joanns closing was ROUGH!!!
also hi from entsoc!
@thatbugkid.bsky.social
PhD student at UC Davis studying wasps and other fun bugs. Enjoys talking to bugs, stuffing moss into their pockets, writing, and fiber arts.
joanns closing was ROUGH!!!
also hi from entsoc!
AND! There are still the Dewind Awards for Lepidoptera conservation from @xercessociety.bsky.social. ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ $5000; application deadline is Jan 7, 2026 xerces.org/dewind
12.11.2025 23:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Attn graduate and undergraduate students! ๐จ ๐ชฒ ๐ฆ๐จ New research funding opportunity from @xercessociety.bsky.social! $5000; deadline is Jan 7 2026. xerces.org/bandrosky
12.11.2025 22:54 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Haven't posted here in a BRICK but here's some positive updates!
- Passed written quals
- Finished my first field season
- Currently taking my first entomology class
- Will be presenting at #EntSoc2025
Hope everyone is doing as well as they can with the current state of things.
Y'all I'm making a wish list of entomology reference books (like the Arnett books, Marshall books, etc) for North America. I would love recommendations!
07.10.2025 01:38 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0My body is a machine that turns Bohart and Menkeโs 1963 โA Reclassification of the Sphecinaeโ into stupid bullshit ideas with zero intellectual merit
09.09.2025 02:31 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0a conference badge for the ecological society of america conference. text on a white background reads โESA 2025โ and the name Skye Austin is below it. Below Skyeโs name is โUC Davisโ. Skye has a variety of ribbons (from top to bottom): a light blue โPoster Presenterโ ribbon, a silver โStudent Memberโ ribbon, a neon green โStudentโ ribbon, a dark green โThey-Them-Theirsโ ribbon, a green โSEEDS Alumniโ ribbon, and a navy blue โCareer Centralโ ribbon. The badge is resting on a faux-wood table.
If anyone is at #ESA feel free to say hi if you see me! Iโll be presenting a poster on Thursday!
12.08.2025 02:12 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. ๐งต
11.06.2025 04:29 โ ๐ 285 ๐ 124 ๐ฌ 19 ๐ 13worms for brains? no no, WASPS for brains. pound rock on sand. drink nectar from flower. bite and drag things into holes.
08.06.2025 07:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0goth gf x golden retriever bf
18.05.2025 16:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Skye is holding a snap cap vial with an orange bee inside it. the bee is looking at the camera
Yes! Xylocopa sonorina! I caught one of the males a couple of weeks ago.
16.05.2025 15:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0a large, black bee is contained in a snap cap vial that skye is holding. you can see vegetation in the background of the photo.
What.
16.05.2025 02:46 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0On a lighter noteโwhat in gods name are they putting in the nectar and pollen thatโs making the bees so freakin big?! I hear a Blackhawk helicopter next to my head and turn to see the largest bee Iโve ever laid eyes on.
16.05.2025 02:46 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Excited to see what the rest of my field season brings and the start of my second year! Feels surreal, especially with everything going on at the moment.
16.05.2025 02:41 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today's progress: instead of feeling like a middle schooler who wandered into a PhD program, I feel like a collage freshman who wandered in. Not completely lost, but still finding my way.
16.05.2025 02:41 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Also see: the absolutely ridiculous flappy fairy wings of Olixon banksii
23.03.2025 03:17 โ ๐ 135 ๐ 19 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Having a field site inside campus is all fun and games until itโs a weekend and everything is closed. Had to DRIVE back to my office to go to the bathroom. :/
13.04.2025 18:44 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
02.04.2025 18:27 โ ๐ 10357 ๐ 4383 ๐ฌ 14 ๐ 103Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. A friendly reminder that livestock cannot replace native biodiversity, despite what you may have heard.
03.03.2025 15:31 โ ๐ 239 ๐ 60 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 8Please please please please post the things you love.
Everyone knows the world is on fire, giving a little light in the world is a good thing and more important than ever. ๐
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!
30.03.2025 00:40 โ ๐ 59 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0These elected legislators are specifically looking for FACULTY feedback, please do not put the onus on the academic precariat to yell about it
17.03.2025 16:38 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0UC Davis colleagues might like to know that several State Senators and Assembly members seem to support a 8% cut to the University of California budget, even as our campuses are under threat of federal defunding by Trump. Let's call them to tell them how this devastates us! Here's how, a ๐งต:
17.03.2025 14:43 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1a photo of oryx, the taken king reaching towards the camera. the caption reads โIโm taking thatโ
obligatory:
14.03.2025 22:50 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I GOT A 90 WE TAKE THESEEE!
14.03.2025 22:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0YOU GET ME!!
08.03.2025 19:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0the Lightfall track โDreadโ came on at about 22:50 and i just knew deep in my soul i was cooked
08.03.2025 08:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0driving home at 23:47 head banging to The First Disciple after turning in the most ass paper of my scientific career
08.03.2025 08:06 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1I found this absolutely wild looking yeast growing on a bee cadaver and it reminded me of one of those spikey 2000s-style earrings lol
05.03.2025 22:31 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0