Marianne Alleyne
@cotesia.bsky.social
Entomologist. Assistant Prof. University of Illinois C-U. Bioinspired Design is my jam, parasitoids my love. #Insect #SciPol #SciCom #Bioinspiration Dutch too.
We need some help from folks more familiar with describing insect body parts. This is a fragment of a figure for a paper. In the text, we need to describe structure ii.
(The click beetle is in this position in our test rig.)
(The click beetle is in this position in our test rig.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We need some help from folks more familiar with describing insect body parts. This is a fragment of a figure for a paper. In the text, we need to describe structure ii.
(The click beetle is in this position in our test rig.)
(The click beetle is in this position in our test rig.)
Not sure if we should actually claim her as Dutch - technically she was German. But I won’t tell if you won’t.
I’m impressed by detail in the Ruysch paintings. It was fun to try to find all the critters. One docent pointed them all out for me. Fun to see that she was also enamored by the paintings.
I’m impressed by detail in the Ruysch paintings. It was fun to try to find all the critters. One docent pointed them all out for me. Fun to see that she was also enamored by the paintings.
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Not sure if we should actually claim her as Dutch - technically she was German. But I won’t tell if you won’t.
I’m impressed by detail in the Ruysch paintings. It was fun to try to find all the critters. One docent pointed them all out for me. Fun to see that she was also enamored by the paintings.
I’m impressed by detail in the Ruysch paintings. It was fun to try to find all the critters. One docent pointed them all out for me. Fun to see that she was also enamored by the paintings.
MSM is well-represented. Not just the Suriname plates.
(We have two of the Suriname books at Illinois - I visit them yearly - but those are not colored). I also only saw the colored plates at the BP gallery.
The whole museum was a very pleasant surprise.
(We have two of the Suriname books at Illinois - I visit them yearly - but those are not colored). I also only saw the colored plates at the BP gallery.
The whole museum was a very pleasant surprise.
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
MSM is well-represented. Not just the Suriname plates.
(We have two of the Suriname books at Illinois - I visit them yearly - but those are not colored). I also only saw the colored plates at the BP gallery.
The whole museum was a very pleasant surprise.
(We have two of the Suriname books at Illinois - I visit them yearly - but those are not colored). I also only saw the colored plates at the BP gallery.
The whole museum was a very pleasant surprise.
Some day I want to learn more about and then write about the importance of these women to the arts AND to science: Sibylla Merian, Herolt, Monincks, van Rijk, Ruysch, Withoos, de Heer, van Oosterwijck, Ykens, etc.
(This is a detail from a Ruysch painting from 1687)
(This is a detail from a Ruysch painting from 1687)
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Some day I want to learn more about and then write about the importance of these women to the arts AND to science: Sibylla Merian, Herolt, Monincks, van Rijk, Ruysch, Withoos, de Heer, van Oosterwijck, Ykens, etc.
(This is a detail from a Ruysch painting from 1687)
(This is a detail from a Ruysch painting from 1687)
Here are just a few of those details.
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here are just a few of those details.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
(I adore Omar Sy and the show Lupin.)
(I adore Omar Sy and the show Lupin.)
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
(I adore Omar Sy and the show Lupin.)
(I adore Omar Sy and the show Lupin.)
Soooo dope. They look like the most groovy sock puppets.
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Soooo dope. They look like the most groovy sock puppets.
The quiet before the storm. #entvocate #entomology #insects
With @insects247.bsky.social
Buggapalooza at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.
With @insects247.bsky.social
Buggapalooza at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.
August 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The quiet before the storm. #entvocate #entomology #insects
With @insects247.bsky.social
Buggapalooza at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.
With @insects247.bsky.social
Buggapalooza at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.
This week I'm celebrating 30 years of marriage (easy!) and 30 years at the University of Illinois! (wow!)
The latter achievement comes with a "free" gift. There were some nerdy gift options...
Reader, she went with the liquor decanter & glasses. No one is surprised. #WeAreRumPeople
The latter achievement comes with a "free" gift. There were some nerdy gift options...
Reader, she went with the liquor decanter & glasses. No one is surprised. #WeAreRumPeople
August 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This week I'm celebrating 30 years of marriage (easy!) and 30 years at the University of Illinois! (wow!)
The latter achievement comes with a "free" gift. There were some nerdy gift options...
Reader, she went with the liquor decanter & glasses. No one is surprised. #WeAreRumPeople
The latter achievement comes with a "free" gift. There were some nerdy gift options...
Reader, she went with the liquor decanter & glasses. No one is surprised. #WeAreRumPeople
July 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Tell me you’re European, without telling me you’re European”.
#TeamPapaya #LeTour #SummerSundayMornings
#TeamPapaya #LeTour #SummerSundayMornings
July 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Tell me you’re European, without telling me you’re European”.
#TeamPapaya #LeTour #SummerSundayMornings
#TeamPapaya #LeTour #SummerSundayMornings
July 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I love the dulcet tones of RP's Pete Woods 🤣
July 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I love the dulcet tones of RP's Pete Woods 🤣
My brain hurts bc:
1. Trying to understand budget disaster
2. To feed brain, I'm reading Butler's "Parable of the Talents". Concl: We're currently ahead of PofT's 2032 SciFi world.
3. To relax brain, decided to watch "Idiocracy". Didn't work. Looks like IRL we are 500 yrs ahead of movie's world.
1. Trying to understand budget disaster
2. To feed brain, I'm reading Butler's "Parable of the Talents". Concl: We're currently ahead of PofT's 2032 SciFi world.
3. To relax brain, decided to watch "Idiocracy". Didn't work. Looks like IRL we are 500 yrs ahead of movie's world.
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My brain hurts bc:
1. Trying to understand budget disaster
2. To feed brain, I'm reading Butler's "Parable of the Talents". Concl: We're currently ahead of PofT's 2032 SciFi world.
3. To relax brain, decided to watch "Idiocracy". Didn't work. Looks like IRL we are 500 yrs ahead of movie's world.
1. Trying to understand budget disaster
2. To feed brain, I'm reading Butler's "Parable of the Talents". Concl: We're currently ahead of PofT's 2032 SciFi world.
3. To relax brain, decided to watch "Idiocracy". Didn't work. Looks like IRL we are 500 yrs ahead of movie's world.
Was sent these pics by friends attending Kalamazoo MI protest.
(As a non-citizen I’m sitting this one out, but love how my friends keep me updated 😉 )
(As a non-citizen I’m sitting this one out, but love how my friends keep me updated 😉 )
June 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Was sent these pics by friends attending Kalamazoo MI protest.
(As a non-citizen I’m sitting this one out, but love how my friends keep me updated 😉 )
(As a non-citizen I’m sitting this one out, but love how my friends keep me updated 😉 )
June evening in Central Illinois. ❤️💡Last night the trees seemed to be lit by holiday lights. An amazing sight. (Sound up!)
(iPhone cannot really do the firefly spectacle justice, but I wanted to share this awe-inspiring experience during these bleak times. Find some peace outside, my dear friends.)
(iPhone cannot really do the firefly spectacle justice, but I wanted to share this awe-inspiring experience during these bleak times. Find some peace outside, my dear friends.)
June 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
June evening in Central Illinois. ❤️💡Last night the trees seemed to be lit by holiday lights. An amazing sight. (Sound up!)
(iPhone cannot really do the firefly spectacle justice, but I wanted to share this awe-inspiring experience during these bleak times. Find some peace outside, my dear friends.)
(iPhone cannot really do the firefly spectacle justice, but I wanted to share this awe-inspiring experience during these bleak times. Find some peace outside, my dear friends.)
It took me an embarrassingly long time to understand the meaning of this headline. Are other entomologists equally confused, or just me?
(Glad everyone is Ok, and that none of the 200 flies were hurt in (my imagined) experiment.)
(Glad everyone is Ok, and that none of the 200 flies were hurt in (my imagined) experiment.)
May 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It took me an embarrassingly long time to understand the meaning of this headline. Are other entomologists equally confused, or just me?
(Glad everyone is Ok, and that none of the 200 flies were hurt in (my imagined) experiment.)
(Glad everyone is Ok, and that none of the 200 flies were hurt in (my imagined) experiment.)
This one is also pretty epic.
May 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This one is also pretty epic.
My neighbor makes awesome musical instruments. This one is my favorite.
May 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My neighbor makes awesome musical instruments. This one is my favorite.
So awesome!
I’ve been binge watching “The Repair Shop” (UK version, of course), and I feel you should take it over to them.
They often battle “woodworm”, but this would totally redeem insects/beetles.
I’ve been binge watching “The Repair Shop” (UK version, of course), and I feel you should take it over to them.
They often battle “woodworm”, but this would totally redeem insects/beetles.
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So awesome!
I’ve been binge watching “The Repair Shop” (UK version, of course), and I feel you should take it over to them.
They often battle “woodworm”, but this would totally redeem insects/beetles.
I’ve been binge watching “The Repair Shop” (UK version, of course), and I feel you should take it over to them.
They often battle “woodworm”, but this would totally redeem insects/beetles.
Did a big phone news app clean-up. Dumped some of the big ones. Then organized the remainder in order of frequency of use. The last two are rarely opened. Should I add any others? (I probably get most other useful news through skeets)
March 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Did a big phone news app clean-up. Dumped some of the big ones. Then organized the remainder in order of frequency of use. The last two are rarely opened. Should I add any others? (I probably get most other useful news through skeets)
Spent some time in a record shop while in NYC this weekend (Nostalgia!). Took some quick pics of album covers with entomology-related imagery. Check out that leafhopper brochosome featured on the Slift album!
March 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Spent some time in a record shop while in NYC this weekend (Nostalgia!). Took some quick pics of album covers with entomology-related imagery. Check out that leafhopper brochosome featured on the Slift album!
My contribution. Still a work in progress.
(Needs more pics representing science. Letters need to be more defined.)
(Needs more pics representing science. Letters need to be more defined.)
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
My contribution. Still a work in progress.
(Needs more pics representing science. Letters need to be more defined.)
(Needs more pics representing science. Letters need to be more defined.)
Thinking a lot about Katharine Graham today. And SMDH.
(Graham's “Personal History”, is probably my favorite autobiography.)
(Graham's “Personal History”, is probably my favorite autobiography.)
February 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thinking a lot about Katharine Graham today. And SMDH.
(Graham's “Personal History”, is probably my favorite autobiography.)
(Graham's “Personal History”, is probably my favorite autobiography.)