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Lee Dyer
@gusanero.bsky.social
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loves family, friends, rock climbing, moths, caterpillars, statistics, math, poetry, music, literature; hates the current US Super-Fascist Regime
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rwhooster.bsky.social
Although I've had an amazing year mothing, there have been a few #moths that I wish I could have seen again. This Black Arches, for example. I took this shot in 2024. It will probably feel like a brand-new moth if I ever see one again. #teammoth
Black Arches (Lymantria monacha).
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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wrenandbee.bsky.social
Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species…

Puss Moth 😻

(May, Essex UK)

🖤 🤍 💛

#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
I found this amazing Trosia semirufa moth on my window last night at @casabentbill.bsky.social

#moths #lepidoptera #nature #costarica
Fluffy white moth with bright red spots and tufts resting on a dark reflective surface.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
gusanero.bsky.social
Moths are great.
ronmac11.bsky.social Ron McIntyre 🇬🇧 @ronmac11.bsky.social · 5d
I started moth trapping in August and for a tiny suburban garden I’m amazed what I’ve seen, this is a treble brown spot from early October.
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
A cream and brown coloured moth.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
Butt breathing!! . www.cell.com/med/abstract...
Safety and tolerability of intrarectal perfluorodecalin for enteral ventilation in a first-in-human trial
This first-in-human, dose-escalation trial demonstrates that intrarectal administration of perfluorodecalin is safe and well tolerated in healthy volunteers, with no systemic absorption. These finding...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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mirandakeeling.com
In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
A photo of a puddle in the woods, with leaves across the surface and reflections of the trees they fell from.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
gusanero.bsky.social
Heterogeneity-diversity relationships really are positive if you have a good measure of dispersion? Nice paper. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Disentangling dispersion from mean reveals true heterogeneity-diversity relationships - Nature Communications
Foundational theory on how habitat heterogeneity impacts biodiversity is hindered by mean-biased heterogeneity measures. This study shows that deriving a mean-independent measure reveals monotonic pos...
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
Nothing new here, but I like the title. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
No!!
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
Another species of clearwing #butterfly, the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (Cithaerias pireta) at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#butterflies #nature #bugsky
Close-up of a delicate butterfly with transparent wings edged in orange and a single eyespot, perched on a green leaf against a softly blurred background.
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
gusanero.bsky.social
Not any news to love these days, but I do love this paper on caterpillar sensory ecology. I can't wait to use figures from this for teaching. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The sensory ecology of caterpillars - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Caterpillars (larval Lepidoptera) are one of the most ecologically and evolutionarily significant taxa on Earth. As both feeders and food, they shape the dynamics of enumerate ecosystems on land. Key ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
This is a really thorough and interesting paper on moth orientation strategies, relevant to migration, pollination, host location. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies – neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
The Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths, display an astonishing diversity of spatial orientation strategies essential for survival, reproduction, and ecological success. These spatial orientation strat...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
My neighborhood #Ocelot keeps visiting me but I still don't have any photos of it. It's a very sneaky kitty. One day.

At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#nature #cats #wildlife
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
gusanero.bsky.social
What an honor to work with an amazing group in Colombia, Rio Vaupes, collecting caterpillars, marking and releasing butterflies and moths, learning Traditional Knowledge.
a group of students in front of a traditional community gathering structure in the Amazon
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
On the Vaupes. Comunidades.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
Far away in Colombia. Trying not to pay attention to news.
rock with lowland rainforests all around
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
Another amazing paper from Tara Christensen - with a surprising result that nectar generalists (butterflies) are declining more than specialists. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Specialized flower visitation in montane butterflies is associated with positive population trajectories over time
Insect biodiversity is under threat from multiple stressors, including climate change and extreme weather. For butterflies, nectar resource use is an understudied trait in relation to population traj....
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November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
gusanero.bsky.social
Nice paper by Wesley and Tlacaelel in Ecology Letters. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Remote‐Control Science in Ecology: A Hidden Face of Scientific Neocolonialism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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landguyminor.bsky.social
Twist and shout. Fall color on the Dwarf bald cypress in Tates hell state Forest in Florida.
#stunday #cypress #fall #waterlilies #trees #naturephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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enriquegilal.bsky.social
Buenos días. Cópula de la mariposa Polyommatus hispana. La hembra a la izquierda de la foto y el macho a la derecha!!
#insects #insectos #mariposas #butterfly #macro #lepidoptera #photography #nature #naturaleza #fotografia
Cópula de la mariposa Polyommatus hispana
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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shaneyoda82.bsky.social
A NFG this week in the form of this Green-brindled Crescent. Both a brown ☕️ version (Mon 13th) and one glittering with green ❇️ (Wed 15th). #TeamMoth #MothsMatter @obsidentify.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #macro #moths #nature #wildlifephotography #Lepidoptera
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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wa-moths.bsky.social
One of my favourite moths, and the first we’ve recorded for this season.

From the genus Pseudanapaea. Likely Pseudanapaea denotata, but there’s a suggestion that the moths of this genus recorded in WA are possibly a different species.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Side view of a moth on a wall with pale forewings that have several light edged darker spots. The moth has long scales like hair on its head and feathery antennae
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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grays.art
Orange-spotted Flower Moth
(Syngamia florella)

on red mangrove
(Rhizophora mangle)
Size: ~1.5cm (1/2”)
Location: Bonita Springs, Florida

#ColorADay #YellowThu #eastcoastkin #bugsky #insectThursday #Lepidoptera #moths #yellow #native #insects #bugs #nature #macro #photography #macroPhotography #art
Diagonally situated from upper left, to lower right, wing tip to wing tip. Dark brown wings with yellow patches. Brown eyes, dark stripe down center of yellow head and thorax. Citrus orange abdomen with two narrow bands across rear end. Brown and white stripped legs. Bright green leaf background.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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grays.art
Dorantes Longtail skipper butterfly
(Cecropterus dorantes)

On paths near Naples zoo yesterday, admiring these flowers, freely sweating, when this little skipper arrives, fits like the missing piece.

#nature #native #insects #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macro #photography #macrophotography #art 🦋
On an orchid-like flower of lavender, white, yellow and green, sits a brown butterfly with a wingspan of 44–51 mm, with two long tails on its hindwings. The upperside is dark brown, with a V-shape of white dots on the forewing, while the underside is brown with a purplish tinge and darker bands.
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM