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Neal Evenhuis

@bfly52.bsky.social
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Biologist, bee fly guru, nomenclaturalist, bibliographer, flying disc record holder. Throws left, bats right, blows bubbles when necessary. Me/mine/mine

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🪲 @premeemohamed.com 👀
Screenshot of a Twitter post by @PoorMatty, 5 Sep 20:

'Think of three friends. If none of them are beetles, you are a beetle.'

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'Insect species are divided up into 32 orders. The largest group is beetles, with about 500,000 different species. One out of every four animals on the planet is a beetle.'
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤷🏼😕
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/09/2026
When the 1950’s tradwife fantasy runs out of f*cks and chooses revenge. 🔥☠️
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
good afternoon to all, but particularly to the dude who just wandered past a flower garden and exclaimed, "look at those bees, doing their little jobs; go bees!" and also to bees
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This post is ten years old and still accurate. #climatechange
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 01/09/2026
Entomological rodeos
Entomological rodeos
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Actually just one video ought to do it
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 20/08/2026
For many weeks, the two species had lived in mutual tolerance of one another. And then, without provocation, the hornets began throwing rocks at Ned’s house.
For many weeks, the two species had lived in mutual tolerance of one another. And then, without provocation, the hornets began throwing rocks at Ned’s house.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I wonder if such graphics will be used as justification of “prevailing usage” in ICZN cases. Maybe Code-5 should wordsmith a bit to allow?
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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Good to see the #IUCN reiterate what has been our mantra all along: #NaturalHistory Collections are not repositories of the past but research-active infrastructures ready to address current and future global challenges: www.dissco.eu/iucn-natural... #biodiversity #taxonomy @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
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ICUN Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation - DiSSCo
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Probably better set in a NAPA parking lot but, in any case, the comments are priceless
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Inside one entomologist’s quest to pin down every Alaska insect ⤵️ @Adn.com profiled Derek Sikes, Ph.D., ESA member and curator of the University of Alaska Museum insect collection. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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One entomologist is on a quest to pin down every Alaska insect. Thousands remain.
Alaska may contain as many as 30,000 insect species. Scientists have identified only about 9,000 of them.
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Top panel is tiny planet Mercury in relation to the HUGE Sun.
Bottom panel is a similar image, a tiny "close ad" button in relation to the fingertip labeled "my finger" which fills nearly the entire panel.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/07/2026
International students could once stay as long as they needed to complete their college degrees, but that's changing, and the restrictions could cut into college budgets.
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How the Trump administration's new rules could affect international students
International students could once stay as long as they needed to complete their college degrees, but that's changing, and the restrictions could cut into college budgets.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
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Dr Lu @drlumusetti.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Please read, share & support local collections. 🦋🪲🐝🐜🐞🪰🐛🪳🕷️🦗 IUCN Species Survival Commission position statement on the vital role of biological collections in the conservation of biodiversity.
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Always something new in Diptera to keep us Diptera taxonomists busy
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Queue Star Wars 🎵🎶🎵
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This👇👇👇
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This 👇👇👇
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Good to know this week that DHS has a 2-death limit.
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Linda Marie 🕊️ @lindam174.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Link to the full Position Statement by IUCN iucn.org/sites/defaul...
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It's always nice to have biological collections acknowledged as "irreplaceable evidence bases" and essential records of life on Earth. 🧪🪲 iucn.org/news/202607/...
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This certainly is not well thought out.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
BREAKING: Fox News America 250 anchors running critically low on lipstick to apply to pig
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This 👇👇👇👇
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Great analysis by Darth and definitely worth the read. But does Putin even give a f**k about Russians? It is always about him. He’ll hang on until they hang *him* from something. Of course, defenestration is an apropos possibility too.
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Find out what ELSE that caddie told Trump about “history”. It might solve a few mysteries of how he views things.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 27/06/2026
This is brilliant!
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 24/06/2026
Sports Commentary xkcd.com/3262/
Comic. [A person and a second person with a ponytail sitting at a table with a screen showing a soccer game behind them.] PERSON 1: They could be in trouble. Over the last 36 years, they’ve gone 0 for 2 when they’ve scored in the 37th minute to lead 2-1 against a team whose country comes before theirs alphabetically. [caption] I wish sports commentators hadn’t discovered p-hacking.
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Voted for Hubie and Kamala @stef47.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Making America Mordor itself #Trump #Swamp
A mashup of a photo of the reflecting pool, looking toward the Washington monument and a painting of Frodo and Sam in the swamps of Mordor. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/19BcR1W7d8/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Might help things a bit
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
They warned me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d get a new deal with the Iranian regime worse than the JCPOA. I voted for Kamala, and they were right.
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
How long before there’s a text from Trump demanding she be fired … or else…
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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Had the great fortune today of witnessing the emergence of a beefly (Hemipenthes morioides) from its pupa in the sandy hillside. It all happened very quickly, and within a few minutes it looked like a mature adult!
Freshly emerged adult, less than a minute out of the pupa. A dark fly with grey wingsA few minutes later,  the black colour has set in the wings and body
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Buffalo Bills Fan 2 U 💙🩵✨🌟🌊🌎☮️ 💪🦅 @crose2u.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#Texas GOP - Go Talerico Go!!!
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Silicon Valley Dude @mit1975eecs.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Times Obituary for Peter Chandler today, written by close friend, Dr Ian F.G. McLean. Dr McLean said: "I am so pleased that Peter should receive this accolade, he was very helpful to many Dipterists and always disarmingly modest about his outstanding contributions to the study of flies".
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Neal Evenhuis @bfly52.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This totally sucks donkey d**ks
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 27/05/2026
The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF
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New Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! – Grant Witness
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
May 20 is World Bee Day. 🧪🐡🐝 There are ~20,000 different bee species in the world. Here in Ontario we have at least 400 native bees (none of which are the honeybees, which are from Europe). Bees are key to pollination. According to the UN nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend
As described this 16” x 20” linocut print combines gold text in a central circle reading “OUR FATE” arching upwards, “IS TIED” horizontally across the middle, “TO THAT OF THE INSECTS” arching downwards in two lines with insects. Clockwise from top: two leaf cutter bees (Megachile relativa and M. brevis), the Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), the Virgin Tiger moth (Apantesis virgo), an Isabella’s Longwings butterfly (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), a blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria), a firefly (Photinus pyralis), the rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), a white underwing moth (Catocala relicta), an eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), a sweat bee (Agapostemon sericeus), a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hermaris thysbe), the common eastern bumblebee (B. impatiens), a long-horned bee (Melissodes sp.), a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and centre: eastern snail-shell nesting bee (O. conjuncta).
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#WorldBeeDay There are ~20,000 known species of bee; 85% are solitary bees like this one. Hardworking single moms with no hive or workers to help. Honey bees are an important domesticated species, but not representative of bee diversity
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's #WorldBeeDay? Bees are adorable #SciArt
Digital painting of extreme close up of a pink poppy with yellow center. A very cute and tiny gold and brown bee is clinging to the center stamens and is partially hidden by one of the pink petals.
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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Ooh, #WorldBeeDay. I've done a couple of bees.
A carpenter bee with bright blue fur and striking dark wings.A more normal looking bee with orangey brown fur and transparent wings.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Diadasia rinconis is supposedly a cactus bee but this one’s happily lounging in a thistle. Dripping Springs, Texas.
Macro photo of an extremely fuzzy yellow bee with eyes gray like the sea, standing amid spires of pink and purple, its antennae raised.
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Nash Turley @nashturley.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Here are some bees for #WorldBeeDay representing some important facts about wild bees: most bee species are tiny and often kinda "waspy" looking, most species are solitary and nest in the ground, and about 1/4 of species are parasitic meaning they lay eggs in the nests of other bees
a tiny metallic dark green bee on yellow and white flower, a small carpenter bee in genus Ceratinaa mining bee (Andrena) on the soil near nest entrance, fuzzy with leg full of pollena masked bee (Hylaeus) that is slender, black with yellow marks, on a white carrot flowera nomad bee (Nomada), slender and waspy, black and red, on a yellow flower
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