Arthropod Photo of the Week: April 5, 2023
Green jewel bugs mating
Chrysocoris stollii
Hemiptera: Scutelleridae
By Shashidharswamy Hiremath
Karnataka, India
#arthropodPOTW
#entomology #insects #bugs

You Can Turn Your Backyard Into a #Biodiversity Hotspot

New research shows that if done right, #urbanFarms and #gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the #environment.
#GreenWitch #urbanGarden #solarpunk #springiscoming #UrbanHomestead

https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-turn-your-backyard-into-a-biodiversity-hotspot/

It’s not great when a person sucks all the oxygen out of a room. When a battery does it to a tumor, though, it could be a good thing. New from me https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-battery-cancer-cells-oxygen-mice

Found this unforgettable little dude this morning at Hornsby Bend. A hackberry emperor caterpillar.

#Asterocampa #Insects #Caterpillars #Lepidoptera #Nature

And a lycid beetle:

Coming soon! Micro #photography of #chemistry by Ivan Amato and #Science inspired watercolors by me. Opening at Artists & Makers gallery in Rockville MD on March 29 #sciart #art https://www.flickr.com/photos/39321951@N07/albums/72177720305959967/with/52684702526/

Finished processing and captioning the bug photos from our December-January Australia excursion.

I focused less on ants than usual, partly because I've photographed a lot of Victorian ants over the past decade already, and partly because my day job as a general entomology curator has broadened my focus.

#Australia #Bugs #Insects #Photography

The photos:

https://www.alexanderwild.com/Photography/Recent/n-js6qN/

I'm Batman

Weak electric currents applied to the scalp (known as transcranial electrical stimulation #tES) can affect brain activity in surprisingly complex ways. @prokraustinator &co investigate how these effects can be used to treat #disease or improve #cognition. https://plos.io/3kU7eJc

Humanity has historically eaten 6,000 plants; now we eat mostly NINE: This is a great (scary) story from Bloomberg on how global diets have converged on a few crops in a few decades – with many alarming implications. Well told (super smart graphics!) #food #climate
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-global-diet-homogeneous-food-security-risk/?cmpid=BBD010523_prognosis&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230105&utm_campaign=prognosis&leadSource=uverify%20wall

A proposal: Release a black #squirrel if no new #Speaker is elected, a white squirrel if a new #speakerofthehouse is announced

#Squirrel of the Day for January 5, 2023 and his leaf #Squirrels #NaturePhotography

A pensive #Squirrel of the Day for January 6, 2023 #Squirrels #NaturePhotography

The very last #squirrel of the day for December 31, 2022 has to be my dear friend Swole
#squirrels

Number 4 is this surprised-looking fellow enjoying an almond
#Squirrels of 2022 #Squirrel #NewYear #countdown

Number 2 is this cozy pair sharing a hollow branch in December

#Squirrels of 2022 #Squirrel #NewYear #countdown

#Squirrel of the Day for December 27, 2022 is winter-ready! #Squirrels

#squirrel of the day for December 17, 2022 was just having a peanut when he was suddenly overcome with melancholy for his lost youth #squirrels

The Decoratoring™ has effloresced.