Antlion?

New personal hero: Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of BOTH the super soaker and Nerf blaster.

Making them sit together until they are friends.

Perhaps was inspired by @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com in this post.

Sunday plans

I’m very fast at identifying insects. For example, this is not a spotted lantern fly.

Tanyrhinichthys by Nobu Tamura

Is this real?

Image won’t load because Tegeolepis is trickster demon from another timeline

Poppy decided to help me with my lecture.

Applying for grants

Focusing only on the most important topics in this evolution class

Can you tell which is which?

My advisor: did you think about this interpretation of your data? Me:

Was referring to this fish of course

I’ll pick up the check, do they take giant stone coins here?

Trying to overhear drama at the poster session like:

OMG he’s literally me

My favorite fish on display @mosasaurologist.bsky.social

The grad school experience

Stepping outside in June

Magnificent house spider. Has several other spiders in its web!

My entomology skills are growing, I’m pretty sure this isn’t a spotted lanternfly.

The face I make at the speaker when I have no clue what they are talking about.

First spotted lanternfly of the season spotted and bagged. Only took me a few tries to catch!

How I feel trying to learn basic genetics

This is the best version of Sherlock Holmes

How many kinds of encrusting animal can you spot? Brachiopod from Traverse Group of Michigan, photo by a student of mine.

Stromatolites once ruled this world...