The Douglas-fir tussock moth is a native insect found in parts of southern British Columbia. The City has trapped and monitored these moths and spruce budworms for the past 15 years.
October 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The Douglas-fir tussock moth is a native insect found in parts of southern British Columbia. The City has trapped and monitored these moths and spruce budworms for the past 15 years.
I bet that keeps the budworms out of the flowers. Great idea! 👍
September 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I bet that keeps the budworms out of the flowers. Great idea! 👍
@karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at Clemson University, talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms. #insects #endocrinology #ecdysone
The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Karin van der Burg, faculty,
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December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
@karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at Clemson University, talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms. #insects #endocrinology #ecdysone
To know about how #metabolism & #hormones shape seasonal #adaptation in #insects - check out @karinburg.bsky.social talking about how #butterfly changes it's #wing color & the #budworms #diapause development to adapt to seasons👇🏽
#evodevo #evolution #devbio
@the-node.bsky.social #newpi #earlycareer
#evodevo #evolution #devbio
@the-node.bsky.social #newpi #earlycareer
The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Karin van der Burg, faculty,
thenode.biologists.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
To know about how #metabolism & #hormones shape seasonal #adaptation in #insects - check out @karinburg.bsky.social talking about how #butterfly changes it's #wing color & the #budworms #diapause development to adapt to seasons👇🏽
#evodevo #evolution #devbio
@the-node.bsky.social #newpi #earlycareer
#evodevo #evolution #devbio
@the-node.bsky.social #newpi #earlycareer
#MetabolismMondays
Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
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Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Karin van der Burg, faculty,
thenode.biologists.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#MetabolismMondays
Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
I had one of those. I used to wingman it at night, using my flashlight to lure food. Plus I would feed it my nasty budworms that were eating my petunias.
August 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I had one of those. I used to wingman it at night, using my flashlight to lure food. Plus I would feed it my nasty budworms that were eating my petunias.
Certainly not budworms, who ate my petunias
Monarch caterpillars are nice
Monarch caterpillars are nice
August 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Certainly not budworms, who ate my petunias
Monarch caterpillars are nice
Monarch caterpillars are nice
Today’s Migrant: Tennessee Warbler
Weird fact: Tennessee Warbler populations can fluctuate dramatically depending on outbreaks of spruce budworms in the boreal forest. In “budworm years,” their numbers may surge.
Have you had any Tennessee Warblers this year?
Weird fact: Tennessee Warbler populations can fluctuate dramatically depending on outbreaks of spruce budworms in the boreal forest. In “budworm years,” their numbers may surge.
Have you had any Tennessee Warblers this year?
May 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Today’s Migrant: Tennessee Warbler
Weird fact: Tennessee Warbler populations can fluctuate dramatically depending on outbreaks of spruce budworms in the boreal forest. In “budworm years,” their numbers may surge.
Have you had any Tennessee Warblers this year?
Weird fact: Tennessee Warbler populations can fluctuate dramatically depending on outbreaks of spruce budworms in the boreal forest. In “budworm years,” their numbers may surge.
Have you had any Tennessee Warblers this year?
My and my pals playing with our budworms
May 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My and my pals playing with our budworms
Me: fuck the worm, I hate the worm
Also me: the worm is a bud
Also me: the worm is a bud
May 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Me: fuck the worm, I hate the worm
Also me: the worm is a bud
Also me: the worm is a bud
The spruce budworm could damage thousands of acres of the state’s balsam fir and white spruce. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/04/m...
Maine’s new strategy to stop another insect disaster in the North Woods
After a 26-year outbreak devastated Maine's forests, the state is testing a targeted attack on spruce budworms invading from Quebec.
www.bangordailynews.com
August 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The spruce budworm could damage thousands of acres of the state’s balsam fir and white spruce. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/04/m...
I meant to put alt text for that last image: blue spruce needles afflicted by the moths which breed spruce budworms. The trees here are in serious danger of dying out. The winters have been too warm to kill the moths off. Global warming is killing the forest.
July 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I meant to put alt text for that last image: blue spruce needles afflicted by the moths which breed spruce budworms. The trees here are in serious danger of dying out. The winters have been too warm to kill the moths off. Global warming is killing the forest.
I was starting with boreal breeders, but do they all like to nosh on Spruce Budworms? I see three that I immediately think of that way, and would not be surprised to learn that the others do.
May 15, 2024 at 7:37 PM
I was starting with boreal breeders, but do they all like to nosh on Spruce Budworms? I see three that I immediately think of that way, and would not be surprised to learn that the others do.
Storms, budworms and vagrant birds in a changing world | Current Biology | doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... | #ornithology #migration 🪶
Storms, budworms and vagrant birds in a changing world
The seasonal migration of billions of birds is one of the most spectacular events in the natural world’s annual cycle. Migration lets birds exploit sp…
doi.org
April 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Storms, budworms and vagrant birds in a changing world | Current Biology | doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... | #ornithology #migration 🪶
We see CNV among populations of white spruce, which co-occur with the budworms, but not in Norway spruce. This might imply potential selection forces on the gene in white spruce.
May 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We see CNV among populations of white spruce, which co-occur with the budworms, but not in Norway spruce. This might imply potential selection forces on the gene in white spruce.
Me petunias won’t grow because the budworms keep feasting
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Me petunias won’t grow because the budworms keep feasting
Beware of budworms! And spider mites! Otherwise you have little to worry about. I used lots of Bt for the worms. I used spinosad as well but that has fallen out of favor due to impacts on pollinators. Simply spraying water might be enough to keep the mites in check.
July 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Beware of budworms! And spider mites! Otherwise you have little to worry about. I used lots of Bt for the worms. I used spinosad as well but that has fallen out of favor due to impacts on pollinators. Simply spraying water might be enough to keep the mites in check.
Great, informative story by @penelopeoverton.bsky.social www.pressherald.com/2024/11/18/b...
Budworms ravaged Maine’s forests for years. They’re starting to come back.
A state aerial survey confirmed 3,000 acres of Maine's forest were damaged by spruce budworm in July. State modeling indicates 178,000 acres are at risk of defoliation from budworm larvae that will em...
www.pressherald.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Great, informative story by @penelopeoverton.bsky.social www.pressherald.com/2024/11/18/b...
budworms definitely NOT being buds 😠 but let's give it up for the monarchs
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
budworms definitely NOT being buds 😠 but let's give it up for the monarchs
I had these or similar little assholes in my petunias recently!! Argh! I don't know about these ones, but the ones I had were budworms. I mostly picked them off by hand and sprayed with a spinosad spray
August 19, 2024 at 4:16 PM
I had these or similar little assholes in my petunias recently!! Argh! I don't know about these ones, but the ones I had were budworms. I mostly picked them off by hand and sprayed with a spinosad spray
Was expecting lots of rain while we were out, so didn't talk to our cat sitter about taking care of the plants. They're all pretty unhappy, but definitely recoverable. The petunias took it extra hard because they're still dealing with budworms. ☹️
August 3, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Was expecting lots of rain while we were out, so didn't talk to our cat sitter about taking care of the plants. They're all pretty unhappy, but definitely recoverable. The petunias took it extra hard because they're still dealing with budworms. ☹️
Storms, budworms and vagrant #birds in a changing world CurrentBiology
Storms, budworms and vagrant #birds in a changing world
Alexander Lees and colleagues detail a mass bird vagrancy event and discuss the broader implications of vagrancy for our understanding of bird movement and ecology.
dlvr.it
April 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Storms, budworms and vagrant #birds in a changing world CurrentBiology
Storms, budworms and vagrant #birds in a changing world CurrentBiology
Storms, budworms and vagrant #birds in a changing world
Alexander Lees and colleagues detail a mass bird vagrancy event and discuss the broader implications of vagrancy for our understanding of bird movement and ecology.
dlvr.it
April 25, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Storms, budworms and vagrant #birds in a changing world CurrentBiology
Some other warblers that may go for the budworms.
October 17, 2023 at 12:09 AM
Some other warblers that may go for the budworms.
Yeah, Evening Grosbeaks, Bay-breasted Warblers, and a couple other species that are totally slipping my brain right now take advantage of outbreaks & fledge more young. Covid prevented the big spraying runs for a year or two & spruce budworms went nuts so those birds have had lots to eat.
October 17, 2023 at 12:05 AM
Yeah, Evening Grosbeaks, Bay-breasted Warblers, and a couple other species that are totally slipping my brain right now take advantage of outbreaks & fledge more young. Covid prevented the big spraying runs for a year or two & spruce budworms went nuts so those birds have had lots to eat.