Hawk
@hawkparty.bsky.social
accipitriforme knower, hobbyist photographer, and guy with 20-something years of experience rummaging in the dirt for bugs
@hawkpartys on tumblr / @hawkparty on iNaturalist
@hawkpartys on tumblr / @hawkparty on iNaturalist
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This tiny wasp who emerged from a miniature chestnut husk (Atrusca trimaculosa aka Woollybear Gall Wasp) reminds us how important self-care is. Well, she is doing a lot better job than I am! 😆
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This tiny wasp who emerged from a miniature chestnut husk (Atrusca trimaculosa aka Woollybear Gall Wasp) reminds us how important self-care is. Well, she is doing a lot better job than I am! 😆
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Another species that is known to emerge in late fall in CA. Happy to meet her for the first time! www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Clustered Gall Wasp (Andricus brunneus)
Clustered Gall Wasp in November 2025 by Noriko Ito
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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Another species that is known to emerge in late fall in CA. Happy to meet her for the first time! www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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I've been told that it's #InsectWeek and that I should plug my work.
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
June 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I've been told that it's #InsectWeek and that I should plug my work.
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
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However small my role may be, I’m proud to be a part of this research! @lordforbington.bsky.social @toomanywasps.bsky.social @guerin-brown.bsky.social
stories.uiowa.edu/galls-thieve...
stories.uiowa.edu/galls-thieve...
Galls, thieves, and parasites: Iowa biologists unspool wild world of oak-dwelling wasps
Iowa biologist Andrew Forbes’ lab, with a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, is revealing the unknown ecological world of parasitic wasps, which have value to cataloging biological diver...
stories.uiowa.edu
October 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
However small my role may be, I’m proud to be a part of this research! @lordforbington.bsky.social @toomanywasps.bsky.social @guerin-brown.bsky.social
stories.uiowa.edu/galls-thieve...
stories.uiowa.edu/galls-thieve...
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Big news - I’ll be starting an #insect #systematics lab at University of Nebraska-Lincoln this coming academic year! I’m looking to #recruit #PhDstudents to work in #wasp systematics, especially gall systems, to begin Fall 2026. Please help me spread the word — more details on the flyer below!
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Big news - I’ll be starting an #insect #systematics lab at University of Nebraska-Lincoln this coming academic year! I’m looking to #recruit #PhDstudents to work in #wasp systematics, especially gall systems, to begin Fall 2026. Please help me spread the word — more details on the flyer below!
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Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
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WOW first time I've captured a tern with a double catch! Not perfectly in focus, but pretty damn good! 🪶
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
WOW first time I've captured a tern with a double catch! Not perfectly in focus, but pretty damn good! 🪶
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one thing I love about older scientific literature. in his 1947 paper 'Scale adaptation and utilization in Aesiocopa patulana' William Beebe fucked with a caterpillar in the wrong way and it died and he expressed genuine and poetic contrition about it in the paper itself
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
one thing I love about older scientific literature. in his 1947 paper 'Scale adaptation and utilization in Aesiocopa patulana' William Beebe fucked with a caterpillar in the wrong way and it died and he expressed genuine and poetic contrition about it in the paper itself
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Become ungovernable. Red-tailed hawk. San Diego. 🪶
July 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Become ungovernable. Red-tailed hawk. San Diego. 🪶
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Have you stopped to appreciate a cockroach lately? Cockroaches get a lot of unjustified hate for simply existing. Species like this yellow glass cockroach (Chorisoneura sp.) from Ecuador can be charming if you take the time to view them in a positive light. I think it's beautiful!
April 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Have you stopped to appreciate a cockroach lately? Cockroaches get a lot of unjustified hate for simply existing. Species like this yellow glass cockroach (Chorisoneura sp.) from Ecuador can be charming if you take the time to view them in a positive light. I think it's beautiful!
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Mets some friends on my hike
April 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mets some friends on my hike
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Sand grains as big as her head ❤️
April 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sand grains as big as her head ❤️
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Released Ms Uropelma formosum back to the wild after the photoshoot the other day. When booty feather goes straight up, she's on the hunt. Farewell, silly creature 🖤
April 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Released Ms Uropelma formosum back to the wild after the photoshoot the other day. When booty feather goes straight up, she's on the hunt. Farewell, silly creature 🖤
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this twitchy creature traveling across a wooden handrail in Singapore is Myrmeplata wanlessi. if you are a human unfamiliar with this species, or a bird or lizard this display is aimed at, you might be surprised to learn that this animal is a jumping spider, not an ant.
February 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
this twitchy creature traveling across a wooden handrail in Singapore is Myrmeplata wanlessi. if you are a human unfamiliar with this species, or a bird or lizard this display is aimed at, you might be surprised to learn that this animal is a jumping spider, not an ant.
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Fun surprise - this Downy Woodpecker has been visiting the Chickadee box lately, and last night at 7 decided to spend the night. He got up at 7 in the morning. It's been chilly, so he must have enjoyed the shelter. Downies have never nested in my boxes, so I am sure this is just temporary. #birds
March 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fun surprise - this Downy Woodpecker has been visiting the Chickadee box lately, and last night at 7 decided to spend the night. He got up at 7 in the morning. It's been chilly, so he must have enjoyed the shelter. Downies have never nested in my boxes, so I am sure this is just temporary. #birds
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"Just a minute guys, I'll check. Woy Woy Fisherman's Wharf. Yep all good". Pelican checking out the seafood restaurant in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia. #birds #wildlife #australia
March 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"Just a minute guys, I'll check. Woy Woy Fisherman's Wharf. Yep all good". Pelican checking out the seafood restaurant in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia. #birds #wildlife #australia
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Vermilion Flycatcher in Portal, Arizona.
#bird #birds #vermilionflycatcher #arizona #usbirds #wildlife #nature #photographt
#bird #birds #vermilionflycatcher #arizona #usbirds #wildlife #nature #photographt
March 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Vermilion Flycatcher in Portal, Arizona.
#bird #birds #vermilionflycatcher #arizona #usbirds #wildlife #nature #photographt
#bird #birds #vermilionflycatcher #arizona #usbirds #wildlife #nature #photographt
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#Chrysididae are a reason to become an entomologist. This Chrysis sp. has been in my collection for years. Distinctive surface pitting and iridescence set them apart. They're called cuckoo wasps for laying eggs in other species' nests. #macrophotography #entomology #invertebrate 🌿
March 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#Chrysididae are a reason to become an entomologist. This Chrysis sp. has been in my collection for years. Distinctive surface pitting and iridescence set them apart. They're called cuckoo wasps for laying eggs in other species' nests. #macrophotography #entomology #invertebrate 🌿
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#NewSpecies alert! We just published a paper in Zootaxa describing two gorgeous species of #Ormyrus parasitoid wasps associated with herb #gall #wasps! Ormyrus bellbowl is named after the Bell Bowl #Prairie in opposition to its abhorrent partial destruction in 2023. #PreserveOurPrairies
March 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#NewSpecies alert! We just published a paper in Zootaxa describing two gorgeous species of #Ormyrus parasitoid wasps associated with herb #gall #wasps! Ormyrus bellbowl is named after the Bell Bowl #Prairie in opposition to its abhorrent partial destruction in 2023. #PreserveOurPrairies
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My son is afraid a hummingbird might rip through his body at 9000mph. Can any professionals on here tell him he is stupid and full of shit
February 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My son is afraid a hummingbird might rip through his body at 9000mph. Can any professionals on here tell him he is stupid and full of shit
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if i was a snapping turtle i would never let people put things in my mouth for an instagram reel . i would show a little more tact than most
December 30, 2024 at 2:02 AM
if i was a snapping turtle i would never let people put things in my mouth for an instagram reel . i would show a little more tact than most
March 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
March 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
i heard something about a #weevilwednesday??
have a very shiny deporaus glastinus
#bugsky #weevil #insects #inverts #photography
have a very shiny deporaus glastinus
#bugsky #weevil #insects #inverts #photography
March 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
i heard something about a #weevilwednesday??
have a very shiny deporaus glastinus
#bugsky #weevil #insects #inverts #photography
have a very shiny deporaus glastinus
#bugsky #weevil #insects #inverts #photography