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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"It is giving evil Olaf from Frozen," as said by the observant person who captured these amazing photos of an insect-colonizing fungus species, Erynia rhizospora, on a caddisfly.

A caddisfly with dark wings resting on a leaf. Its body is coated in fuzzy white fungus.

A person's fingertip holding up a green leaf, seen from below, with small dark specks along its surface. The caddisfly is a small speck on the leaf. Green foliage in the background.

Close-up of a caddisfly on a green leaf, its body covered in dense white fungal growth with dark markings that look like eyes and a mouth.

Extreme close-up of the white, fuzzy fungus covering the insect's body, with two dark spots and a dark opening below them.

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Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Recently completed leafhopper sweater (designed by @leafhopper.bsky.social) modeled by @ibycter.bsky.social with help from Diego and Zora in scenic Quidi Vidi Village! #EntoFashion #Knitting

A bearded man wearing a navy blue pullover that has teal leafhoppers knitted in a fair-isle pattern on the yoke and sleeves. He is posing with two leashed dogs (one large and yellowish, one smaller and cream with reddish spots) in front of a harbour with fishing boats and colourful buildings in the background.

Close up of a bearded man wearing a navy blue pullover that has teal leafhoppers knitted in a fair-isle pattern on the yoke and sleeves.

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 09/04/2025

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.

A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 31/03/2025

For Poison Ivy fans who remember that bit from year 1 about interplanting--that's real; I wasn't making it up! Excellent write-up about indigenous permaculture: www.science.org/content/arti...

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Pacific Northwest's ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people

Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways

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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera @melsanc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

**New paper: Promoting Equity Between the Global North & South in Entomological Research 🌍🦋 Global biodiversity challenges demand equitable collaborations. Strengthening partnerships in the Global South enhances research, conservation, and local capacities. #Entomology #Conservation #GlobalEquity

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

We're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab 🤔☺️ jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215... @quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social

Four tiles showing a tomato with chlorosis in upper left, a squash with powdery mildew in the upper right, broccoli with necrotic leaves on the lower left, and a pepper leaf with spots and mild chlorosis on the bottom right.

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

It was so great to get a chance to search for Tachopteryx this past week and see @willkuhn.bsky.social , @ethantolman.bsky.social, Chris, Patrick, Anton, Aaron and Larry! 🐉🪰 #dragonfly #entomology

Six people are standing staring at the camera and smiling.

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Dr Will Kuhn 🏳️‍🌈🐞🐌🐝🌱🪲🦋 @willkuhn.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just back from #entsoc24 buzzing with ideas and glowing with gratitude for this fantastic community of people 😍

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