Thanks, Adam!
Visited Delta, AK this weekend to teach a pollinator workshop and I got to visit a coworker's yak farm after!! This is Flora, she is just 1 year old and I LOVE her ♥️
#babyyak #alaskalove
Thank you! And there is one coming up May 3-11! There often is a spring and fall gall week but the spring one is typically a bit too early for Alaska. www.inaturalist.org/projects/gal...
An article about a recent community science project on the fireweed flower gall midge in Alaska! These galls caught my attention while doing field work for a pollinator research project but turned into a project all of their own! www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_new... #entomology #Alaska #cecidomyiidae 🧪🪰
A headlamp set on the table works great for when you want to prep mini hyms for mounting at the kitchen table instead of at your desk (filter paper underneath the mini petri for contrast)✨ #hymenoptera #entomology
Seed-feeding chalcids are always a favorite to rear out; getting a whole adult wasp out of a tiny seed is nearly magical! This tiny rose seed chalcid (Megastigmus nigrovariegatus) emerged this week from a wild rose seed (Rosa acicularis) collected last month. 😍 🧪 #chalcidoidea #entomology #Alaska
On today's episode of Moss Makeover, a moss-covered boulder gets brushed by an entomologist who decided to take a quick look for Boreus snow scorpionflies during a fishing trip. Sadly she did not find any Boreus but this moss looks really great. #entomology #mecoptera #Alaska 🧪
The world's cutest puzzle!! A gift from @danasaur406.bsky.social ♥️ 🐛🐛🐛
#thecaterpillarlab #entomology #lepidoptera
Very nice!!
Awesome!! I started mine in 2019... still working on it haha
I spy a hue shift afghan in the background!!
-8 flagellomeres
-ocelli present
-has a complete occipital carina
-has clear notali
-tibial spur formula appears to be 1-0-1
-protarsal chela does not appear to have a claw however this character is very difficult to get clear magnification of and I suspect there may be a claw there
- 2-3 mm length
Anyone know of a good key to Nearctic dryinids? This one has been tricky to key out using Hymenoptera of the World, but seems to be either Anteoninae or Gonatopodinae subfamily. Specimen from Anchorage, Alaska. More details in comments. #hymenoptera #chrysidoidea #dryinidae
A little Sunday morning coffee and my least favorite bug chore. 500 points later and all I have to show for it is a very sore palm and what appears to be a pile of 12 points 🐝
#entomology #entomologistchores
Beautiful day!
Putting a little art into entomology with STEM night elementary kiddos! Love to see their creativity in action 🦋🧪
#entomology #scienceforkids #scienceisart
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 It's hard for me to resist a good insect collection opportunity, here I am taking a break between shrimp pot sets to do some bee collecting for the Alaska Bee Atlas 🐝 #entomology
(and in my hand-knit fisherman's Gansey, of course) #knitting
I feel like there are enough moths in the world to open a portal to a completely different dimension. Just staggering amounts of moths.
I think Cynipoidea
#entomology #gallformers
Very nice! I like how the cabinets have also infiltrated the hallway, as they should.
That's exactly how I ended up working on these in the first place lol. I'll have an article about a community science project involving these coming out in a couple months too, that one will be open access and I'll share that once it's ready! 🪰
Some highly photogenic flower galls on fireweed made by the fireweed flower gall midge in Alaska 🌸 My fly mom skills were put to the test but we pulled through and the adults were used to redescribe these Holarctic cuties 🪰
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