mattfossen

@mattfossen@ecoevo.social

Environmental Scientist for the government, with a PhD in Entomology that only gets used as a hobby. I collect and draw insects, and have a brain that generally works against me (ADHD, depression, anxiety, aphantasia, misophonia, etc.)

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mattfossen, to random

Yesterday's photographed specimen: a very small beetle that isn't immediately familiar to me.

Lateral view of a small black point-mounted beetle.
Dorsal view of a small black point-mounted beetle.

mattfossen, to random

Work used some of my photos (with permission, of course) for a little Earth Day quiz in Facebook. Here’s what it looked like, so you don’t have to visit That Site. #entomology

mattfossen, to random

Oh, right, I finally finished this wasp drawing. It's a small local wasp, Ancistrocerus adiabatus cytainus.

senanthic, to random

"your mood is correlated with the volume and genre of music coming out of your office."
"so what does loud Filter say?"
"that I shouldn't go in your office"

mattfossen,

@senanthic Hey man

mattfossen, to photography

Ironclad beetles are weird. This is Phloeodes diabolicus. #entomology #insect #insectphotography #photography #beetle #coleoptera

senanthic, to random

I think I'd like to catalogue our books - seven BILLY bookshelves and five LAIVA bookshelves, many of the books double-parked, some piled on top, so it's a fair number. anyone have a favourite iOS app they use for this kind of thing?

mattfossen,

@senanthic I think about doing this every few years, but I’ve never found an app that I like. They all seem to do too much or too little.

senanthic, to random

"what were some significant challenges this year" right now, I can literally name them

mattfossen,

@senanthic Gestures broadly at the end universe…

senanthic, to random

this was so fucking funny

https://youtu.be/N1zGtgFx8Dc?si=OA8nhuz4_kYwYoJZ

mattfossen,

@senanthic it’s a broken controller simulator!

senanthic, to random

anyone know why the CTRL key on my Razer keyboard occasionally beeps and stops working? basically if I'm holding it down to open stuff in a new tab, or whatever, if it's held for a while it'll beep and then stop working until I release and keypress again. it doesn't happen reliably, which makes it a bitch to track down, but it does happen annoyably, which means often enough to irritate me.

mattfossen,

@senanthic is it the sticky keys setting, maybe?

mattfossen, to random

I took a decent photo of a Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) yesterday. #entomology #insectphotography #insect

mattfossen, to random

I've been working on re-photographing portraits of lady beetles; here's a gallery of them if you're interested:

https://mattfossen.smugmug.com/Insects/Beetles/Coccinellidae-Lady-Beetles

All of these were collected from northern/central California.

#entomology #insectphotography #insects

mattfossen, to random

Damselflies are a bit… undignified.

mattfossen, to random

Today's insect photo: an oblique shot of the head of a glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis).

mattfossen, to random

Any idea who this critter is? The only ants that I see active in the yard right now are Argentine ants, but this doesn't look quite right.

mattfossen, to photography

Today’s insect photo: a pollen-covered male Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle (Anastrangalia laetifica). #insect #entomology #photography #insectphotography #beetle #coleoptera

mattfossen, to photography

Portrait of an ant, identity unknown (to me).

senanthic, to random

everyone pretty cranky this morning. danger will robinson

mattfossen,

@senanthic I had to come in to the office today, to work in my dark dusty empty cubicle. You could solve the world’s energy problems by harnessing my crankiness.

senanthic, to random

I have to know. do any of you know how you’re being perceived by the people around you

mattfossen,

@senanthic no, but I assume it’s not great.

mattfossen, to photography

Today’s insect photo is of a cricket. I THINK it’s Gammarotettix, but I’m not certain. #entomology #photography #insectphotography

Lateral view of a pinned cricket.

mattfossen, to random

I was gifted two great books over the holidays!

mattfossen, to photography

First couple of images taken with the MicroMate.

Photo of the densely sculptured face of a metallic wood-boring beetle.

mattfossen, to random

Here's my contribution to .

senanthic, to random

listening to Rage Against the Machine. yeah can’t imagine why anyone would think this is political. clearly he just likes vacuums

mattfossen,

@senanthic and parades. And beachcombing.

senanthic, to photography

mood: turkey

#photography

mattfossen,

@senanthic We have a group of a dozen or so that have been roaming the neighborhood for a few months… Wish I could get a good photo!

mattfossen,

@senanthic They seem mostly indifferent about humans; if you start approaching slowly from a few meters away (because they’re blocking your path to the store or something) they’ll amble away without a fuss. Even dogs on leashes don’t seem to perturb them.

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