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Victoria Peechatt
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PhD graduate assistant at the University of Nevada, Reno studying chemically mediated plant - caterpillar - natural enemy interactions 🌱🐛🪰🦠
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writer | dancer | philomath
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Here's the first library display I helped set up in Northwest Reno Library: the spectacular diversity of insect interactions in the Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, and beyond
Displays showcasing: 1) the interactions of the monarch-milkweed system and Jaap de Roode's book Doctors by Nature. 2) the diversity of lepidoptera in the Sierra Nevada. 3) the diversity of native bees in the Sierra Nevada and a small box showing differences between bees, wasps, and flies. 4) the diversity of insects in the tropics, small box showing parasitoid wasps. 5) The Carson Wandering Skipper and its host plant distacalus The diversity of life: there are ~2.1 million described species and insects are ~1.1 million of them. Estimates of the actual number of species range from 8-80 million and a good proportion of them are probably insects that will never be described. An example of a system of coevolution: the arms race between plants and insects. Plants like the Indian paintbrush produce specialized metabolites such as iridoid glycosides (base of an iridoid structure displayed) while larvae of the Variable checkerspots develop ways to overcome the toxicity of these chemicals by sequestering them. Display about the art of Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the first naturalists to document the life cycle of insects. Display includes call to action for anyone to become a naturalist with iNaturalist
September 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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So cool to meet everyone, learn about the precedents set by UAW and Region 6, and plan the next actions for Nevada workers!
August 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The absolutely beautiful Sicya macularia, sharp-lined yellow.
Cool to find both the adult in the Toiyabe range and the larva feeding on Ceanothus cordulatus in the Sierra Nevada #teammoth #coolcaterpillars
An attempt of a close up of the caterpillar's head Red and gold geometrid larva with two prominent spines and a blurred face cause we got a dancer! And also cause I'm still practicing my photography skills A bright yellow and gold geometrid moth on a sheet with a friend
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Silvery blues dancing for attention
April 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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>7000 in Carson City, Nevada
April 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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So much going on in one photo
Spider (Mecaphesa?) and bee (Bombylius?) wrestling in a purple flower (Dipterostemon capitatus) in Redding, CA
March 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Just a subset of the graduate students who showed up today for the first hearing of AB191 which would make NSHE recognize not just graduate assistant workers, but faculty and staff, if they choose to be a collective.

We choose to be a collective. #ngsw #uaw #powertothepeople
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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If you see this, post something orange.

Baltimore checkerspot caterpillar
Caterpillar walkin on a stem
January 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Walk with me #laselva
January 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Such a cool little fella #caterpillars #are #cool
January 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM