Living the dream

I'm fighting for my life tracking the taxonomic history of Ophioninae for the World Ichneumonid Database

Me, who studies Nearctic Eremotylus. Ah yes, another Eremotylus fan and victim. *nod nod*

Yearly melancholy. Also for Simophion....sigh...

My multimedia apterous army grows stronger

You already know what upppp

I am going to a medieval themed costume party this saturday

A crudely hand-stitched flea made of felt and embroidery thread.

I am more proud of this flea that I hand-stitched than anything I've done during my PhD.

Ceramic jumping bristletail (Order Archaeognatha/Microcoryphia). They were really common in California but really rare here in Florida.

To be clear I'm still broke which is why I'm still painting gifts LOL

I started painting during Covid because I was broke and wanted to be able to make gifts for people for special occasions. Finished this pretty ambitious piece last week for my friend Ella's baby shower/bday celebration. Fish are hard to paint.

Wip of the Archaeognatha/Microcoryphia ceramic Lil guy

Ceramic sculptures of an aphid and a silverfish sit on a lab bench.

I have returned from my academic burnout-induced hiatus to bring you two ceramic bugs that I have made. The next one, which is hopefully out of the kiln this evening, is a jumping bristletail. The more niche the better

Huzzah!

Of course I think of something really funny to draw 4 days before the art competition deadline for Hymathon smh

Great departmental seminar today by Dr. Watts on the importance of fjords in the face of climate change. I have created a graphical abstract on carbon sequestration

Ceramic Aphid wip

Cartoon of a male mealybug of the genus Puto

Hi ento friends! Does anyone have any mealybugs of the genus Puto from SW California? My junior in my lab is hoping to do some whole genome sequencing and will need a ton! Any and all leads appreciated! As a thanks, please enjoy this doodle of a male :).

I just realized I haven't updated my LinkedIn since 2017...Do people in our field even actually use LinkedIn?

More like Cry-sidid cause they're so beautiful they make me cry. This one was in my old house while I was moving out

Some sketches of Diptera-themed sticker ideas that I considered peddling at ESA in Portland.

Someone take me fishing with them so I can take pictures of fish for my iNat. 🎣Species number go up makes brain go brrrr

Happy Davi-day! Thanks for those here to support our friend @ddpichenumonidae.bsky.social during his defense. Nobody is more deserving!!!!

It'd be fun to do some art trades at ESA this year. I wonder if they are gonna do another art show 👀

I wad paralyzed by choice and did not make anything sob

Hello friends, my first first-author publication has just released! Please take a read, its open access! rdcu.be/eq1xQ

Don't be mean to bioinformaticians on they'll go on your computer and rm -rf *

endogenous viral genome dispersal in Ichneumonoidea is the virus domestication equivalent of the floppyfication of dog ears and I will not allow myself to be silenced any longer

Wow insane catch. I've never seen one in a trap of mine but a girl can dream

I sent an email to the appropriate support person. Hopefully they will allow it!