@belizebugs
@belizebugs
Official account for Annual @bohart_museum Belize Insect Bioblitz trips. All things #belizebugs @fran_keller & @ringtaildave creating National Insect Collection
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04-02-2020 16:56:12
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In the middle of a new project that I'm calling "Crystallographs"--depictions of crystal lattices rendered with ccsb.scripps.edu/illustrate/, probably to be printed large-scale on fabric for the show. Here's my favorite so far--nucleosomes from rcsb pdb 💉🧬💻🔬💊🌱🧠🦠 rcsb.org/structure/6hkt
Our collecting started TREES Belize back in 2014. Here are David Wyatt & Fran Keller, PhD in front of the sign 2017. Dave at 3:00am at the lights near the cabins/2015. And finally Dave & Fran Bohart Museum with most of their #belizebugs from 2016. TREES is fantastic! Go Visit!
It is no problem grabbing these big #Belize beetles with your hands. Just make sure they can’t bend their body to reach your hand. They are squirmy! #belizebugs TREES Belize Males of this Cerambycidae species have larger mandibles than females (most do). & they’re fuzzy
#Belizebugs are always the priority for our #BioBlitz but I can’t deny that I’m a secret birder. #birds are amazing. Not as diverse as insects, but Keel Billed Toucan & its call are recognizable in the jungle. Stopping The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center is a must to see these animals up close.
The pandemic has caused us to cancel #belizebugs Bioblitz 2020. Fran Keller, PhD will miss the sleepless nights processing & labeling whirlpacs, hiking steep muddy trails & of course missing David Wyatt & the folks who love going to the jungle.
Working with Iris Bright and David Wyatt at the Bohart Museum today. We are not social distancing but we are #PhysicalDistancing A mini @belizebugs reunion. #belizebugs
It took us five years to finally capture and document these #helicopterdamselflies. Truly amazing #belizebugs. And the best at this at Las Cuevas was Charlotte H. E. Alberts. Some years none seen, others just too high in canopy. 2019 we captured more than 5. If you know ID, we’d love it.
Just out! Garikipati & Bond-“A checklist of Mantodea of Belize..,”thank you to Jason Bond for support&collaborative work w/Lohit to make this resource possible. Excited for #belizebugs #BohartInsectBioblitz2022 TREES Belize & #LasCuevasResearchStation zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58193/…