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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

If I dont make art of niche Afrotherians, I will die

Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Yes, I did go to a bobblehead workshop at my local ceramics studio and make a Pipunculidae, thanks for asking. Confusing the other studio-goers and making them learn about nice insects is what fuels me in these dark times.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hi friends, in case you were wondering...paper wasp nests do not work in ceramic raku firing.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I painted this in 2022 for the lab. I really should paint a new one.

Painted wooden sign that reads "Live Laphria Love" with a painted robberfly next to it.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I have the poster too!!! It's in my bedroom :)

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Which is worse: daylight savings, daylights saving, or daylights savings?

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Look at this freaky local Dolichopodid. Someone come get yo mans

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Do you get a notification everytime someone writes it wrong or do you search for fresh misspellings each day? I respect the hustle and I am curious.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

www.reddit.com/r/ucf/s/YBGY... part 3. Hopefully it goes back up soon so you can read it yourself

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

www.reddit.com/r/ucf/s/YBGY... part 2

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Screenshots of the reddit post from 5 days ago since it's currently down (part1)

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

@ucf.bsky.social should be embarrassed and ashamed this Earth Day. Current update:

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Also this site is used by classes, researchers, students, and the general public. According to the investigation on the reddit post, @ucf.bsky.social can take any campus natural land they want and develop on it if the "need" is great enough....Well here is the current "great need":

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My apologies, 4 endangered plants not 5 (as of 2019). And if you are interested in what they are since that reddit post is down: Britton's beargrass, Curtiss's Milkweed, garbaria, and titusville balm. Click for 2019 map

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

No legal repercussion for destroying the habitat or endangered plants btw. They paid to evict the torts since that's all they legally have to do

media.tenor.com

elmo from sesame street standing in front of a door

Alt: elmo from sesame street standing in front of a door and shrugging

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

BTW that reddit thread has been down for 2 days 😬 Here is what the site looked like yesterday and is worse today. Source: Joseph Wiedman

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Bioinformatics is karmic retribution to all entomologists for being responsible for daylight savings

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day except @ucf.bsky.social has just bulldozed site 2 on this map and then is moving onto site 1. This area by the way, is home to 3 different habitats, 5 endangered plants, and a minimum of 29 potentially inhabited gopher tortoise burrows. For a sports complex... tinyurl.com/54vurj8p

Google Maps image of an area on UCF between the Softball Field and Garage D that is actively being destroyed.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I'm fighting for my life tracking the taxonomic history of Ophioninae for the World Ichneumonid Database

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Me, who studies Nearctic Eremotylus. Ah yes, another Eremotylus fan and victim. *nod nod*

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Yearly melancholy. Also for Simophion....sigh...

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

My multimedia apterous army grows stronger

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I am going to a medieval themed costume party this saturday

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I am more proud of this flea that I hand-stitched than anything I've done during my PhD.

A crudely hand-stitched flea made of felt and embroidery thread.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Ceramic jumping bristletail (Order Archaeognatha/Microcoryphia). They were really common in California but really rare here in Florida.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

To be clear I'm still broke which is why I'm still painting gifts LOL

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I started painting during Covid because I was broke and wanted to be able to make gifts for people for special occasions. Finished this pretty ambitious piece last week for my friend Ella's baby shower/bday celebration. Fish are hard to paint.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Wip of the Archaeognatha/Microcoryphia ceramic Lil guy

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I have returned from my academic burnout-induced hiatus to bring you two ceramic bugs that I have made. The next one, which is hopefully out of the kiln this evening, is a jumping bristletail. The more niche the better

Ceramic sculptures of an aphid and a silverfish sit on a lab bench.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Of course I think of something really funny to draw 4 days before the art competition deadline for Hymathon smh

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Great departmental seminar today by Dr. Watts on the importance of fjords in the face of climate change. I have created a graphical abstract on carbon sequestration

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hi ento friends! Does anyone have any mealybugs of the genus Puto from SW California? My junior in my lab is hoping to do some whole genome sequencing and will need a ton! Any and all leads appreciated! As a thanks, please enjoy this doodle of a male :).

Cartoon of a male mealybug of the genus Puto

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I just realized I haven't updated my LinkedIn since 2017...Do people in our field even actually use LinkedIn?

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

More like Cry-sidid cause they're so beautiful they make me cry. This one was in my old house while I was moving out

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Some sketches of Diptera-themed sticker ideas that I considered peddling at ESA in Portland.

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Someone take me fishing with them so I can take pictures of fish for my iNat. 🎣Species number go up makes brain go brrrr

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Happy Davi-day! Thanks for those here to support our friend @ddpichenumonidae.bsky.social during his defense. Nobody is more deserving!!!!

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

It'd be fun to do some art trades at ESA this year. I wonder if they are gonna do another art show 👀

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I wad paralyzed by choice and did not make anything sob

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Hello friends, my first first-author publication has just released! Please take a read, its open access! rdcu.be/eq1xQ

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Don't be mean to bioinformaticians on they'll go on your computer and rm -rf *

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

endogenous viral genome dispersal in Ichneumonoidea is the virus domestication equivalent of the floppyfication of dog ears and I will not allow myself to be silenced any longer

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Wow insane catch. I've never seen one in a trap of mine but a girl can dream

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Rachel she/her @rachbehm.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I sent an email to the appropriate support person. Hopefully they will allow it!

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