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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Jaffe's plate for Euchlaena in the Eastern USA. His work is so good.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller will just make up a new "nobler" peace prize for his king.

picture of national guard in dc, with statement: president who declared war on his own country doesn't win nobel peace prize"

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Sloan Tomlinson for all your cool images of parasitoids (attacking leps in Mass. USA - from about 2 years ago).

Wasp larvae, pupae, and adults parasitizing caterpillars and pupae of Lepidoptera.

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Will Clennell @birdbeard.bsky.social · 4d

A few #moths dropped by last soir. Best of the bunch was this nfg Green Brindled Crescent. #teammoth #norfolkmoths

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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💙Matthew U.💙 @match74.bsky.social · 3d

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 3d

thank you bloom county for necessary humor in these dark times

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Rob Stephens @tillingtonchum.bsky.social · 4d

A couple of weeks ago, I thought we’d seen the last Toadflax Brocade caterpillar of the year, but no. Today I found another one.
#caterpillars #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #ento #UKwildlife

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Catherine Gulsvig @crgulsvig.bsky.social · 5d

I nearly forgot a #MothMonday post!

Here's one of my favourites from the weekend -- I love the striped underwings contrasting with the intricate pattern on his upper wings

Nature sometimes makes pretty bold design choices

#Moths
#MothsMatter
#Lepidoptera
#Naturephotography

Close-up of a drab-coloured moth getting nectar from a white and pink flower. His striped underwings are a stunning visual contrast with the lace-like pattern of his upper wings.

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Martine🦋Brennan🍄 @martinebrennan.bsky.social · 5d

Herald moth on blackberries this evening - I then checked lots more Bramble but didn’t find any more moths! #teammoth

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Matt Evers @mattevers.bsky.social · 6d

Feralia februalis Last night here in Sebastopol CA #moth #moths

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 6d

Poster for course on Lepidoptera in Colombian Amazon with a traditional house surrounded by butterflies.

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 9d

See this for a different opinion (and actual live prey) - www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Tasty Generalists and Nasty Specialists? Antipredator Mechanisms in Tropical Lepidopteran Larvae

PDF | To examine the effectiveness of larval antipredator mechanisms and to test the assumption that diet breadth and chemistry are important predictors... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

www.researchgate.net

Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 10d

This is a cool paper! Global selection on insect antipredator coloration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Global selection on insect antipredator coloration

Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understand...

www.science.org

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 22d

tropical leps

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 22d

"...to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him [OR ABOUT] any one else [!!]"

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 22d

Teddy Roosevelt: “The President .. should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted … To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable .”

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Lee Dyer @gusanero.bsky.social · 22d

I am getting old and forgetful, so to remember Stephen Miller's name, I just searched (on google): evil white guy behind trump, and this was the TOP entry.