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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Jun 2

I'm proud of our li'l Schoolhouse Rock for Insect Taxonomists cartoon, but if you're not in Bug World here are some annotations for you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI... cc @danlwarren.bsky.social

The Pest Is Still To Come

YouTube video by Dan Warren

www.youtube.com

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Apr 7

Starting Monday off with an accepted paper 🐝

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Mar 9

Heartbroken to be missing the Southeastern Branch Meeting this week 😢@entsocamerica.bsky.social

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Feb 22

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thank you. The number of people /colleagues who seem to be business as usual/missing the world on fire is wild.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 13

And onto sprayer calibration with Jay McCurdy

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Vicky Stein (agentredsquirrel) @vicky.science · Feb 13

Just a truly photogenic slug to bless your Thursday morning

Photo of a bright yellow slug oozing and eye level toward the camera against a bright gray sky, green hillside and dark tree, and foreground of moist dirt and leaves. The slug’s eye stalks are a warm gray tipped with lighter color, and they blur out slightly as they reach directly for the camera

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Feb 13

Friends in the DC area:

I will be giving a Profs and Pints talk about the science of sustainable seafood. It's based on my upcoming book on the topic.

Please share with interested folks!

Get tickets here: profsandpints.ticketleap.com/net/

🧪🦑🌎🐟

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 13

Next up is the best part: pest management and pollinator 🐝 health with Jeff Harris

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 13

On to Alan Henn talking about disinfectants/disinfestants

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 13

Next up is @msstate.bsky.social entomologist Blake Layton, talking about fire ant biology and determining the longevity of termiticides.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 13

Starting our Stoneville day with the great pesticide education coordinator Gene Markel and @msstate.bsky.social extension John Byrd talking about Cogon grass, a noxious weed.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 13

Coauthored with a great team - @jaydevans.bsky.social and @renamschweizer.bsky.social are the only two on this platform right now.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 13

Spending the day doing recertification:continuing education for my commercial pesticide applicators license

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Feb 11

Our new #beenome preprint is out! Protandrena passiflorae is a cool specialist pollinator that only visits Passiflora lutea, a subtle vine with small yellow flowers.

bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · Feb 8

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Protandrena (Anthemurgus) passiflorae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), a host-plant specialist bee https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.05.636715v1

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Feb 5

Maybe cats are right and we’d all feel better if we sat in a cardboard box.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Jan 24

Wordle in TWO 🎉

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Jan 10

Ran across some great #entofashion yesterday at the consignment store…. They were sadly not my size. Has anyone else seen these before?!

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Jan 6

Notification of a paper accepted. Good start to a Monday!

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Jan 6

Is there a way to teach others what you’re looking for? I’d love to know more about how to evaluate questionable ones I run across.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Jan 6

Finally deactivated X/twitter.

My sleep schedule has been off and struggling - logged in at two am this morning and there were awful gruesome photos.

No thank you. And now I’m clearly not getting back to sleep.

Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Dec 31

Not a problem! Always looking for new authors 💕

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Dec 31

Crossposted… Let’s do this again! I’ve read almost all the recommendations made the last few years (way more than 12!)

2025 BOOK CHALLENGE 🚨
Read 12 books recommended by 12 friends.

📕You can only make one recommendation and it should be a book you have already read and LOVE.

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Katherine Parys @liquidanbar.bsky.social · Dec 18

I *really* hope a bunch of real taxonomists apply to this based on experience in classification…..

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Dec 18

Never done taxonomy at the university scale before but I'm excited to find out whose genitalia you get to dissect

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