Dr Will Kuhn 🏳️🌈🐞🐌🐝🌱🪲🦋
@willkuhn.bsky.social
Husband, biologist, nature lover. Director of Science and Research at Discover Life in America. iNaturalist obsessed: @willkuhn 🏠 Knoxville, TN | he/him
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Recently completed leafhopper sweater (designed by @leafhopper.bsky.social) modeled by @ibycter.bsky.social with help from Diego and Zora in scenic Quidi Vidi Village!
#EntoFashion #Knitting
#EntoFashion #Knitting
May 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Recently completed leafhopper sweater (designed by @leafhopper.bsky.social) modeled by @ibycter.bsky.social with help from Diego and Zora in scenic Quidi Vidi Village!
#EntoFashion #Knitting
#EntoFashion #Knitting
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NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
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New paper open access in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
Expert identification blitz: A rapid high value approach for assessing and improving iNaturalist identification accuracy and data precision and confidence
Citizen science data are increasingly used in research and conservation, so assessing and improving data accuracy is important. We recruited 50 experts to review a dataset of Western Australian plant....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
New paper open access in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
Cit sci data quality is a hot topic, and assumptions about ID accuracy are often made without evidence. We decided to test identification accuracy for a WA plants @inaturalist.bsky.social dataset
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For Poison Ivy fans who remember that bit from year 1 about interplanting--that's real; I wasn't making it up! Excellent write-up about indigenous permaculture: www.science.org/content/arti...
Pacific Northwest's ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways
www.science.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For Poison Ivy fans who remember that bit from year 1 about interplanting--that's real; I wasn't making it up! Excellent write-up about indigenous permaculture: www.science.org/content/arti...
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**New paper: Promoting Equity Between the Global North & South in Entomological Research 🌍🦋
Global biodiversity challenges demand equitable collaborations. Strengthening partnerships in the Global South enhances research, conservation, and local capacities.
#Entomology #Conservation #GlobalEquity
Global biodiversity challenges demand equitable collaborations. Strengthening partnerships in the Global South enhances research, conservation, and local capacities.
#Entomology #Conservation #GlobalEquity
March 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
**New paper: Promoting Equity Between the Global North & South in Entomological Research 🌍🦋
Global biodiversity challenges demand equitable collaborations. Strengthening partnerships in the Global South enhances research, conservation, and local capacities.
#Entomology #Conservation #GlobalEquity
Global biodiversity challenges demand equitable collaborations. Strengthening partnerships in the Global South enhances research, conservation, and local capacities.
#Entomology #Conservation #GlobalEquity
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We're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab 🤔☺️
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215...
@quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215...
@quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab 🤔☺️
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215...
@quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215...
@quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
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It was so great to get a chance to search for Tachopteryx this past week and see @willkuhn.bsky.social , @ethantolman.bsky.social, Chris, Patrick, Anton, Aaron and Larry! 🐉🪰 #dragonfly #entomology
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 AM
It was so great to get a chance to search for Tachopteryx this past week and see @willkuhn.bsky.social , @ethantolman.bsky.social, Chris, Patrick, Anton, Aaron and Larry! 🐉🪰 #dragonfly #entomology
