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Peter

@petercoffey

People pay me to do horticultural science. I take photos of bugs. If I mess up, please call me on it! Tweets his own. @peterlcoffey on Instagram

 Greensboro, NC
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Paper wasps never seem to settle down like other insects so I've resorted to bribery.
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Yo are any entomologists still on this thing? And if so then have you heard if your @EntsocAmerica abstracts have been accepted yet?
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Trans Day of Visibility has been on March 31st since 2009, Biden has issued a recognition of it since 2021, Easter moves around (will be on 4/20 next year). Anyone trying to make you angry about this has an agenda (either election year hijinks or just hating trans people)
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I just learned of the two graduate students injured in a shooting during the @EntsocAmerica Southeastern Branch meeting. Grad insurance is pretty awful and these are going to be big bills for these young people. Please help if you can. gofund.me/c538310f
Donate to LSU Graduate Students Injured in Random Shooting, organized by Blake Wilson

Donate to LSU Graduate Students Injured in Random Shooting, organized by Blake Wilson

On Monday night, March 18th, 2024, in downtown Augusta, GA two LSU Gradu… Blake Wilson needs your support for LSU Graduate Students Injured in Random Shooting

gofundme.com
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thomas violence (@thomas_violence) profile picturethomas violence@thomas_violence14 Mar 2024
bad news: scientists got close to making new wind-powered tech that would make international shipping less awful for the environment but they stopped because every time there was an article about it people would quote dunk on it like "they think they invented the sailboat 🤣🤣🤣"
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Let's talk about how this race for Commissioner of Agriculture is going! #ncpol First off: I've raised more $$$ than every single Dem candidate for this seat since 2004. COMBINED. Pictured below: the confidence that comes with a good crop 🥬💸
Photo of Annie Grier from Gaining Ground farm & myself, in a field dressed in winter gear, holding up crates of spinach we just picked out of the field

ALT Photo of Annie Grier from Gaining Ground farm & myself, in a field dressed in winter gear, holding up crates of spinach we just picked out of the field

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Loved ones of Aaron Bushnell, 25, reached out to me and gave me consent to post a blurred version of Bushnell’s protest today against genocide in Palestine. “Aaron is the kindest, gentlest, silliest little kid in the Air Force,” said Errico, who met Bushnell in 2022.
Talia Jane (@taliaotg) profile pictureTalia Jane
@taliaotg25 Feb 2024
UPDATE: I got footage of the self-immolation at the Israeli embassy in DC. The individual, wearing fatigues, introduces himself as “an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide.” After ignition, he repeatedly yells “Free Palestine.”
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Gather round: this @abcnews story is not only one of the most horrific, violent, mysogonist police murder nightmares possible, it's maybe the most depraved framing I've ever seen in copaganda—starting with the headline omitting the woman the cop killed! abc7.com/tennessee-deputy-mi…
https://abc7.com/tennessee-deputy-missing-found-dead-robert-leonard-first-arrest/14429043/

ALT https://abc7.com/tennessee-deputy-missing-found-dead-robert-leonard-first-arrest/14429043/

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HONEY BEES ARE NOT NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA THEY ARE DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND THEY DON'T NEED SAVING NATIVE BEES POLLINATE MOST FLOWERING PLANTS AND ARE THE ONES THAT NEED SAVING
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Got a new orchid #bee tattoo last night, based on a beautiful photo by @wizentrop . I’m really pleased with how it came out.
Image from Eli Wyman, your own personal Beesus (@eli_wyman)
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whenever this is brought up it will *always* remind me of one of my favourite exchanges between Sean Astin and the LoTR DoP Andrew Lesnie on the Return of the King commentary Astin- “where is the light coming from?” Lesnie- “same place as the music”
Image from 🔻 Harish 🔻 (@fruitymonkie)
Image from 🔻 Harish 🔻 (@fruitymonkie)
Image from 🔻 Harish 🔻 (@fruitymonkie)
Image from 🔻 Harish 🔻 (@fruitymonkie)
Jonathan Burdett (@jburd22) profile pictureJonathan Burdett@jburd2228 Jan 2024
I think the worst trend in modern movies is this obsession with naturalistic lighting. Lighting is like sound design, it’s not meant to be realistic.
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Most of us will have seen images of crossing structures like this by now. They’re becoming popular all over the world, for everything from crabs to cougars. But how well do they actually work? Do they mitigate the barrier effect of roads on wildlife movement? 🧵
Image from Dr. Kylie Soanes (@kyliesoanes)
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You hear that? Ohio is a “total banger” for arthropod diversity and we are off to find some fairy shrimp and milli-rares.
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OK don't laugh. I spent 3 days watching every frame of the animated classic FernGully: The Last Rainforest. I cross referenced lists, maps and my own approximate area of where the movie took place around Wollumbin (formerly Mt Warning), Australia to figure out a species list.
Poster for the movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest, featuring all of the main characters on a forest canopy background

ALT Poster for the movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest, featuring all of the main characters on a forest canopy background

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Procambarus and Pacifastacus crayfish banned in Ontario! Looks like my recommendations were taken seriously 😉!! blogto.com/city/2024/01/onta…
Ontario bans multiple species of lobster-like creatures capable of eco-destruction

Ontario bans multiple species of lobster-like creatures capable of eco-destruction

The Province of Ontario is clamping down on invasive species, introducing ten new plants and animals capable of destroying local ecosystems to the In…

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We're in our final push for applications for our Applied Entomology Teaching position! Looking for an MS or PhD who's passionate about teaching and has a strong background in IPM. @MSUEntomology is a great place to work! Apply by January 5, 2024. careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/51…
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There are way too many different types of beetles for God to not be at least on the spectrum
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I wish I'd noticed this very obvious hitchhiker on this Elasmucha lateralis when I was photographing it!
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Honestly amazed I found the tiny thing in the container I was keeping the bug in! It's dead now and soooo tiny, but here's a quick photo stack before i log off.
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