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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Fun bug wednesday with a bigfoot photo through a scope lens: Latridiidae with clear edges in the thorax? @bertonemyia.bsky.social

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I'm defending my dissertation next Wednesday, EST. I'll record it on Zoom, but also if folks are interested in the Zoom link, please DM me 🙂 Thank you to everyone who supported me through this journey. I currently have no plans post-graduation, but no matter what I'm excited for these next steps!

Dissertation defense advertisement for Codey Mathis. Dissertation is titled "Assessing the impact of floral resources and vertical stratification on insect behavior and biases of common trapping methodologies for insect communities". Defense is scheduled for Wednesday, January 28th, from 10-11am Eastern time at Penn State and on Zoom. Top left image is Codey holding a bunch of ropes that have gotten tangled and botom right image is Codey sitting in the middle of one of her research plots holding her late beagle Remus.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

One of these things is not like the other!

From left to right: Bombus bimaculatus female, Syrphidae fly (Probably Mallota sp.), and Bombus impatiens female

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

New intro who dis? Hullo my name is Codey, I'm interested in forest biodiversity, management, and conservation. I'm finishing up my Doctorate in Entomology at Penn State in the spring and will be looking for employment in this wild timeline. I love pokemon, hiking, and my dogs. AMA

Two australian shepherds, background is a black tri 3 year old named Stella, foreground is a 4 month blue merle named Peopercorn.

Codey in the foreground with fancy hat on to protect from the sun, pooter around neck, and a beautiful drainage area in a SE Arizona mountain in the background.

Me with a male chaco golden knee tarantula on my face during the 2025 PA Special Olympics where I volunteered and showed participants and their families how cool bugs are. Also prominently featured is my two Pokemon tattoos - vulpix and shiny party hat wurmple.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

"or whatever the precise term is" LMAO house oversight committee doc 029154 #epsteinfiles

text from one of the recent documents released by the house oversight committee that epstein says that Trump "is an archetypal narcissistic psychopath"- or whatever the precise term is

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Looking through some of the House oversight #Epstein documents that were leaked and yikes yikes yikes document 021241 in folder 001

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

#EntSoc25 Are you neurodivergent (ND), care about someone who is ND, and/or employ ND folks? If so, we invite you to our workshop "Diverg-Ent" on Tuesday from 2-6p! We have EntSoc member panelists of many neurotypes and want to hear from you, and hope to make Entomology a safe science for diversity!

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

State College Pennsylvania doesn't want any kings. #NoKings

A crowd starts amassing in front of Old Main at Penn State.

A sign being held up for No Kings that says "sorry for being weird- it's my first dictatorship."

A sign being held at the No Kings Protest that says "Mom said we have democracy at home"

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

baby from today's field work to pre-celebrate ant day

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

baby from today's field work to pre-celebrate ant day

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

We tried lmao We knew there'd be a staph somewhere!

A checklist that is an attempt to ID the beetles in the previous picture. 11 incorrect answers, 8 correct answers, and 10 empty

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

me, going to count tarsal formula and antennal segments Beetle: >:[ no

Ventral view of a beetle (maybe ptinid?) tucking all of its appendages into lil pockets

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

When you're trying to learn beetles on your own and you end up taking photos through the scope, your camera roll is just this.

small round beetles that can roll into
a ball. Tentatively ID'd to leiodidae

beetles with orange and black patterning on their elytra. Mycetophagus

Beetle with super odd antennae. Probably Sphindidae

Two beetles, one missing an elytra, both possibly erotylidae

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Baby poking out of a small andrenid female's tergite. 😍

Posterior view of a bee's metasoma with a parasite that lives in the abdomen of hymenopterans.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Todays trap catch brought to you by: the feeling of winning the lottery

a male strepsipteran (twisted-winged parasite) in ethanol. Collected with a clear-cane trap in August 2023 in a Pennsylvanian forest edge understory.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I was really motivated to get some extra work done tonight and the universe has rewarded me for my efforts. #Pipunculidae

A zoomed in photo of a point mounted big headed fly in the family Pipunculidae. When I saw big headed I mean her head is as big as her thorax. I would bet her body weight is like 90% eyes.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The universe has deemed today to be blessed

A picture of arthropods and debris floating in ethanol. Prominent in the image is a blessed angel, a cutie patootie, a pseudoscorpion.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

First acrocerid in my traps. I snorted so loud. Why are their heads that small?!

acrocerid fly with a chonky body and a head that is probably a 8th of the size of the thorax. A heckin goober.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Some cuteness for the timeline.

Point of view: you're a bug video and a ~1 year old grey and orange sentient lint (kitten) and a woman are watching you.

A woman works on her computer with the assistance of an australian shepherd's head on her arm.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This microlep has the boots with the fur (with the furrrrr)

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Have some dogs in these trying times

Stella, a 2 year old tri color australian shepherd, cuddles up to Remus, a 14 year old beagle. Remus is not sure how he feels about it.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Any bark beetle humans know what is going on between the head and thorax of this beetle?

Close up version of a bark beetle, with a dark mass at the junction between the head and the abdomen. Possibly a parasite?

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The spirits are confused today. Tread with caution.

Body of a larval-looking insect with 6 legs but polishing the head. A mystery.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

During my routine checks of our insect zoo today, I spent some quality time with Coconut our curly-haired tarantula, and saw a recently molted angel. 😇

A hand holding a 12 year old curly-haired tarantula , spider taking up majority of the palm of the hand. Spider is missing a patch of fuzz on her opisthosoma because she itches it for some reason.

Two cockroaches, one the normal black/dark brown and the other recently molted and not yet sclerotized, so it is pure white.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I am an oracle but instead of reading tea leaves I read trap collections. The spirits say that today you are blessed. 🧪

Through a microscope, looking at insect specimens from a monitoring project. In the center, a pseudoscorpion.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A new blessing has entered the chat. Most of the membracids I've seen in this area are unornamented, so this was a fun thing to find in my vial.

Membracid in ethanol with elaborate thoracic exaggerations

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

The universe has decided today is blessed.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

sternorrhynchans started making me doubt my sanity at 10pm. A sanity check has been requested from my advisor. How would you distinguish aphids, adelgids, and phylloxerids?

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I got excited thinking these were platypodines, but I think they're just very skinny scolytines. Club is sutured.

three beetles ~3mm each viewed through a microscope

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Since I'm mostly doing things to family, seeing the basic wing venation is chefs kiss. Into the final ethanol vial with you, phorids!

A ~5mm fly from the family Phoridae suspended within ethanol, viewed through a microscope.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A small to diversion to a mystery. I'm assuming it's plant material, but it's so cool! Looks like a lil fish skeleton. This is around 40x magnification, likely max 4mm.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

the final sorting of "small beetles" that I can ID without further effort, what families do you see?

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Halfway through sorting, and the bark beetles are coming in strong.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Today's trap sample is brought to you by the letter A! Let's dive into what we have...

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The average forest insect trap collection: bark beetles galore! Plus some clerids, small dipterans, and Augochlora pura. Someone really needs to work on pompilid taxonomy! #forest #insect #biodiversity #monitoring

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Life is stressful here's some dogs. I got two journal review requests this week though and that's fun? something to do in between specimens (which is fun but I get hyper focused) and fighting the insurance companies (not fun).

living room with a tricolor australian shepherd sleeping on the floor and an old beagle curled up on a dog bed. Bluey is on the television.

Woman looking tired wearing a shirt that celebrates diversity. She's laying down and her tricolor australian shepherd is laying on her back looking cute.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

One of the most poignant images from #EntSoc24 by John Mola.

A meme that says "I don't know what happening here and at this point I'm too early in my analysis to say much more" with John's face over the meme.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I have been using bee bowls, blue vane traps, and clear vane traps as pictured here. The clear vane trap in particular has a lot of diversity.

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Some of the cool things I've been seeing from my forest trapping project! First, I lost my absolute mind after I realize I'd caught one of my favorite wasp genera, Baeus! Second, haven't fully identified this beetle yet but look at those hooks on the elytra! Can't believe I get paid to do this 🥰

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Super excited to be in the Nittany Antlions for Ento Games again this year!!! Come cheer us and the other teams in the top 5 at the finals tomorrow from 5-7pm in the North Ballroom! 🥳🥳🥳 #EntSoc24

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Whoop lots of new followers!! Hullo my name is Codey, I'm interested in forest insect taxonomy, management, and conservation. I'm a 5th year PhD candidate at Penn State but really looking forward to coming back to my home in the PNW post-doctorate. I love pokemon, hiking, and my dogs. AMA 🤪

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

At #EntSoc24? Want cool merch that supports student travel to conferences? Stop on by the Penn State EGSA booth in the Exhibit Hall tonight from 7:30-9:30, and throughout the rest of the Exhibit Hall hours! We also are selling Roving House pins and stickers Limited qty. @entsocamerica.bsky.social

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Dr. Faith Oi giving a super inspirational talk about working in extension entomology at #EntSoc24! The symposium "Advancing Women's Empowerment and Leadership in Extension Entomology" is continuing in 224B!

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Codey Mathis @codeymathis.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Life is hard right now but this little floof is keeping me smiling

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