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Kevin Keegan
@mothpotato.bsky.social
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I study moths so YOU don't have to. Lepidopterist at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. All opinions are my own.
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · Mar 3
One of the boxes of moths I brought to Lund University when I crossed the pond back in 2015 at the beginning of my PhD to work with @lepphylo.bsky.social to generate the first DNA data I would use for my PhD. These things were all classified together at the time. The DNA told us that was VERY WRONG.
A box with 100+ moths on insect pins with their data labels also on the pins. The moths are all sorts of sizes, shapes, and colors.
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 8d
Looks like maybe a Catocala with white and black hindwings
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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 8d
an amazing Habronattus jumping spider known only from a single spring in the bottom of an impossibly isolated and lonely desert valley
jumping spider with large central eyes, a white diamond sitting directly between the central eyes, all surrounded by a striking red mask which flows to the sides of the face, itself expanded laterally
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 8d
Lolololol
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Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 8d
maybe next time
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 9d
HILL DISTRICT SAYS NO KINGS! 🚫👑

Sunday, October 5th at 12:30.
Freedom Corner -- Centre and Crawford

Event by Indivisible Black Neighborhoods United, Indivisible Pittsburgh, B-PEP, and 1Hood Power.

www.mobilize.us/indivisiblep...
HILL DISTRICT SAYS NO KINGS! October 5th at 12:30. Freedom Corner -- Centre and Crawford, Pittsburgh. Event by Indivisible Black Neighborhoods United, Indivisible Pittsburgh, B-PEP, and 1Hood Power.
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 9d
Reminder to submit a talk for the Dipterists Meeting at @entsocamerica.bsky.social if you're interested.

Please also share with others 🙏
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 29d
**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.
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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 13d
A chromolithograph depicting the “nightly activities of insects” from the natural history series ‘Brehms Tierleben,’ first published from 1864-1869.

Alfred E. Brehm was a German zoologist and explorer who became the first director of the Zoological Garden of Hamburg.

#insectart #naturalhistory
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Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 14d
Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 15d
Lol what the fuck are you smoking
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 16d
Dark taxa are extremely diverse organisms that remain largely undescribed due to small size, subtle differences, & few experts.

Take this quiz to find out what you are - I'm a gall midge! whatdarktaxonareyou.static.domains/insect-quiz....

by @vivianfeng.bsky.social & @flyliceresearch.bsky.social
A dark, hairy gall midge fly on a white sheet. It has long legs and antennae and a red neck. Quiz results showing I'm a gall midge or cecidomyiid
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 20d
Yesterday was the 130th anniversary of the #ICZN, the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature. It was founded during the zoology congress in Leiden, organized by the then director the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Frederik Jentink.
black and white group photo of the international zoological congress, taken at the statue of Van der Werff, in the Van der Werff Park in Leiden in 1895.
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 22d
They're just doing their own research
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 23d
Mrs. Scott's House - 1932
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104328
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 25d
Eat shit
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 26d
What the fuck are you smoking
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 27d
The Uncertainty of the Poet, by Giorgio de Chirico, 1913
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Kevin Keegan @mothpotato.bsky.social · 28d
Brazil envy hitting real hard right now
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28d
Losing my goddamned mind.

We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 29d
'Tis the season to search for lumps on plants, aka galls! These growths are created in response to other organisms — often insects, fungi, or bacteria — injecting their chemicals into the plant. 🧵⤵️

Join the gall celebrations: tr.ee/ziMCEH
This gall looks like something you'd imagine a mythical fairy-like creature living in. It's shaped like a mushroom and has a small hole in the front. The stem of a plant has a couple round growths with small holes in them.
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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 28d
Here's the Pittsburgh NO KINGS rally on October 18th!

City-County Building, 412 Grant St
Saturday 10/18, 12:30pm
Pittsburgh says, "No KINGS!" · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 29d
A 12-year effort by entomologists in Iowa solves mysteries about an elusive planthopper, Fitchiella robertsonii, including key host plants and environments. The 219 specimens they caught are 90% of those ever collected by scientists, marking a leap forward for potential conservation of the species.
Rare Ball-Nosed Planthopper Rediscovered by Entomologists in Iowa
A 12-year effort by entomologists in Iowa solves mysteries about an elusive planthopper, Fitchiella robertsonii, including key host plants and environments.
entomologytoday.org
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29d
It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 29d
Marshall's House - 1932
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104322
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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · Sep 8
Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity?

Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:

www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...

You may self-nominate!!!
IDEA Award
The ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award was created in 2019 by the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the...
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Sep 6
The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House
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