images, enhancing hands-on learning and fostering STEM interest.

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We had a good time at the moth sheet the other night in the beautiful Maquipucuna Reserve and Ecolodge! 💡🦋

Check out our new paper on the use of insect specimens for the Science Olympiad entomology exam! I worked with two awesome students who have been involved with Science Olympiad for a long time, and their input was so valuable! 🦋🪲🦗🐜
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Amazing looking PhD opportunity -- open internationally 🧪

Newest read for my science book club! It started off talking about fireflies.. so I'm already into it 🔥🪰💖

Rebuilding an old course from scratch with help from materials of some other folks. This is a good recommendation. Can confirm! 😂🐝💖

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Hey, bug friends. Andrina Shufran's GoFundMe has reached 90% of the goal! EXCEPT: GFM doesn't give you any money unless you hit your goal. If you have any spare $, can you toss it their way? www.gofundme.com/f/help-andri...

The Bug Bites (undergrad entomology club) asked me to do a pinning workshop. Their best time was after 5:30p on a Friday. 🫠 They had fun though. (And so did I) 😊🪲🐞

I oversee Entomology and Applied Biotech majors, so we've been touring different biotech focused companies in our area. Today, we visited Boehringer-Ingelheim in Athens, GA and learned a lot about what they do for parasitology research! Really cool stuff! 🦟🦠🧬🖤❤️

😂 I went to visit a friend at Miami University, and it was just on campus that day!

This mechanical bull is a spider. This is what it's like to run an insect zoo! 😂🤣🕷️🤠

Whaaaaat? How cool is that?! (Probably better than wrangling the two legged animals that I do 😬😂) I'll definitely reach out to you later this week! 😊

Oo! Writer and author would be awesome to add! That is different from what I have, so far. I would love to get your perspective! I'm currently headed to a conference, but I'll reach out later in the week to get info, if that works. 😊

Our sweet girl, Bonnie, had a near death experience at an outreach event the other day! 😱 Luckily, she's fine.. and she gets a well-deserved break from being an outreach icon and queen! 🕷️👑 She's a very good girl and just wants kids to know that.. while moving just a hair slower. Heard, Queen. 💖

I have formal education and one informal scicomm job on there, as well as extension. But I would always be happy to add others that may vary slightly from what I already have! This is definitely a more the merrier situation 😊

Our new friends at the Victoria Butterfly Garden sent us some Phyllium giganteum babies! I'm so excited to have them as part of our Insect Zoo! 🌿🦗💖 #leafbugs #insectzoo #entomology

The more resources, the merrier! 😊

She's nakkie! 🪳

What other entomology jobs can we think of?? 😊

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QR Code for @bug.jobs.by.drcraz Instagram page!

I've been slowly working on creating a collection of the wide variety of jobs that entomologists do! We're up to 17 different jobs (with 2 more hopefully in the works 🤞🏼). If you know anyone who would be willing to add, please share my info! This is a resource for my students and anyone else! 🐞❤️

Absolutely! 😊💖

Love this! 🐜🦗🪲🦟🪳🪰🐝🐞🦋🐛💖