Scientist on-exhibit at NC Museum of Natural Sciences & NC State. Creator of Ant Lab on YouTube
This was more complicated than even I thought when I set out to make the video, but I'm glad I did! It was a lot of fun, and the reality of this is really cool. youtu.be/djfoUWZbLn8?...
How Spiders REALLY Eat their Prey (and it isn't by just sucking blood)YouTube video by Travis McEneryyoutu.be
Not feeling it this morning? Watch this beautiful stick insect fly. (And if you keep watching, there is caterpillar poop flinging. As a treat) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTXA...
Giant Stick Insect & Flying Caterpillar Frass - Slow MoYouTube video by Ant Labwww.youtube.com
🚨 Lifer alert! 🚨 Check out this deer bot #fly that @dradriansmith.bsky.social found while we were hunting bugs - my first time getting pics of a wild adult of this family! It's a convincing bee mimic, whose babies live in the sinuses & throats of deer 😋 👀 #Oestridae: #Cephenemyia phobifer NC, USA
It's 3pm slump time, so how about something to perk you up? Did you know fleas have complete metamorphosis? This is a larval cat flea. @dradriansmith.bsky.social's filming and rearing story will definitely bring you to alertness 😀 (1/2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bsG...
I've never seen a FLEA move like this!YouTube video by Ant Labwww.youtube.comDid you consume too much depressing news on your timeline? Here's your palate cleanser from @dradriansmith.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJNa...
Caterpillars Are THE BEST! Here’s why.YouTube video by Ant Labwww.youtube.com
Ants: Tiny Creatures, Big Lives is officially open at the Bruce Museum! Enter the tunnel and you will meet "Buckley", our five foot long scaled-up Dinoponera ant. Buckley is named after her creator, the great Dan Buckley. The smaller ant is my daughter, dressed as an alate queen for the opener.
Still looking for horror now that Halloween's over? Fortunately/unfortunately it's all around! 💀 A parasitoid laid a few eggs in a moth egg. As the caterpillar hatched & grew, wasp embryos multiplied inside to 100s of larvae that ate the entire host, eventually killing & turning it into a husk 😳 🤢
In this video, the biologist Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social provides close-ups of a diverse array of caterpillars and shows how they support healthy ecosystems, employ a range of strategies to protect themselves from predators and transform into seemingly entirely different creatures
Close-ups reveal how caterpillars live long enough to cocoon | Aeon VideosFrom poison spikes to fake snake eyes, caterpillars employ many clever strategies to survive to their dazzling adulthoodsbuff.ly🚨 Spicy gummy worm alert! 🚨 🐛 Though it may look delicious, the bright colors warn of its ability to sting. Kinda looks like it's wearing pajamas... Thanks to @dradriansmith.bsky.social for hosting the specimen. stinging rose #caterpillar #Limacodidae: #Parasa indetermina NC, USA
🐜⚡ These Indian jumping ants don't just jump for show – they use powerful leaps to pounce on prey like crickets. Researcher @dradriansmith.bsky.social 's slow-motion footage shows how these predatory ants hunt with the agility of much larger predators. #science #nature 👉 Learn more: zurl.co/kyQs1
From fire ants in Florida to filming batflies in North Carolina, our latest interview is with @dradriansmith.bsky.social, who has built a career at the intersection of insect science and storytelling. 🐜🎥 #scicomm #science #sciants #stem #YouTube #twitch youtu.be/xEXwFel5DEY
How do tiny ripple bugs surf raging rivers? Check out our new work in @science.org Work led by Victor Ortega-Jimenez, Dongjin Kim, Sunny Kumar, Changhwan Kim, Je-Sung Koh, and Saad Bhamla - a collaboration between UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, and Ajou University. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ultrafast elastocapillary fans control agile maneuvering in ripple bugs and robotsRhagovelia ripple bugs use specialized middle-leg fans with a flat-ribbon architecture to navigate the surfaces of fast-moving streams. We show that the fan’s directional stiffness enables fast, passi...www.science.org
I don't think I've ever posted this here on Bluesky, so have some bug-drawing tutorials... (1/3)
Here's a super cool documentary about the Mothbox! Learn about the development and use of this fun #openscience #opensource tool for DIY biodiversity monitoring! youtu.be/1LGz3aWpeVE?...
Mothbox - Wildlabs Award 2024YouTube video by Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer)youtu.be
This is such a good video by @dradriansmith.bsky.social. Not only does it show cool Harpegnathus jumping and stinging action, but it also features Gigantiops, one of my favorite ants, for a quick comparison! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hBX...
These Are the Best Ants. Seriously. (Harpegnathos saltator)YouTube video by Ant Labwww.youtube.comFluffy. Sparkly. Adorable. These are not the things you usually say about a fly, but here we are. Let this little creature warm your heart 🥰 #Psychodidae #Setomima nitida North Carolina, USA (w/ @dradriansmith.bsky.social)
Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social is at BugShot Arizona, explaining how to tell stories.
We will be live tonight with a special SciAnts Thursday! We will be interviewing @dradriansmith.bsky.social, insect scientist and behavior expert, on his scientific journey, his incredible YT videos, and more! 9pm EDT #scicomm #sciants #science #stem #twitch www.twitch.tv/sciants_stre...
🪲✈️ Slow-motion footage of 23 flying #insects by @dradriansmith.bsky.social explains the wide variety of flight mechanics out there. From beetles to stoneflies, each species developed different strategies. 👉 Learn more: zurl.co/OclZV
