dylan alderucci
@dylan-irl.bsky.social
uconn eeb '24 // CT department of entomology // aspiring bug, lover of soil, steward of the trees, friend of amphibians
Pinned
dylan alderucci
@dylan-irl.bsky.social
· May 31
every time i see an anuran up close it is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life and i am not exaggerating or being hyperbolic at all or even a little bit
I feel so deeply hopeless every time I come on here + see the new attacks the government is launching against our beloved lands. Here are some beautiful lepidopterans I've had the opportunity to observe + identify this summer, for which I couldn't be more grateful. 🤍
September 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I feel so deeply hopeless every time I come on here + see the new attacks the government is launching against our beloved lands. Here are some beautiful lepidopterans I've had the opportunity to observe + identify this summer, for which I couldn't be more grateful. 🤍
Reposted by dylan alderucci
Plants use more than color to talk to pollinators - there’s a whole world of chemical communication, too! In this #BugBanterPodcast, we dive into the intriguing world of plant chemistry! 🌻🐝
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/b...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVpE...
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/b...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVpE...
Bitter Nectar, Toxic Pollen: Pollinators and Plant Chemicals
YouTube video by The Xerces Society
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Plants use more than color to talk to pollinators - there’s a whole world of chemical communication, too! In this #BugBanterPodcast, we dive into the intriguing world of plant chemistry! 🌻🐝
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/b...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVpE...
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/b...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVpE...
Reposted by dylan alderucci
MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.
Reposted by dylan alderucci
Wildlife and open space will be lost.
PLEASE COMMENT by FRIDAY.
#ConservationOverCorporations
@altusfs.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.bsky.social
www.regulations.gov/search?filte...
PLEASE COMMENT by FRIDAY.
#ConservationOverCorporations
@altusfs.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.bsky.social
www.regulations.gov/search?filte...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
September 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Wildlife and open space will be lost.
PLEASE COMMENT by FRIDAY.
#ConservationOverCorporations
@altusfs.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.bsky.social
www.regulations.gov/search?filte...
PLEASE COMMENT by FRIDAY.
#ConservationOverCorporations
@altusfs.altgov.info
@roguenoaa.bsky.social
www.regulations.gov/search?filte...
A beautiful thing for the tl 🤍
Eight years ago today 🌿
Gentianopsis thermalis, our Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
Gentianopsis thermalis, our Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants
September 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A beautiful thing for the tl 🤍
Reposted by dylan alderucci
Let’s help ‘em out folks.
These brave souls jump out of planes at 3,000 feet to fight fires deep in wild places.
They start out at GS-5 or GS-6.
Few civil servants do so much for so little pay.
Let’s lend our voices— help make sure they get fair pay.
Let’s go night shift 🦉🌲
These brave souls jump out of planes at 3,000 feet to fight fires deep in wild places.
They start out at GS-5 or GS-6.
Few civil servants do so much for so little pay.
Let’s lend our voices— help make sure they get fair pay.
Let’s go night shift 🦉🌲
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Let’s help ‘em out folks.
These brave souls jump out of planes at 3,000 feet to fight fires deep in wild places.
They start out at GS-5 or GS-6.
Few civil servants do so much for so little pay.
Let’s lend our voices— help make sure they get fair pay.
Let’s go night shift 🦉🌲
These brave souls jump out of planes at 3,000 feet to fight fires deep in wild places.
They start out at GS-5 or GS-6.
Few civil servants do so much for so little pay.
Let’s lend our voices— help make sure they get fair pay.
Let’s go night shift 🦉🌲
A BAN... on smoke protections.... for FIREFIGHTERS........ glad things are turning around 😭
Under pressure, the USFS relents and makes masks available to wildland firefighters.
Firefighter safety is the #1 priority, and this must include caring for health and wellness.
Next step: long-term health care for available all firefighters, public and private.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
Firefighter safety is the #1 priority, and this must include caring for health and wellness.
Next step: long-term health care for available all firefighters, public and private.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
U.S. Wildfire Fighters to Mask Up After Decades-Long Ban on Smoke Protections
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A BAN... on smoke protections.... for FIREFIGHTERS........ glad things are turning around 😭
Reposted by dylan alderucci
Adding a quote to emphasize:
“This work was once done almost exclusively by government crews, but in the 1990s, after a series of staffing cutbacks, the U.S. Forest Service turned to logging and forestry companies for help.”
“This work was once done almost exclusively by government crews, but in the 1990s, after a series of staffing cutbacks, the U.S. Forest Service turned to logging and forestry companies for help.”
This is failed-state stuff. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Adding a quote to emphasize:
“This work was once done almost exclusively by government crews, but in the 1990s, after a series of staffing cutbacks, the U.S. Forest Service turned to logging and forestry companies for help.”
“This work was once done almost exclusively by government crews, but in the 1990s, after a series of staffing cutbacks, the U.S. Forest Service turned to logging and forestry companies for help.”
Reposted by dylan alderucci
An impressive study by Donnellan et al. (2025) provides a near-comprehensive phylogenetic tree for a major clade of frogs that occur across Australia, New Guinea, and many islands in the adjacent Indo-Australian Archipelago. Read More about this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An impressive study by Donnellan et al. (2025) provides a near-comprehensive phylogenetic tree for a major clade of frogs that occur across Australia, New Guinea, and many islands in the adjacent Indo-Australian Archipelago. Read More about this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
Reposted by dylan alderucci
"Why is it called a hanging thief?" www.inaturalist.org/photos/10502...
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Why is it called a hanging thief?" www.inaturalist.org/photos/10502...
Reposted by dylan alderucci
Excellent way to weigh in on attacks on the roadless rule:
“Because of recent changes designed to stifle electronic comment submissions, SELC will be individually mailing the first 2,000 comments via USPS and will hand deliver all remaining comments.”
Tell a friend!
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
“Because of recent changes designed to stifle electronic comment submissions, SELC will be individually mailing the first 2,000 comments via USPS and will hand deliver all remaining comments.”
Tell a friend!
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
The South’s wildest, most untouched places are on the line and you have just two weeks to stand up for them. Tell the Forest Service we need the roadless rule now: https://selc.link/3V0gvOG
September 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Excellent way to weigh in on attacks on the roadless rule:
“Because of recent changes designed to stifle electronic comment submissions, SELC will be individually mailing the first 2,000 comments via USPS and will hand deliver all remaining comments.”
Tell a friend!
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
“Because of recent changes designed to stifle electronic comment submissions, SELC will be individually mailing the first 2,000 comments via USPS and will hand deliver all remaining comments.”
Tell a friend!
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
this is so disheartening. this nation has pioneered such critical scientific efforts over the past century- to throw it all away as a political move is (1) very telling and (2) very disheartening, especially for early career scientists such as myself.
August 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
this is so disheartening. this nation has pioneered such critical scientific efforts over the past century- to throw it all away as a political move is (1) very telling and (2) very disheartening, especially for early career scientists such as myself.
Arthropod Photo of the Week: July 16, 2025
Desert weevil
Ophryastes desertus
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
By Sydney Carnevale-Baker, Nevada, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Desert weevil
Ophryastes desertus
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
By Sydney Carnevale-Baker, Nevada, USA
#arthropodPOTW
July 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reposted by dylan alderucci
In 2022, @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social et al. found jumping spiders exhibit REM-like eye movements, suggesting potential sleep-like states in these tiny arachnids. Highly recommend this excellent work as weekend reading!
Link to the paper🧪: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🪲🪳
Link to the paper🧪: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🪲🪳
June 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In 2022, @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social et al. found jumping spiders exhibit REM-like eye movements, suggesting potential sleep-like states in these tiny arachnids. Highly recommend this excellent work as weekend reading!
Link to the paper🧪: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🪲🪳
Link to the paper🧪: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🪲🪳
Beauuuuutiful mimicry <33
Lunar Hornet Moth (Nuneaton VC38 7/6/25) My 1st of the Year in garden 12 days earlier than last Year. #teammoth
June 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Beauuuuutiful mimicry <33
this year I'm a seasonal tech for CAPS (cooperative agricultural pest survey) in the state of CT! CAPS is a national survey which monitors for invasive insects which pose a potential threat to agricultural production.
To better acquaint myself with CT's target insects, I made these info sheets 💫 1/2
To better acquaint myself with CT's target insects, I made these info sheets 💫 1/2
May 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this year I'm a seasonal tech for CAPS (cooperative agricultural pest survey) in the state of CT! CAPS is a national survey which monitors for invasive insects which pose a potential threat to agricultural production.
To better acquaint myself with CT's target insects, I made these info sheets 💫 1/2
To better acquaint myself with CT's target insects, I made these info sheets 💫 1/2
every time i see an anuran up close it is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life and i am not exaggerating or being hyperbolic at all or even a little bit
May 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
every time i see an anuran up close it is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life and i am not exaggerating or being hyperbolic at all or even a little bit
Reposted by dylan alderucci
🎺🚨👀 WATCH TODAY: over 200 climate scientists and meteorologists (including NOAA and NASA veterans) are hosting a 100-hour livestream starting **today at 1 PM ET**, exploring how DOGE is impacting weather & climate science.
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
Weather and climate science needs your help
YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🎺🚨👀 WATCH TODAY: over 200 climate scientists and meteorologists (including NOAA and NASA veterans) are hosting a 100-hour livestream starting **today at 1 PM ET**, exploring how DOGE is impacting weather & climate science.
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
Trailer: youtu.be/-Go-RCg3AjI
Watch: wclivestream.com/watch
"Patients that were seen at the gender clinic before the age of 18 had a lower risk of suicide compared to those referred as an adult." PATIENTS SEEN AT THE GENDER CLINIC BEFORE THE AGE OF 18 HAD A LOWER RISK OF SUICIDE COMPARED TO THOSE REFERRED AS AN ADULT.
Repeat after me: Treatment for trans-youth saves lives.
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [gender dysphoria] patients."
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [gender dysphoria] patients."
Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it
The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.
www.motherjones.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Patients that were seen at the gender clinic before the age of 18 had a lower risk of suicide compared to those referred as an adult." PATIENTS SEEN AT THE GENDER CLINIC BEFORE THE AGE OF 18 HAD A LOWER RISK OF SUICIDE COMPARED TO THOSE REFERRED AS AN ADULT.
Reposted by dylan alderucci
Pediacus (flat bark) beetle posing perfectly on a log in the woods near Swansea. I don’t often see members of #Cucujidae so this one stood out right away. Beautiful specimen that may be beneficial for controlling tree damaging beetles. #entomology #coleoptera 🪲🪳 #Invert
May 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Pediacus (flat bark) beetle posing perfectly on a log in the woods near Swansea. I don’t often see members of #Cucujidae so this one stood out right away. Beautiful specimen that may be beneficial for controlling tree damaging beetles. #entomology #coleoptera 🪲🪳 #Invert
Reposted by dylan alderucci
Fantastic news from Knepp Rewilding with 12 healthy chicks growing in four ground nests !
May 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Fantastic news from Knepp Rewilding with 12 healthy chicks growing in four ground nests !
I fear western science is not ready for my ancient and soulful connection to the land
May 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I fear western science is not ready for my ancient and soulful connection to the land
happy columbines <3
May 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
happy columbines <3
attempting 2 get some oyster mushrooms to grow in my yard... i chopped up the stems from the ones I foraged, put them in a plastic bag with some wet cardboard, and 10 days later, we have some hyphae(? mycelium? unsure which is technically correct in this case :')!
May 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
attempting 2 get some oyster mushrooms to grow in my yard... i chopped up the stems from the ones I foraged, put them in a plastic bag with some wet cardboard, and 10 days later, we have some hyphae(? mycelium? unsure which is technically correct in this case :')!