Josiah Kilburn@Armyofinsects

Undergraduate Researcher at Morehead State University who loves ants and photography. I want to study taxonomic myrmecology.

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Joined September 2020
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Genuine Question: How do you think science in the US will change in the next 5 to 10 years? With the advent of AI, recent funding cuts, and restructuring, things are bound to change in a major way. What would you want the next generation of scientists to prioritize (1/2)
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as the enter into the world of science? I am asking mainly because it helps guide the direction I want to go in terms of teaching my class. (2/2)
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Anyone ever found more than 5 Dicromantispa sayi mantis lacewings in a week? I was under the impression they are quite rare but today I caught my 6th since Thursday or Friday. Is it just that there’s a ton of spiders? Or does El Niño have anything to do with it? Castle Rock, CO
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Ant Papers: This Ant’s Range Makes No Sense piped.video/dASDU-uEIGo?si=kB8L…
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Note: This is not a criticism of Wheeler & Wheeler's Research, but rather an interesting retrospective look at a peculiar claim that could inform us about how our understanding of ant species evolves over time.
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Come and see the myrmecoportraiture exhibit! Or if you want a shirt, socks, or a backpack we have those too. bugdesigns.threadless.com/
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Excited to announce my first ever ant exhibit! Featuring live ants, ant scents, interactive games, music, ant sounds, ant macro photos, and more!
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I also got to ride (and see) my first bactrian camel! I also saw some dromedaries on the side of the road…
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Mountain goats from mount blue sky
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Some various entomofauna from this summer.
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I’m not entirely certain but I think this is a courting behaviour between these two tree crickets? Are these identifiable?
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Could someone tell me where I would figure out if there were other snow wasps to help identify the one I have? I don’t know that much about wingless wasps in general and certainly haven’t heard of finding wasps in the snow.
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Here’s a picture of a Cryophilic 1mm wasp. It is flat and I found it crawling on the snow. I mistook it for a snow scorpionfly because I had never seen one. I don’t know what to do with it it’s alive in my fridge until at least tomorrow.
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As a bonus this means I have 1 more order for my cryophile list!
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So I am doing a talk on ‘snow bugs’ for entomology club this week and wanted to get a full list of bugs you might find in the snow please let me know if there’s anything not on my list yet! Snow Fly (Chionea) Snow Scorpoinfly (Boreidae) Snow Stonefly Ice Crawler Reticulitermes
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Various Spider species I saw on the snow What appears to maybe be aphids or woodlice? Midges Wingless snow midge
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For anyone who is interested and attending @EntsocAmerica’s #Entomology2023 meeting, I will be running a mini workshop on putting your research in AR. Its on October 8th at 10:30, so if anyone is able/willing to stick around it will be fun. Please bring a computer!
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Also if you can download Adobe aero, helpx.adobe.com/aero/get-sta… it will help make things run smoother.
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Crematogaster queen Flagging. Picture from Kentucky in September, but I first saw this in Papua New Guinea during ant course. I had never observed ant queens flagging like this.
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For those not familiar: Some species, particularly those within Solenopsis and Crematogaster, produce a little drop of venom and wave it around when threatened. This behaviour is known as flagging because the ants usually wave their gasters around like a little flag.
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