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Eric R. Eaton

@bugeric.bsky.social

6.1K followers 3.8K following 2.2K posts

Non-fiction writer, author, blogger, insect identifier, ally. Presenter/speaker. #SciComm, entomology, urban natural history, human conflict with other species, other humans (and how to resolve it). Married Progressive in Kansas, USA. he/him/they

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · Dec 1

If you like me here, you can also find me on....

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/75196...

iNaturalist: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Bug Eric blog: bugeric.blogspot.com

Sense of Misplaced blog: senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 4h

Isn’t that a very rare event? Sorry, I hate that bats are singled out every time. Skunks, raccoons are much more of a rabies threat as I understand it, but nobody talks about that.

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 7h

Just followed you for this alone. 😄

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 8h

How do you have only 53 followers. I like what you are doing!

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 8h

Just got home from #heartlandbookfest, where I actually sold 24 books (4 titles). Probably going to fall asleep now.

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Eric H Cline @digkabri.bsky.social · 1d

Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 11h

Wow. I would have thought that Europe was far more progressive than that.

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 1d

Understood, and I agree with that cautionary approach. My next book is going to center around problems in urban natural history, so this whole conference sounds intriguing.

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 1d

I would be very interested in seeing this. Any chance it was recorded and made available on YouTube or something?

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions

#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 2d

This got me to check out your account. All of your works are wonderful.

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 2d

So good. Be sure to check out his big cat illustrations, too.

Steve Lucas @steve-lucas.bsky.social · 2d

INKTOBER 2025
Day 9 Heavy

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Sketch #ink #Art #Day9 #Heavy

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 2d

Stumbled upon your account here, and am so happy that I did! Thank you for being here and sharing your magic.

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 2d

Yet another wonderful artist.

Erika Lee Sears @erikaleesears.bsky.social · 15d

Blinded #oilpainting #art

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 3d

Last night I delivered a presentation on spiders to members of the Topeka Audubon Society, in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It was not recorded, but I will be repeating this, virtually, early next year.

Next up is Heartland Book Festival in Kansas City this Saturday.

Me, older White man, dressed in dark clothing, standing next to a large monitor, presenting on the topic of spiders to an audience of mostly other older people, sitting in chairs in large room.

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 3d

This is one of the more common sand wasps in urban and suburban areas.

Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 3d

A racy-looking beast, the Four-Banded Stink Bug Hunter, Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus. Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #garden #bugsky #biodiversity #pollinators #photography #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #insect #wasps #Hesperiidae #macro #insects

A close photo side view of a small wasp feeding on the yellow center florets of a white Oxeye Daisy.

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! Miss seeing you at Ent Soc meetings, but I can rarely afford them these days.

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 5d

bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/10/what... #JaneGoodall #blogpost

What Would Jane Do?

If there was ever a person whom I wanted to remain immortal, it would probably be Dr. Jane Goodall. It was therefore devastating to learn of...

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 6d

So a voluntary pay/donation model necessitates two different versions of the platform? If it is already free, what’s the difference?

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 6d

I am just being made aware of this. Can’t we have just *one* nice thing?

uncharismatic minifauna @orrorin.bsky.social · 7d

Bluesky's multi-millionaire CEO changed the site's TOS in order to unban a prominent transphobe. Users have questioned this, and asked for this to be reversed. These requests have been ignored.

Recently, the CEO has replied to Qs - by posting memes and being rude/dismissive.

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 6d

Sh*t. Why can’t we have nice things?!?

Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you. I am an Oregon State alum, and attended when we were nearly winless every year, back in the early 1980s. Hell if I want to relive that nightmare. The media giants that drove conference realignment murdered our athletic department.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 7d

I have not yet encountered the dissatisfaction that you speak of.

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 7d

This is a great account with original content, featuring a sharp wit that pulls no punches.

Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 7d

I’m thinking about doing Halloween trick or treating as the grand master of Antifa this year.

I should make my kids dress up as ICE agents and chase me.

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Eric R. Eaton @bugeric.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you for sharing this!