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Eric R. Eaton

@bugeric.bsky.social

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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....

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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 · 12h

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

Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 1d

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

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

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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

uncharismatic minifauna @orrorin.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 3d

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

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

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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

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

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

Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 5d

Thank you for sharing this!

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

Always happy to celebrate fellow nonfiction authors. Congratulations, Rachel!

Rachel Ignotofsky @rachelignotofsky.bsky.social · 5d

I’m just a girl out in the wilderness asking you to read my new book about Dinosaurs ❤️📚🦕

Publishing in just 10 days. Order your copy get your book right when it publishes on October 14th ❤️

rachelignotofskydesign.com/dinosaurs

#dinosaurs #fossiladdict

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

Next time I visit Cincinnati, I would love to go afield with you.

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

I just “discovered” another wonderful artist on here. Please look at their account, you will want to follow them, too.

Elly @invalidhandlebunny.bsky.social · 5d

I like painting eyes

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

This post got me to look at your account and I love everything about you. Beautiful art, great sense of humor, supportive of others….

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

The selfie mode on my iPhone 14 comes in handy for reaching concealed spiders like this Lattice Orbweaver, Araneus thaddeus. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, October 1, 2025. #Arachtober #spider #spiders #bugsky

Small, globular spider with big, silvery gray abdomen, and orange legs and carapace, sitting just outside her tunnel-like retreat beneath two leaflets of a Black Walnut sapling. Adjacent, barely visible in the lower left corner, is the edge of her orb web.

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

Woody Guthrie was wrong.... senseofmisplaced.blogspot.com/2025/10/nach... #blogpost #senseofplace #home

Nacho Land

There is another thing that bothers me about the concepts of “home” and “sense of place”: Do we even have a right to claim any understanding...

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

It's that time of year again: #arachtober! I will try to celebrate as many days as I can. This spider is a Woodlouse Hunter, Dysdera crocata. She has long jaws and only 6 eyes (most spiders have 8). Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, April 28, 2025. #bugsky #spiders

Spider with elliptical shape, long chelicerae attached to nearly circular, chestnut colored cephalothorax. Abdomen gray, legs orange. Sprawling in a casserole dish "studio." The Woodlouse Hunter spider, Dysdera crocata.

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

Nonfiction. I am vaguely entertaining an idea for a fictional work that might take the form of a play or screenplay. Not a priority at the moment, though.

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

Thank you!

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

I was already worried about Greta Thunberg (I still am), and then I learned Dr. Jane Goodall passed away. Not sure if I can deal.

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

Thank you!

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

Another scorpion wannabe moth. This one is substantially larger than the one I posted yesterday, and in a different family. Genus Eulithis, in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, September 30, 2025.

Pale brown moth with abdomen curled like a scorpion’s tail. Triangular wings beige with irregular, widely spaced brown pinstripes. Moth perched on terra cotta colored stucco wall.

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

Friends, meet Loren Mayshark. You may know or remember him from Twitter/X. I love that he also posts mini biographies of famous writers on their birthdays.

Loren Mayshark @lorenmayshark.bsky.social · 13d

🎃 Milan! This Halloween, catch me at WITCH PLEASE – A Spooktacular Comedy Night 🧙‍♀️😂

📍 Slow Mill, Via Volturno 32, Milano
📅 Oct 31 • 8:30 PM CET
🎟️ Tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.it/e/witch-plea...

Lineup: Loren Mayshark, Joe Eagan, Vamshi Damagatla, Ksenia Kolosova & Marco Moretti 🎤

#standupcomedy

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

LOL!