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lpcamp.bsky.social
Pushing fwd on some sci - new preprint led by @amelybauer.bsky.social! Vector competence + host use matters for VBD transmission hazard, and her new index is a handy way to provide insights across disease systems.🦟🐦 #UFBugs #IFAS #FMEL #diseaseecology www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
Vector Potential Index: Bridging competence and contribution as an integrative measure of relative transmission capability
1. Vectorial capacity (VC) is a powerful tool for estimating a species’ importance in the transmission of vector-borne pathogens and predicting impacts of specific control measures on the transm...
www.researchsquare.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
#NeonGlow! Performed by the #butterfly, #Colias heos (from China)!
#UFBugs http://t.co/TK7yCVt3dl
November 25, 2024 at 3:37 AM
andybugguy.bsky.social
We don't need blue morpho butterflies in Florida, we've got these!
(Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
From today!
#UFBugs http://t.co/xB4O27ciHA
November 24, 2024 at 9:46 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Honestly! I've never been THIS hungry!
(Proctacanthus sp. eating Chortophaga australior)
from yesterday
#UFBugs http://t.co/rmrlbc84LW
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Yesterday's BUG OF THE DAY! Buckeye with extra pair of spots on hindwing& aberrant FW spots!
(Junonia coenia)
#UFBugs http://t.co/zU6FVAwUEm
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
This ♀ Pearl Crescent was a real attention hog!
(Phyciodes tharos)
from Florida
#UFBugs http://t.co/TTJbUagwkL
November 24, 2024 at 7:35 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
The Lovebugs are back in town! WITH A VENGEANCE!
http://youtu.be/rEVNz3qnaZ8
(Plecia nearctica)
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in204
@EDISPubs
#UFBugs
November 24, 2024 at 7:27 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
In front yard, 30 min ago- a HUGE female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
(Papilio glaucus)
Gainesville, Florida
#UFBugs http://t.co/uMZ6CWJui3
November 24, 2024 at 7:18 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Ugh! The Lovebug swarms at home have gotten worse! Much worse!
#UFBugs http://t.co/WKVzzaXvca
November 24, 2024 at 7:10 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
To jump-start your week! A giant...
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
(Romalea microptera)
#UFBugs http://t.co/UCX922RySf
November 24, 2024 at 6:46 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Just hangin'!
Little Yellows
(Pyrisitia lisa)
Florida
#UFBugs http://t.co/taAipX8NeU
November 24, 2024 at 6:46 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
A ginormous scoliid wasp feasting on Feay's Prairieclover (Dalea feayi) in central Florida!
#pollinator
#UFBugs http://t.co/mDXAglTkpU
November 24, 2024 at 6:37 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
BUTTERFLY PARADISE!
http://youtu.be/vb89wFiQSBU
Astonishing assemblage of #butterflies at Pickerelweed yesterday!
Levy Co., Florida
#UFBugs
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
S is 4 SKIPPERS!
& it's SHARING!
Oligoria maculata (L) shares a thistle flower with Anatrytone logan (R)
#UFBugs http://t.co/w5ZQmNJYnh
November 24, 2024 at 6:14 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Then all of a sudden a Palamedes Swallowtail crashes the party!!!
(Papilio palamedes)
#UFBugs http://t.co/oLQFTRhGJ8
November 24, 2024 at 6:14 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
To brighten your day!
Variation in male Orange Sulphurs
(Colias eurytheme) from Missouri
@FloridaMuseum #UFBugs http://t.co/myMRK0lkeG
November 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
JUST. WOW! Spiny Oak Slug (Euclea sp.)
Gainesville, FL
#UFBugs http://t.co/SnBiNqiLtl
November 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
DINNER TIME!
White-lined Sphinx
(Hyles lineata) Florida
#UFBugs http://t.co/2RWicz6SSG
November 24, 2024 at 5:50 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Tonight's adventure!!!
#moths #Lepidoptera #Entomology
#UFBugs http://t.co/niXGAxajDb
November 24, 2024 at 5:42 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Last night's top bug!
IO Moth (Automeris io)
made us think of @Isa_Sol
#Moths #Lepidoptera #UFBugs http://t.co/MVBlwaf8pZ
November 24, 2024 at 5:42 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Nature's Brazilian Steakhouse!
Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)
at Lantana
#UFBugs http://t.co/tiCgnPwryW
November 24, 2024 at 5:36 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
The Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) is sleepy green for most of its life!
Fully-grown larva from Florida!
#UFBugs http://t.co/xHhBOS69Li
November 24, 2024 at 5:20 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Female Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) ovipositing on Christmas Senna (Senna bicapsularis) in my yard
#UFBugs http://t.co/MPNsD6npW2
November 24, 2024 at 5:20 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
There are only a few occasions when tiger beetles sit still...
(Cicindela scutellaris unicolor)
#UFBugs http://t.co/Eze5Ps32qT
November 24, 2024 at 4:33 PM
andybugguy.bsky.social
Snazzy Linear-winged Grasshopper (Aptenopedes sphenarioides) on Lavender Paintbrush (Carphephorus corymbosus)
#UFBugs http://t.co/Cr7GfIwUvQ
November 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM