Scott P. Egan
@scottpegan.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist & Scientific Naturalist | Associate Professor | Director, E4 Initiative | @RiceUniversity #science #biology #evolution #speciation #entomology #biodiversity #genomics #discovery
Lab website: https://scottpegan.com
Lab website: https://scottpegan.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 427): The flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) perched on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas #biodiversity 📸:Christa Denning
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 427): The flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) perched on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas #biodiversity 📸:Christa Denning
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 426): Red paper wasps (Polistes carolina) busy foraging at the top of the canopy of the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas #biodiversity 📸:Christa Denning
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 426): Red paper wasps (Polistes carolina) busy foraging at the top of the canopy of the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas #biodiversity 📸:Christa Denning
Ten mile run before 10am. 👟
San Jacinto River, Humble, TX.
San Jacinto River, Humble, TX.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ten mile run before 10am. 👟
San Jacinto River, Humble, TX.
San Jacinto River, Humble, TX.
(Part2) Biodiversity isn’t a quality only to describe far-off lands — it’s right here in our own backyards!
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
(Part2) Biodiversity isn’t a quality only to describe far-off lands — it’s right here in our own backyards!
Monarch butterfly on its 1000 mile migration to Mexico, resting on a live oak in Texas! (📸: Christa Denning)
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Monarch butterfly on its 1000 mile migration to Mexico, resting on a live oak in Texas! (📸: Christa Denning)
Biodiversity isn’t a quality only to describe far-off lands — it’s right here in our own backyards!
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Biodiversity isn’t a quality only to describe far-off lands — it’s right here in our own backyards!
Caterpillar crosswalk at #RiceUniversity 🐛
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Caterpillar crosswalk at #RiceUniversity 🐛
The Ocellated Tiger Beetle (Cicindelidia ocellata) hunting on the shore of Spring Creek, near Houston, TX. #biodiversity
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Ocellated Tiger Beetle (Cicindelidia ocellata) hunting on the shore of Spring Creek, near Houston, TX. #biodiversity
Getting ready for my next trip to Mexico to visit colleagues and sample galls wasps! 🇲🇽
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Getting ready for my next trip to Mexico to visit colleagues and sample galls wasps! 🇲🇽
Lab members @maryamrfaghihi.bsky.social and Skylar Godwin participated in the Rice Natural Sciences Scientific Image contest.
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Lab members @maryamrfaghihi.bsky.social and Skylar Godwin participated in the Rice Natural Sciences Scientific Image contest.
Somedays, I feel like the snake; somedays, I feel like the frog.
September 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Somedays, I feel like the snake; somedays, I feel like the frog.
Check this out!!!
Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) trying to swallow a much bigger Southern Leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)! 😂🤯
Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) trying to swallow a much bigger Southern Leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)! 😂🤯
September 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Check this out!!!
Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) trying to swallow a much bigger Southern Leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)! 😂🤯
Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) trying to swallow a much bigger Southern Leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)! 😂🤯
Box turtles are the best!
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Box turtles are the best!
“Nobody’s home.”
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Nobody’s home.”
Early morning 10-mile run across the San Jacinto River north of Houston, Texas. 🏃♂️👟
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Early morning 10-mile run across the San Jacinto River north of Houston, Texas. 🏃♂️👟
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 259): Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas. 📸:@DenningDesign #dragonfly #biodiversity
September 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 259): Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas. 📸:@DenningDesign #dragonfly #biodiversity
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 425): An American black bear (Ursus americanus) in a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Florida, USA. #biodiversity (Photo credit: GateHouse Florida file/Bruce Ackerman)
September 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 425): An American black bear (Ursus americanus) in a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Florida, USA. #biodiversity (Photo credit: GateHouse Florida file/Bruce Ackerman)
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 424): The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) tending a Disholcaspis quercusvirens gall on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in New Orleans, Louisiana. #biodiversity
September 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 424): The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) tending a Disholcaspis quercusvirens gall on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in New Orleans, Louisiana. #biodiversity
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 423): The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) tending a Disholcaspis cinerosa gall on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in New Orleans, Louisiana. #biodiversity
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 423): The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) tending a Disholcaspis cinerosa gall on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in New Orleans, Louisiana. #biodiversity
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 422): Two-lined spittle bug (Prosapia bicinta) “spittling”on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in New Orleans, Louisiana. #biodiversity
September 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 422): Two-lined spittle bug (Prosapia bicinta) “spittling”on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in New Orleans, Louisiana. #biodiversity
At our recent BioSciences Department retreat, Egan lab PhD student @maryamrfaghihi.bsky.social was recognized as one of the best TAs over the last academic year! Congratulations, Maryam! And congrats to all our EEB program grad student awardees! #RiceEEB #SpaceCityEEB
September 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
At our recent BioSciences Department retreat, Egan lab PhD student @maryamrfaghihi.bsky.social was recognized as one of the best TAs over the last academic year! Congratulations, Maryam! And congrats to all our EEB program grad student awardees! #RiceEEB #SpaceCityEEB
Galls galore on Louisiana live oaks! #biodiversity
September 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Galls galore on Louisiana live oaks! #biodiversity
Defense behavior by the black carpenter ant tending Disholcaspis galls on the southern live oak. The gall emits a sugary substance that attracts the ants, who then defend the baby wasp inside! #mutualism #biodiversity
September 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Defense behavior by the black carpenter ant tending Disholcaspis galls on the southern live oak. The gall emits a sugary substance that attracts the ants, who then defend the baby wasp inside! #mutualism #biodiversity