@MikeGates17

USDA Research Entomologist. Chalcidoidea, parasitoid biodiversity, trapping methods. Enjoy botanizing. Coffee snob. Fan of barrel-aged stouts

 Washington, DC
Joined February 2015
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Let’s get 500 retweets on this as soon as possible to humiliate Donald Trump. The greatest political ad ever made.
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78-Year-Old Man Running for President Won’t Release Medical Records trib.al/oiJ1WIl

Trump Faces Fresh Uproar Over Refusal to Release Medical Records

Donald Trump would be the oldest person to serve as president—and he wants no one to know about the true state of his health.

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Spread love
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6z GFS: Complete flooding disaster would occur if this track verified! Gets blocked and bounces around in the SE/Gulf Coast for over a week!
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Very happy to introduce a new fungus to the world, Endoantria benetecta, which represents not only a new species but a new genus of ascomycetes. It is special as it has only been found in temperate rainforests in Scotland and Wales. It's a super interesting fungus: here's why 1/
Unpublished photos of the very first sample of Endoantria benetecta, with habitat photos showing the orange fungus nestled in its host liverwort perianths, as well as photos of the 1-septate ascospores in Lugol's iodine.

ALT Unpublished photos of the very first sample of Endoantria benetecta, with habitat photos showing the orange fungus nestled in its host liverwort perianths, as well as photos of the 1-septate ascospores in Lugol's iodine.

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Coleopterists: is this Lytta aenea. Flying yesterday near Great Falls, VA
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Marsh marigold moth, micropterix calthella. A real punkhead😎I discovered up to six of these moths in a single Ranunculus acris flower. These moths do not have a proboscis but actually have mandibles. Have you ever been bitten by a butterfly? #micropterixcalthella #urmotte #butterfly #moth #insects #lepidoptera #scales #stacking
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‘Tis the season for acorns.🌰🌰🌰 They’re the go-to-snack of many animals, including the amazing acorn weevil. 👀Watch how it ingeniously cracks into tough acorns in #DeepLook’s latest video: bit.ly/AcornWeevilYT
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Peruvian Darwin wasps of the genus Dolichomitus Smith, 1877 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with a key to Neotropical species   doi.org/10.1007/s13744-023-0…   #neotropicalentomology #seb #systematics #morphology #physiology #hymenoptera #ichneumonidae #darwinwasps #neotropical
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Gonna go through withdrawal next week. #entsoc23
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Next up for #NationalHairDay is the terrible hairy fly! Mormotomyia hirsuta, the terrible hairy fly, is a species known from only a single location in Kenya. The adults have small, non-functional wings and eyes and possibly feed on the bodily secretions of bats.
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#NationalMothWeek day 6! Today's moth is a wasp mimic, a video I took in Ecuador earlier this year. Hard to believe it's a moth! Protects itself from predators by looking like a wasp. #MothWeek
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National Moth Week is a time to appreciate and celebrate our native moths! Moths are important pollinators that often take the night shift, which includes pollinating flowers that only open at night. Just like butterflies, moths transform from caterpillars to winged adults. 🧵
Moths being cool too

ALT Moths being cool too

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A fine sand wasp (Stictia signata) from @osaconservation. Many of these wasps are predators of blood-feeding flies, so a big👍from me. P.S. Bembix rostrata - hurry up and colonise our shores. PPS. Another genus of sand wasps is Zyzzyx. Probably the best name ever for a genus.
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For the gall lovers: saw my first catkin gall! Andricus cooki on Quercus myrtifolia catkin.
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Absolutely insane 72 hour totals
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This is gonna be a year people talk about for a long time
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I’m thrilled that our work on the evolution of Hymenoptera is now out in @NatureComms! We inferred a new phylogeny and investigated the influence of key innovations on the diversification of the order. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera

Nature Communications - Hymenoptera is an incredibly diverse order, with numerous behavioral and morphological innovations. Here, the authors compile a time-calibrated Hymenoptera phylogeny and...

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A day after collecting the #galls of a potentially undescribed species of #cynipid #wasp, I have TONS emerging. Listen to them buzzing about inside the bags! – at Texas, USA
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New catkin #gall on water oak, Quercus nigra. As per @gallformers, this one could be an undescribed species, which is funny, since I found it walking my dog this morning in my neighborhood. Collection made! Let’s see who crawls out! #wasp #biodiversity @pedrobrandfp @ymilesz
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The USDA and @Smithsonian produced a comprehensive family tree of ants, bees & wasps. Research revealed that evolution was driven by a return to plant feeding & other features like stingers played less of a role. Specimens used from @NMNH insect collection, some over 100 yrs old!
Family tree of ants, bees and wasps.

ALT Family tree of ants, bees and wasps.

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