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Meredith Willmott

@leafhopper.bsky.social

660 followers 140 following 44 posts

Ph.D student in Ecology&Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Mutualism between ants and auchenorrhyncha, ecophysiology, indirect effects. Science communicator!

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Jul 11

So nice seeing you!

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Micah @rincewind.run · Jul 5

whatever you think of the country as a whole there are still a whole lot of great people here who deserve better than this

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Jun 20

I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Jun 20

Yeah I don’t sell this so I don’t really care about typos as long as it’s not misinformation.

Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Jun 20

I don’t know how to do that other than pasting an annoying url

Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Jun 20

Self portrait

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · May 30

Found some horseshoe crabs while wearing my horseshoe crab sweater (and flipped them right side up)!

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · May 9

Cicadigan

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 5

Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦‍♀️

HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.

Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.

Tell ur friends 😅

A neon colored squid on the phone, drawn in cartoon style, glued to a wall, that says Get Squid Facts text SQUID to 1-833-SCI-TEXT

a very cute cuttlefish, a giant australian cuttelfish, looks at the camera, swimming in front of algae covered rocks

a poster that says Plant Native Plants, with an illustration by meg lemieur of purple coneflower, with a bunch of clips with seed bags attached on the bottom labeled "take one and plant"

Sarah holds up a zine that says Philly Biopdiversity Zine in front of a little free library covered in squid, painted blue and pink, shoved in some planters. The zine has a raccoon skateboarding in crocs in front of the love statue (philly icon) with a pigeon sitting on the sign, with the art museum in the background

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · May 5

One of my semester projects…nearly done and then it’ll get a less obscured photoshoot

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Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · May 5

Recently completed leafhopper sweater (designed by @leafhopper.bsky.social) modeled by @ibycter.bsky.social with help from Diego and Zora in scenic Quidi Vidi Village!

#EntoFashion #Knitting

A bearded man wearing a navy blue pullover that has teal leafhoppers knitted in a fair-isle pattern on the yoke and sleeves. He is posing with two leashed dogs (one large and yellowish, one smaller and cream with reddish spots) in front of a harbour with fishing boats and colourful buildings in the background.

Close up of a bearded man wearing a navy blue pullover that has teal leafhoppers knitted in a fair-isle pattern on the yoke and sleeves.

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · May 5

It looks AMAZING!!!! And love your yarn choice…even if it was a pain in the butt 😂

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 18

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Lucky Horseshoe Tester

Hello potential testers! Welcoming horseshoe crabs into the critter knit collection, here is the lucky horseshoe! A light worsted/DK weight sweater knit up in the Farmer's Daughter's Fibers Pishkun, t...

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 18

hey do you want to test knit my horseshoe crab sweater? if you do, here’s the link!

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 16

I can TALK about nontraditional science communication as an insect knitwear designer and entomologist if you’d be interested in a knit-ology and leafhopper mashup!

Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 13

YEEEEAAAAHHHHH

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 10

Look at this great picture of me wearing the horseshoe crab sweater I designed and knit!

Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 8

just text and then it’s over, just text and then I can rest.

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Antsy Hat Tester!

Hello potential testers! This is the newest and quickest addition to my antsy clothing collection- a worsted weight cap in 3 different adult sizes. It features a thick folded brim, and 6-7 ant repeats...

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 6

Time for another testing call!!! Link is pasted in the post below this one, super excited to get more bug patterns (and ant facts) out into the world 🐜❤️ 🧶

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 6

Locked in yesterday and finished the painting part of my leafhopper comic. Next…to outline these all in ink, and then add lots of text in illustrator! I managed to ruin my big guy on the left with wet hair but luckily I’d already scanned him in!

Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 6

The ittiest bittiest babyest leafhopper ever watercolored I think

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Apr 4

I post official tester calls on social media (including this one) and I hope you apply!!!

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Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Mar 17

@entsocamerica.bsky.social using AI generated images in its award presentations at the Eastern Branch is really, really embarrassing, especially for a society that focuses on scicomm and science illustration through conference workshops. Really making me reconsider renewing my membership this year.

Meredith Willmott @leafhopper.bsky.social · Mar 14

New sweater in the works!

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