Nat
@nattlebug.bsky.social
PhD student: Entomology🪲 • Illustrator • Crafter • Tea obsessed with a love of nature, unicorns and whimsy
🚫 No AI here!
Icon artwork by @tokoriart.bsky.social
🚫 No AI here!
Icon artwork by @tokoriart.bsky.social
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Nat
@nattlebug.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Hi! I’m an interdisciplinary sciences PhD student who works with cereal grain systems, predominantly with insects and microbes.
I am also an artist who dabbles in crafts and illustrations. I like sharing my unbridled joy for the natural world with others.
Thanks for joining me on this journey!
I am also an artist who dabbles in crafts and illustrations. I like sharing my unbridled joy for the natural world with others.
Thanks for joining me on this journey!
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September 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Congress is considering bills that could strip protections from gray wolves in 44 states. Losing these safeguards would leave wolves vulnerable to hunting and persecution.
Tell your Senators & Representative: oppose anti-wildlife riders. Take action: 👉 bit.ly/3VIlH9Z
Tell your Senators & Representative: oppose anti-wildlife riders. Take action: 👉 bit.ly/3VIlH9Z
September 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Congress is considering bills that could strip protections from gray wolves in 44 states. Losing these safeguards would leave wolves vulnerable to hunting and persecution.
Tell your Senators & Representative: oppose anti-wildlife riders. Take action: 👉 bit.ly/3VIlH9Z
Tell your Senators & Representative: oppose anti-wildlife riders. Take action: 👉 bit.ly/3VIlH9Z
I’m alive. Grad school is grad schooling.
September 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I’m alive. Grad school is grad schooling.
Obsessed with this D&D piece @tokoriart.bsky.social did for me, which was a gift for my husband! He loves his Dragonborn character so much.
September 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Obsessed with this D&D piece @tokoriart.bsky.social did for me, which was a gift for my husband! He loves his Dragonborn character so much.
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Results from a survey of members of 14 different US scientific societies in ecology, evolution, and marine science. Survey Says: 🤬
In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists released this week, 83% said federal government policies since January 20, 2025, had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
Entomologists, Fellow Scientists Report Negative Impacts of Government Actions
In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists, 83% said government policies in 2025 had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.
entomologytoday.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Results from a survey of members of 14 different US scientific societies in ecology, evolution, and marine science. Survey Says: 🤬
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August 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Opening 2 chibi + background slots for 45 instead of 65!
I want to get myself some school supplies, because right now I have speaking courses but in August I will have to take notes
You can also grab something on my Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/tokori
Reposts are appreciated 🧡
#commsopen #furryart #art
I want to get myself some school supplies, because right now I have speaking courses but in August I will have to take notes
You can also grab something on my Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/tokori
Reposts are appreciated 🧡
#commsopen #furryart #art
July 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Opening 2 chibi + background slots for 45 instead of 65!
I want to get myself some school supplies, because right now I have speaking courses but in August I will have to take notes
You can also grab something on my Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/tokori
Reposts are appreciated 🧡
#commsopen #furryart #art
I want to get myself some school supplies, because right now I have speaking courses but in August I will have to take notes
You can also grab something on my Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/tokori
Reposts are appreciated 🧡
#commsopen #furryart #art
My little Sencha is 7 today! 🎉
August 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My little Sencha is 7 today! 🎉
In celebration of attending my first Entomology 2025, here’s some adorable art @tokoriart.bsky.social did of my unicorn with her arthropod friends!
August 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In celebration of attending my first Entomology 2025, here’s some adorable art @tokoriart.bsky.social did of my unicorn with her arthropod friends!
Super excited to be invited to ESA (entomological society of America) Entomology 2025! I’ll be giving a talk about my ongoing project.
See you soon Portland!
See you soon Portland!
August 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Super excited to be invited to ESA (entomological society of America) Entomology 2025! I’ll be giving a talk about my ongoing project.
See you soon Portland!
See you soon Portland!
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#MyLittlePony styled commissions now up on my ko-fi
#MLP #FIM #MLPsky #commission #ko-fi
ko-fi.com/c/a205baf6ad
#MLP #FIM #MLPsky #commission #ko-fi
ko-fi.com/c/a205baf6ad
My little pony art
Commission available on Ko-fi.com
ko-fi.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#MyLittlePony styled commissions now up on my ko-fi
#MLP #FIM #MLPsky #commission #ko-fi
ko-fi.com/c/a205baf6ad
#MLP #FIM #MLPsky #commission #ko-fi
ko-fi.com/c/a205baf6ad
Monarch butterfly enjoying some blooming milkweed. I don’t blame them, milkweed are fragrant and beautiful.
Milkweed is in the dogbane family, which funny enough so are the popular houseplants called hoyas!
If you look closely, you can see the familiar flower shape - shooting star clusters.
Milkweed is in the dogbane family, which funny enough so are the popular houseplants called hoyas!
If you look closely, you can see the familiar flower shape - shooting star clusters.
August 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Monarch butterfly enjoying some blooming milkweed. I don’t blame them, milkweed are fragrant and beautiful.
Milkweed is in the dogbane family, which funny enough so are the popular houseplants called hoyas!
If you look closely, you can see the familiar flower shape - shooting star clusters.
Milkweed is in the dogbane family, which funny enough so are the popular houseplants called hoyas!
If you look closely, you can see the familiar flower shape - shooting star clusters.
Sweet corn season is delightful! 🌽
August 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sweet corn season is delightful! 🌽
They might not seem like much, but those are ghost bells (Monotropa uniflora). They lack chlorophyll which is why they lack that distinctive green coloration.
They are also parasitic and suck the nutrients from other plants!
Truly vampires of the plant world. 🧛♂️
They are also parasitic and suck the nutrients from other plants!
Truly vampires of the plant world. 🧛♂️
August 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They might not seem like much, but those are ghost bells (Monotropa uniflora). They lack chlorophyll which is why they lack that distinctive green coloration.
They are also parasitic and suck the nutrients from other plants!
Truly vampires of the plant world. 🧛♂️
They are also parasitic and suck the nutrients from other plants!
Truly vampires of the plant world. 🧛♂️
Praying to the qPCR god that my qPCR works and is not contaminated today! 🙏🤞
August 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Praying to the qPCR god that my qPCR works and is not contaminated today! 🙏🤞
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Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call…
HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775
HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000
PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.
NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775
HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000
PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.
NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research
Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call…
HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775
HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000
PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.
NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775
HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000
PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.
NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Michigan you were beautiful! Field work tour over from that state for now.
August 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Michigan you were beautiful! Field work tour over from that state for now.
This eastern giant swallowtail was loving some swamp milkweed.
August 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This eastern giant swallowtail was loving some swamp milkweed.
Out monarch scouting in Michigan! Found almost the full lifecycle.
August 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Out monarch scouting in Michigan! Found almost the full lifecycle.
Nothing feels more like summer to me than squash blossoms fried up! They are so yummy!
Grad school has ramped up so I’m not in a position to post drawings. So cooking art it is! Girls gotta eat.
Grad school has ramped up so I’m not in a position to post drawings. So cooking art it is! Girls gotta eat.
August 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Nothing feels more like summer to me than squash blossoms fried up! They are so yummy!
Grad school has ramped up so I’m not in a position to post drawings. So cooking art it is! Girls gotta eat.
Grad school has ramped up so I’m not in a position to post drawings. So cooking art it is! Girls gotta eat.
I needed comfort food so I made some.
Bonito flake base with rice cakes, king oyster mushrooms, Chinese spinach, and roasted lotus roots.
Bonito flake base with rice cakes, king oyster mushrooms, Chinese spinach, and roasted lotus roots.
August 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I needed comfort food so I made some.
Bonito flake base with rice cakes, king oyster mushrooms, Chinese spinach, and roasted lotus roots.
Bonito flake base with rice cakes, king oyster mushrooms, Chinese spinach, and roasted lotus roots.