Ele Willoughby, PhD5d ago

Happy birthday to #entomologist Margaret Fountaine (1862-1940), here in my #linocut with many #butterflies from her collection.

Her posthumous books featured her “wild and fearless life,” but she was also a trailblazing famous #Victorian #lepidopterist, published in The Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variations, expert on tropical butterflies, discovering, documenting, breeding & gathering 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1421349950

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #MargaretFountaine #histsci #mastoArt

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 13
Why are some people #mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging
It's not a misconception -- mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others," Frederic Simard of France's Institute of Research for Development told AFP. "But we are not all magnets all the time," the medical #entomologist added.
A range of sensory cues can cause #mosquitoes to pick one human over another—mainly the smell and heat our bodies give off, and the carbon dioxide we exhale.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-people-mosquito-magnets-clues-emerging.html
Why are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging

Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers.

Phys.org
Ele Willoughby, PhDApr 2
Happy birthday #entomologist & scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)! Her stepdad Jacob Marrel & students trained her as an artist. She began painting insects & plants by 13. She wrote, “I spent my time investigating insects. [...] I realized that other caterpillars produced beautiful butterflies or moths, and that silkworms did the same. This led me to collect all the caterpillars I could find in order to see how they changed”.⁠
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#printmaking #sciart #histsci
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Sep 29, 2025
Seven #Ticks Hitched Very Long Rides to #Connecticut
Nonnative species from #Europe, #LatinAmerica and Eastern #Africa reached the #US by latching on to travelers, offering clues about how ticks spread in a warming world.
"Main finding is that we are facing an increasing risk of invasive ticks in the United States,” said Goudarz Molaei, author and #entomologist. He added rate of unintentional introductions of nonnative species appears to be rising
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/science/ticks-invasive-species-connecticut.html
https://archive.ph/mu97W
Seven Ticks Hitched Very Long Rides to Connecticut

The nonnative species from Europe, Latin America and Eastern Africa reached the United States by latching on to travelers, a study by researchers in the state shows, offering clues about how ticks spread in a warming world.

The New York Times
JamesKinghamPhotographyAug 26, 2025
The common garden spider, Uk.

Garden spiders are the most common orb web spider in the UK often found in gardens, giving them their name!

They are greyish-brown with a white cross on their back and spin their famous spiral webs! They sit in the middle of the web waiting to feel the vibrations of a struggling insect in the sticky threads of its web. They then rush out and wrap their prey tightly in silk to stop them from moving – finishing the job with a venomous bite!

This may sound scary – but they are completely harmless to humans!

#gardenspider #spiders #spider #orb #venomous #araneusdiadematus #insect #arachnophobia #arachnid #web #webs #photo #photographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #entomologist
NatureMatchCuts PodcastMay 21, 2025
With #entomologist and #ecologist Mike Williams, illustrator Marian Hill explored local native #insects and explained the effects of #noMowMay and #gardening for #nature: posters showed #pestControls, #pollinators. People began to understand #invertebrates. www.marianhill.co.uk #biodiversity

MARIAN HILL
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Ele Willoughby, PhDMay 16, 2025

Happy birthday to #entomologist Margaret Fountaine (1862-1940), here in my #linocut with many #butterflies from her collection.

Her posthumous books featured her “wild and fearless life,” but she was also a trailblazing famous #Victorian #lepidopterist, published in The Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variations, expert on tropical butterflies, discovering, documenting, breeding & gathering specimens 🧵

#printmaking #womenInSTEM #MargaretFountaine #histsci #mastoArt

NaomiH.artMay 13, 2025
Could an #entomologist tell me what this is, and what's going on on its head, please? Rescued from a rockpool at the beach in #Devon #UK The third pic is even more out of focus, sorry, but seems to have something else attached, too... 🤔🧪
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Ele Willoughby, PhDApr 2, 2025
Happy birthday #entomologist & scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)! Her stepdad Jacob Marrel & students trained her as an artist. She began painting insects & plants by 13. She wrote, “I spent my time investigating insects. [...] I realized that other caterpillars produced beautiful butterflies or moths, and that silkworms did the same. This led me to collect all the caterpillars I could find in order to see how they changed”.⁠ 🧵
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#printmaking #linocut #sciart #MastoArt
History_of_GeologyFeb 8, 2025
February 8, 1825, birthday of #entomologist 🦋 Henry Walter Bates, he explored together with A.R. Wallace the Amazonas region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Walter_Bates

Sometimes insects 🦋 and minerals💎 share surprising similarities:
Henry Walter Bates - Wikipedia