Kevin Keegan

One of the boxes of moths I brought to Lund University when I crossed the pond back in 2015 at the beginning of my PhD to work with @lepphylo.bsky.social to generate the first DNA data I would use for my PhD. These things were all classified together at the time. The DNA told us that was VERY WRONG.

🇺🇸 Do you work with butterflies or moths? 🦋 Present your research at BOB-ELEN 2027! 📢 Abstract submissions for oral presentations and posters are open until **January 31, 2027**. Check the submission guidelines on our website! 🔗 Link in bio #bobelen2027 #lepidoptera #science #unicamp #butterflies

Full time job opportunity for a scientific illustrator to work with us at the U-Michigan museum of zoology and herbarium! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Munetaka Murakami, Chicago White Sox, commemorative $100 bill

The new APG V has just been published @journalsysevo.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... An updated classification of Angiosperms It includes a poster! www.tudelft.nl/en/hortus-bo... 🧪🌸🌳🌱🍁🌱🌴🌾🌿 #plantsci botany #plantbiology

🦬 Random records of a lifetime, 1846-1931 [actually 1932]. . [Source]

There’s an update at the link that if the museum can raise enough money, they can stay open for another year. Click the link in the OP to learn more or donate here: foundation.fhsu.edu/save-sternbe...

UPCOMING EVENTS: October 13 1960 Game 7 Anniversary Radio Broadcast - join us as we listen to one of the greatest baseball games ever on the site it happened 66 years ago October 17: SABR Forbes Field chapter in person meeting at the Heinz History Center. $5 entry for a day of baseball topics..

📢Future? No Thanks! is finally out on itch.io! It's $15 (less than on Steam) and if you own Democratic Socialist Simulator you get an additional 20% launch discount! molleindustria.itch.io/future-no-th...

Remembering Marc Bolan, born on this date in 1947

With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Scans from “Nomads” by Itsuro Naraki. Naraki is a Japanese photographer whose work is deeply influenced by Robert Frank. These portraits show people Naraki met on the street between 1986 and 1994. The book is available for purchase at Pinakotheca Books. IG t.archivist

Just published a fun Open Access paper with several great co-authors from across the continent. Swimming caterpillars! 🐛 🏊‍♀️ 🪳🪲🧪 academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...

TOM WAITS and FLIES ... part 2. open.spotify.com/episode/3aGG...

Here we dissect the FLY by TOM WAITS. So fun. open.spotify.com/episode/2VbX...

Cornucopia of groceries Paw Paw, IL — Pitsburg, OH

Water tower Friend, NE

Bill Mazeroski, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1958 Topps

“The Blob” hit theaters on this date in 1958.

Honus Wagner’s brother Butts was born 155 years ago today.

Such a cool pattern on the underside of this Delias specimen from Papua New Guinea

This Day in Labor History: September 15, 1845. Women working in the Pittsburgh textile mills met in Market Square to discuss the necessity of fighting to cut their days from 12 to 10 hours without a reduction in pay. The workers struck and a militant confrontation with capital resulted!

Chaos on iNat

We have brought back the genus name Polenta and it is now iNat official. You're welcome!

Come work here, it is a fun place and we would love to have you as our colleague: careers.amnh.org/postings/4923 #Lepidoptera #Insect #Entomology #AMNH

who's ready for a 4-game winning streak to stretch into a 19-game winning streak?

Locust Humiliated Swarm He Organized Only Got 40 Million Attendees https://theonion.com/locust-humiliated-swarm-he-organized-only-got-40-million-attendees/

Sunset above Borrego Springs this evening (Photo: Sicco Rood).

I'm sure Eddings would do the same thing for Sonny Gray

Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

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🦋 REGISTRATION IS OPEN! The first registration period for BOB + ELEN 2027 runs from Sep 1–Oct 31. Limited coupons for the Global South! 🌎 ⚠️ Be carefull reading the information on the “Undergraduate Students” and “Graduate Students” categories before registering. 🔗 Registration link in our bio!

Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

The Brother

Feels like the right time to reshare the 1980s Massachusetts tourism campaign whose jingle is perpetually stuck in my head

Entomological rodeos

A stationary lenticular cloud formation above San Ysidro Mountain at sunset on the 23rd this month.

Disband the pirates. Sell off all of their holdings and property.

watching Coyote vs Acme at an independent theater

We'll be hosting our 35th General Meeting @ #EntSoc26 (Nov. 10; Columbus, OH) and are looking for speakers! Presentations can be on anything related to #Diptera If you're interested please message @bertonemyia.bsky.social for a link to submit your talk info for consideration. Hope to see you there!

🐛 Chronologischer Raupenkalender, oder, Naturgeschichte der europäischen Raupen Berlin: Im Verlage von Theodor Bade, 1837. [Source]

Today’s mysterious collection find: @mothpotato.bsky.social unearthed what we thought might be some cool mid century archival insect footage…

Old Ice Pond at Nyack - 1897 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105364

My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.

What an extraordinary story. 💚🌳 @mongabay.com’s Rhett Ayers Butler beautifully captures Dan Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, and the decades of people, science, and persistence behind the restoration and protection of Área de Conservación Guanacaste. A must-read: news.mongabay.com/2026/08/dani...

Caterpillars eat plants, right? 🌿 Not always, some are carnivorous! 🥩🐛 Our new paper documents the life history, behavior, and vibrations of Juditha odites. It feeds on treehoppers, then moves into ant nests to consume ant brood! 🐜🐛🦋 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @insectessociaux.bsky.social