Anopheles judithae - a rare tree hole Anopheles from the Canelo Hills near the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. Closely related to Anopheles barberi of the eastern US.

A brown anole sleeping through tropical storm wind win my backyard last night. #HurricaneIan

Please enjoy these Sabethes albiprivus mosquitoes flying over artificial oviposition sites like little drones and occasionally shooting eggs down into the water below. From the colony at Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

FREE Gallery Exhibit 🦟 Mosquitoes: Friend or Foe? This gallery exhibit uses stunning images to swat away myths about these divisive insects and display their fascinating behavior and value to ecosystems. Featuring photos by Lary Reeves 🦟 Info: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/mosqu…

It’s almost time! 🤩🦟 Our in-person symposium is THIS WEEK UCR ➡️FACEBOOK LIVE streaming: facebook.com/profile.php?id… Spanish + some talks in English (program in CR time). Great speakers Erin Mordecai Lary Reeves Dr. Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar Rodrigo Marín Rdguez. MD, MsC. Mario Romero Vega Fabio Sanchez +more!

This is amazing.

I've wanted to see great gray owls since I was a kid, and finally ran into a few in northern Minnesota just before New Years. Photos are grainy because high ISO.

Did you know? The worm in #Tequila #Mezcal bottles is a moth? It is not a butterfly or a beetle, as thought. We ran a small study using DNA, and it's a *Goat moth*!!! Published today. Emmanuel Toussaint Joe Martinez, Ph.D. Amanda Markee Christian Couch Florida Museum bit.ly/3ZN8qNB

Our newest manuscript reporting the newest addition to Florida's mosquito fauna is out! Meet Culex (Phenacomyia) lactator - a new species and a new Culex subgenus for the US. #UFbugs academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…

Woke up today to some pretty loud buzzing. Had to catch the culprit and take its photo. Toxorhynchites as larva is a predator of other mosquitos. As adult - a nectar feeder. Does not need blood to reproduce.

#EntomologyTwitter - Consider engaging w Nextdoor. I know, but hear me out: a small but reliable element of Nextdoor is folks asking about the bug, snake, or other creature they've found and are likely to kill. This seems like a good venue for entomological education and outreach

Goodbye Aedes fulvus pallens, Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis, Uranotaenia anhydor syntheta, and so many more. biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/articl…

Had a great mosquito-week Tropical Studies La Selva! Awesome effort led by UCR’s Dr. Diana Rojas, with collaborators from UF, Stanford, UNED, UNA, UCR. So many mosquitoes… still lots of work to do! 🦟🔬🧬🦠🩸🦟 Lary Reeves Mario Romero Vega emma krasovich southworth Tatiana Murillo

A new course announcement! We will be teaching a course on the hot topic of #GlobalChange and #InsectDeclines in Spring 2024 FLORIDA. It's 2 credits, please join, still many spots open! Undergrad/Grad. Offered through many UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology UF Department of Biology UF SNRE UF IFAS Wildlife Please repost!

Male Toxorhynchites (Ankylorhynchus) purpureus from Espírito Santo, Brazil.

The final chapter of my dissertation has been published in Journal of Medical Entomology! Follow the link to learn more about the host-associations of Culex panocossa, an invasive mosquito in south Florida! Lary Reeves #UFbugs academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…