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Anna’s hummingbird lighting the way into 2024.

I wish you a happy new year!

Greeting card for the new year. Photo of Iris flowers.

I was concerned to find very few praying mantis egg sacs around my house this year. This morning, while walking my dog, I discovered one merely 10 cm above the ground surface. Further exploration in our small yard revealed 6 mantis egg sacs, all laid near the ground surface, which is why I couldn’t find them before. I wonder if this year’s prolonged hot summer, followed by rapid cooling, might have caused this 🤔#PrayingMantises #ClimateChange

Six mantis egg sacs are found in our yard, all laid near the ground surface, which is why I couldn’t find them before!

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No party like a termite party.

#Termites #Insects #Australia

photograph of the opening to a termite nest with a dozen light brown termites with shiny black nozzle-shaped heads standing about facing different directions.

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🐝Bee #postdoc alert!🐝
3-year FT #PDRA at U Hull
with me, Beth Nicholls and Jeremy Niven (U Sussex), on bee #physiology, #ecology & #climate change.
ℹ️ See flyer👇
📧 Email in bio for Qs!
🗓️ Closes 8 Oct.
🔗https://jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=UOH-TA-0079

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🐝 Bee PhD alert! 🐝
🎓Funded PhD with me @UniofHull, Prof. Jeremy Niven and @bethbees @SussexUni: Computational modelling, insect energy budgets, resilience to habitat/climate change. Email in my bio for any Qs!
🗓️Closes 2 Oct, Jan 2024 start
🔗 https://www.hull.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/phd/funded/computational-modelling-of-insect-energy-budgets-to-determine-the-impact-of-a-changing-environmental-conditions

A female alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii) probing flowers of honeyvine milkweed (Cynanchum caudatum). A phone pic, not photoshopped, but still magnificent! #biodiversity #butterflies

A female alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii) probing flowers of honeyvine milkweed (Cynanchum caudatum). The wing is basically black, but with metallic blue green scales make them look a luxurious dress.

Back in Sugadaira for a field course. Grassland flowers and insects are always fun to watch! #biodiversity #grasslands #pollinators #bumblebees

A male bumble bee (Bombus hypocrita) is flying between pincusion flowers (Scabiosa japonica, right) and flowers of great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis, left).

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Let’s bee friends.

An Allen’s hummingbird feeds at a caperbush flower while a honeybee flies past it toward the left

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Around this time a year ago I decided to finally get a guitar I’d wanted for a long time. The Hummingbird.

Closeup of the etching on the pickguard of my guitar, a Gibson Hummingbird

A study found red Euonymus flowers attract fungus gnats for pollination, while white ones draw bees, beetles & brachyceran flies. Dark-red color, short stamens, and acetoin smell might indicate a unique #PollinationSyndrome associated with fungus gnats.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad081

The title of the paper, "Adaptation to pollination by fungus gnats underlies the evolution of pollination syndrome in the genus Euonymus"

A female clear-wing hawkmoth (Cephonodes hylas) is visiting the Gardenia tree in our yard to lay her eggs. I love watching their super energetic aerial show! The tree already has some larvae living in it as well. #biodiversity #hawkmoths #Sphingidae #garden

A clear-wing hawkmoth (Cephonodes hylas) hovering in front of the Gardenia tree.

A clear-wing hawkmoth (Cephonodes hylas) bending her abdomen while laying her eggs under the leaf of Gardenia.

Found a dead Japanese jewel beetle (Chrysochroa fulgidissima) in the shrine near our house. It’s a huge one. Wondering how it feels to look so gorgeous even after death. Nature is amazing! #biodiversity #JewelBeetles #beetles #StructuralColor

A dead Japanese jewel beetle (Chrysochroa fulgidissima) on my hand. It’s about 5 cm long, with the metallic green and red stripes.

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Anna’s hummingbird at sage

An Allen’s hummingbird feeding at a sage

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Anna’s hummingbird male territorial display

A male Anna’s hummingbird perched in a tree, displaying his metallic magenta gorget, with his wing and tail feathers stretched out

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FINALLY. I’ve spent years trying to capture this.

Two Allen’s hummingbirds facing each other in an aggressive confrontation on a green plant

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Allen’s hummingbird at wooly blue curls. This is one of the photos I’m most proud of.

An Allen’s hummingbird feeding at a wooly blue curls flower

Leaving the building after work, this guy caught my eyes. A beautiful green cicada, Hyalessa maculaticollis, symbolizing midsummer tradition in eastern Japan. Hey, I hope you're enjoying your ultra-short vacation to the fullest! #biodiversity #cicadas

A robust cicada (Hyalessa maculaticollis) resting on a twig. It has beautiful green eyes and clear wings.

As soon as the loosestrife (Lythrum anceps) in our garden started blooming, a carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata) arrived immediately. Hello, big lady. #biodiversity #garden #bees

A female carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata) visiting flowers of loosestrife (Lythrum anceps).

Been wandering around Sugadaira Highland, searching for a plant species to be used in a new master’s thesis. Delighted to see many breathtaking blossoms! #biodiversity #grasslands #flowers

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