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🌻OK MR. SUNSHINE!🌻 @entobiologist.bsky.social · 8d

hello fellow ecologists has anyone successfully applied to the grfp (in its current format) and would be willing to send me their application materials for my own reference? many thanks!! 🧪

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · 14d

The RAPTURE? Ohhhh I thought you said D. RAPTOR. Damnit.

Photo of Dolomedes raptor sitting on a rock at night

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蓮猫 Lotuscat @lotuscat.bsky.social · 22d

Female fishing spider (Dolomedes sulfureus) glaring at us as she clutches the egg sac with her jaws. I’ve posted a photo 3 months ago of one that's selensulfur color. This species come in wide range of colors. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrate #Insect
卵嚢を抱いたイオウイロハシリグモ。八つの目で睨みつける。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫

Close-up of the head of large spider covered with short brown hairs. Eight eyes in all on the front part.

Large brown spider with velvety, red-brown abdomen on the leaf. The long jaws are holding the egg sack closely against the lower part of the body. Long legs with black spikes.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26d

Not enough of you liked this. I was sitting on the couch cracking myself up making it. Have we given up on frivolity as a people? Smh.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 27d

*Most* eels don’t wear wigs. Did you know that? Did you know that *important fact* about eels??

Well there are a LOT more eel facts where that came from. Most being, ya know, better and more useful eel facts. You better learn more with an eel facts advent calendar.

Get one at EelFacts.Net

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Nancy 🪲SciBugs🪲 Miorelli @scibugs.bsky.social · 24d

The Empress!! I was so worried when I started because like ... all the spindly eggs - but where we have a whip scorpion with her noodly babies.

a stylistic image of a tailless whip scorpion with bright green babies and their noodly legs on her back. The text reads "3. The empress"

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · 27d

Virtual program can be found here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I hope to see some of you there!

2025 SciComm Fun and Games Virtual Symposium Program

Fun and Games Symposium Program Times listed are Central Daylight Time (CDT). Time zone converter The virtual symposium sessions from 1–5 p.m. will all take place via Zoom meeting. The game night at 6...

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · 27d

UNL is hosting a ✨FREE✨ virtual symposium on games and SciComm

FEAT
🌱Matt Montrose, creator of Ecologies
🌱Jenny Keshwani, science literacy specialist
🌱Ryan Tan, games for community resilience

And I’m giving a workshop on turning science into games!

Link: scimath.unl.edu/conferences-...

Flyer for the symposium says:

Fun and games symposium
Playing with a purpose

Virtual location
Date September 17
Time 1-5pm CDT

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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 27d

I finally finished the first draft of the illustrated plate series for Widow Spiders of the World! This book is going to be so good, y'all. Expect its release in early 2026. 🕷️🕸️

A sneak peak of a illustrated plate from Widow Spiders of the World. The male and female of a species is shown, along with a close-up of the hourglass pattern at the bottom, juvenile color forms in an arc across the center, and an egg sac in the upper right. A range map in Dymaxion projection is tastefully superimposed onto the background. The male spider is gangly and brown, but his abdomen has bright black and white stripes with red spots. The female is a shiny black with bold red stripes. The egg sac is golden and spiky.

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Sep 9

Teaching the bugs how to appreciate anime.

A juvenile bean bug sits on my finger that is hovering over a sketch of an anime style man

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Sep 2

A baby Dolomedes raptor attempting to balloon in lab 🥹 Only 2mm in size, this one could grow to be ~35mm and weigh nearly 2g if female.

A very small baby spider with its butt in the air releasing a strand of silk in hopes a gust of wind will help carry it for dispersal

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Sep 1

❗ADDITIONALLY❗

The NoCoast Sci Comm Fun and Games Symposium on September 17th is a FREE virtual event where we will be hosting a workshop to help you brainstorm your games!

We hope to see you there!

newsroom.unl.edu/announce/neb...

Virtual SciComm Fun and Games Symposium | Announce | University of Nebraska-Lincoln

newsroom.unl.edu

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is a great jam for anybody who has NEVER participated in a jam before and wants to try!

If you have any questions about our jam or what it might be like to participate, please DM me.

⚛️Ready to turn your favorite science facts into a game?⚛️

Sign up and join us on September 25th!

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Sep 1

✏️ You do not have to be a dev or a scientist. Anybody passionate about games and science is welcome to join!

🧪 ALL science fields welcome (e.g. biology, math, physics, etc.)

📅 The jam lasts 2 weeks — your team sets the schedule!

👥 Sign up as an individual or a team

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Sep 1

❗ATTENTION SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, WRITERS❗

Cohosted by me, Data Bloom LLC, & the UNL NoCoast SciComm Symposium — it’s the Science Remix Game Jam! 🧪🎮

No game dev experience needed! We’ll match scientists + devs into teams to make science games.

More info below
Signup here:
🔗 itch.io/jam/science-...

Science Remix Game Jam

A game jam from 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-12 hosted by Data Bloom LLC. Transform science into something you can play. What if science could be felt, explored, and played from the comfort of your home? The...

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🌻OK MR. SUNSHINE!🌻 @entobiologist.bsky.social · Jun 11

the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · May 16

Blue isopods with ribbons🎀

There are Powder Blue Isopods (Porcellionides pruinosus) of various sizes on a pastel pink background.
All of them are hanging with large and small ribbons. Happy and lovely atmosphere.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 Your Opinion Needed 🚨

We've had a number of people asking for a Bigger than Binaries shirt, so @franzanth.bsky.social & I discussed...

... and we will DO IT!

But we need your opinion! Which color should we print?! We can only do one.

Vote here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/5ZYWPHS

three versions of the same design, all of which say "Biology is bigger than binaries", with a central image of a bee, a clownfish, and a lily. The one on. the left is pink, the middle is orange, the right is light blue.

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you, Derek!!! 🕷️💕

Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · May 13

My favorite season is field season! #spider

Me staring at a Dolomedes tenebrosus that sits on my hand.

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · May 11

I am pleased to share that I have been selected for the 2025-26 Fulbright Presidential STEM initiative award. This initrive was created by presidents Joe Biden and Suk Yeol Yoon to celebrate the 70 year alliance between our countries. I am excited to study the Dolomedes spiders of South Korea! 🇰🇷🕷️

Me (right) and my mentee (left) collecting Dolomedes spiders at night on a fallen tree.

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Apr 24

A perfect 🍤

My black cat Rhea curled into a ball like a shrimp.

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American Arachnological Society (AAS) @arachnology.bsky.social · Apr 21

Early Bird Registration for the 2025 AAS Conference in Golden, Colorado ends April 30th! Additional events include an exclusive Linyphiid ID workshop and and a group excursion to Rocky Mountain National Park. Have questions? Send a DM!

Register here: www.americanarachnology.org/aas-meetings...

AAS Meeting 2025: AAS | American Arachnological Society

www.americanarachnology.org

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Apr 20

We don’t know where fruit flies go in the winter and one species of fruit fly has 6cm, yes cm, long sperm.

🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · Apr 19

Please share a cool science fact you learned recently. 😊

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Apr 14

@montereybayaquarium.org is amazing. I found my new study playlist and I am OBSESSED.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...

2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium

www.youtube.com

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Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris @bugsorbust.bsky.social · Mar 29

I just came here to say Linyphiids are so cool and I miss looking at them and whenever I read papers about them I get sad I am not studying them. Like, why does he look like squidward hello?

www.inaturalist.org/taxa/233633-...

Pinocchio Erudite Money Spider (Walckenaeria pinocchio)

Walckenaeria pinocchio is a species of arachnids with 1 observation

www.inaturalist.org

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