Caroline S. Chaboo
@cschaboo
entomologist, beetles, Chrysomelidae
After absence from #TrinidadandTobago odd things draw my eye. Aerial sculptures of electrical, telephone, television & internet cables fascinate me. Cables obscure views of beautiful buildings, but may be too costly to modernize and put underground (and create nice sidewalks?)?
just picked #jackfruit in friends' garden #TrinidadandTobago #Moraceae #Artocarpus I ate the ripe fruit as well as curried unripe fruit (cooked like its cousin, #breadfruit). Yummy.
Mind-bending read #plants #botany #intelligence Thank you @zoeschlanger
Holoparasite plant #dodder #Cuscuta in a native #prairie on this morning‘s hike #KansasCity
world database of #Cerambycidae #Longhorns #TimberBeetles #Beetles titan.gbif.fr/accueil_uk.h...
Daum #Museum of #ContemporaryArt, www.daummuseum.org/ #Sedalia MO Dr. Daum had great tastes, for artists who are so famous today. Good excuse to visit the Missouri State Fair nearby, every August, then escape the heat to Daum's aircon galleries.
discussion with Robin Wall Kimmerer (read "Braiding Sweetgrass" and "The Serviceberry"), hosted by #KansasCity Wildlands & bridgingthegap.org open.spotify.com/episode/6n9b...
news from the international #Chrysomelidae #leafbeetles #beetles community! Download here: coleopsoc.org/resources/be...
1250 books of Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’ were printed at first in the UK. This copy lives at the Linda Hall Library, Kansas City. First editions are valued at auctions for >$300,000......IF they come to market.
Hayford, Jurotich, Malik & Chaboo. 2026. Aquatic #Diptera in #Phytotelmata of #Bromeliaceae and #Zingiberales. In (Lin et al. Eds) Aquatic #Insects #Biodiversity and eDNA Monitoring. Insects. www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/17...
Glenn Wiggins' love of #AnimalArchitecture #insects Finally, I have a copy of this book on my shelf.
“Exquisite Creatures: An Immersive Journey into Nature's Art” #Seattle bio-sculptural #nature #art #exhibition by artist Christopher Marley
fabulous TV show from NOVA on recent #archeological findings in the #Amazon www.tpt.org/nova/video/a... [Spiral mound in #Peru, older than the Egyptian pyramids]
Making plans for plants #museum #exhibitions ansp.org/exhibits/bot...
Yan‑Da Li, Zhi‐Hao Qi, Di‑Ying Huang , Chen‑Yang Cai. 2025. Divergent defense strategies and #niche partitioning in #Cretaceous micro‐ #beetles. Journal of #Systematics and #Evolution
Last day of teaching! Students came bearing various gifts - such thoughtfulness from generous young hearts. I even got a $gift card --feels like taking $$ from babies. One leaves me speechless: home-grown quail eggs, plus special scissors for these membranous shells.