Matt Bertone

All forms of Beetle are valid forms of Beetle, including this

Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

Great pics! Not sure which one these were: bsky.app/profile/bert...

I DO!

Unfortunately we didn't win it all, but the team was great! University of Florida bested NCSU in the finals, but both teams have a chance to compete in the Nationals! 💪🏼😎

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AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

Actual footage of #markwaynemullin being named.

It's that genus, but I'm not sure a species identification is possible from pics.

An iridescent dark navy blue beetle with short soft wing covers on top of a very large soft abdomen walks across a dead leaf. It has a very narrow thorax and head, and beaded antennae.

An iridescent dark navy blue beetle with short soft wing covers on top of a very large soft abdomen walks across a dead leaf. It has a very narrow thorax and head, and beaded antennae.

An iridescent dark navy blue beetle with short soft wing covers on top of a very large soft abdomen lies curled up with legs tucked in on a leaf. It has a very narrow thorax and head, and beaded antennae. There is an orange-yellow droplet of oily cantharidin coming out of the middle leg joint.

Close up of an orange-yellow droplet of oily cantharidin coming out of the middle leg joint of the beetle.

Excited to finally get pics of this genus of oil/blister beetle! This female played dead when disturbed & exuded droplets of cantharidin from her legs. This sticky substance can cause blisters & has been called "Spanish fly". Larvae are parasites of solitary bee nests. #Meloidae: #Meloe; NC, USA

Slide being projected showing game brackets. UT vs UF game 1, UGA vs Clemson game 2, LSU vs winner of game 1, NCSU vs winner of game 2

Photo showing teams sitting in stage with the moderator up front

Getting ready for regional Entomology Games!!! 🥳 ... But I guess we play tomorrow 😊 Looking forward to seeing the competition, though. 🧐

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Very large dark red mayfly with wings held up straight, and giant two-toned compound eyes, orange in the upper third and dark blue below. She's holding her 1st leg pair forward and up like antennae

Top down view of the creature's head, giant eyes protruding out like a drum set

Face of the creature, big blue/orange eyes peering at everything everywhere all at once

Extremely close shot of the creature's compound eyes

Throwback to the time This Thing appeared 👀 (giant mayfly, from 2021)

Slender orange and black moth with lovely wasp-like partially clear wings, and a tight orange fanned "tail" floof

OooOOooooh clearwing moth lass visited the Black Light Café tonight 🖤

A cool little Mycena that I photographed in Oxapampa, Perú. Never seen one with this cool stem texture before, no idea which species it could be.

Olympus OM-1 / 90 mm macro lens / 180 images stacked, ISO 200, f/5.

#mushrooms #mycena #fungifriends #olympus

Genus Caenoplana Caenoplana from Charlotte Pass NSW, Australia on February 26, 2026 at 05:54 PM by vinci1000

Huh. I did NOT know there were Australian land flatworms that were BLUE with a white racing stripe! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

who made this

A black katydid in lateral view resembling a pompilif wasp

Or these cute katydids of the genus Aganacris. The movements, antennae, and overall coloration are really convincing too.
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"Assemble the Board of Peace - I'm starting a war".

A macro photo of a slender, tiny wasp atop a batch of katydid eggs. The eggs, which look like brown lima beans, are tiled along a brown grass stem. Four have roundish holes chewed through their sides, where parasitoid wasps (like the one perched on top of them) chewed their way out. The wasp is metallic-copper colored with a yellow abdomen band and large eyes.

A macro photo of a group of katydid eggs, which look like brown lima beans, tiled along a brown grass stem against a pale green background. In the upper right, a tiny wasp's face is peeking out of an escape hole it is chewing from the inside of a katydid egg it has parasitized. A second egg, lower left, has a hole in it where a wasp has already hatched and flown off.

A macro photo of a tiny, green, newly-hatched katydid nymph perched atop a fingertip, against a green and blue-green background. The fingertip and katydid are lower right, and one of the katydid's extremely long antennae stretches all the way up to the upper left corner of the frame.

From a few years ago: katydid eggs mostly parasitized by tiny wasps. When a katydid hatches, the egg opens like a clam shell; but as you can see (pic 2), if there's a parasitoid wasp inside, they chew their way out. Btw, the baby katydid on my fingertip hatched from the same egg clutch. #BugSky 🐙🌿

Only a couple days left to apply for this course!
We hope you consider it and we'd love to see you there for this amazing opportunity 😊🦟🎉

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The long 2010s are finally over

The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.

$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".

Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….

aged poorly

Acanthogammarus victorii Acanthogammarus victorii from Байкал, Россия on July 9, 2023 at 03:29 PM by Kari

Acanthogammarus from Lake Baikal #amphipodstoday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Illustrated logo with a square bottom and round top, light blue background showing a lake and trees in the background. Three flies, a robber fly, midge, and crane fly sit below the Dipterists Society logo. Bottom wording says "Itasca Biological Station"

Photo of a lake with a rocky shoreline, with clouds and trees in the background

We're excited to announce registration is open for the 19th Dipterists Society Field Meeting, to be held June 15–19th at the Itasca Biological Station in northern Minnesota!

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We look forward to seeing you there!

Wait for it... If I could do that I would be more insufferable than I am now. Chiroteuthis from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 454 #designingthefuture2 #MarineLife

Just one week left to apply to Fly School IV!!!

✨ It’s a yes or no question ✨

One notable thing about Borneo is that there are sooo many leeches. They wait around on leaves and, when the unsuspecting myrmecologist lies down on the floor to watch ants, they jump off and crawl towards him. By the dozens. Ant hunting in Borneo is a bloody business. The leeches are pretty though.

🚨 Research Alert – We Need Your Help! 🚨
Have you seen an insect that looks like this?
Researchers at UWI are trying to confirm whether this species is still present in Jamaica 🇯🇲
They are mostly active at night and attracted to lights.
📸 If you see one: • Take a clear

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