Entomology grad student at Auburn University • Researching thrips as a vector for TSWV in peanuts 🥜
Jackson, TN
Joined March 2021
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Snack time!
Brown marmorated stink bug feeding on a cotton boll in Prattville, AL
#stinkbug #entomology #cotton #agriculture #insects #scouting #crops
What a distinguished gentleman.
Leaf footed bug on corn in Headland, Alabama
#Entomology #corn #AlabamaAg #agriculture #agscience #insects
Wow, that’s a lot of rust! Wait… why is it moving?
🔎 Spider mites on peanuts
in Headland, Alabama
#spidermites #mites #peanuts #entomology #agscience #infestation
A good look at a predatory stink bug beside a brown marmorated stink bug! Check out those shoulder pads 👀
#stinkbug #entomology #cotton #scout #scouting #insects #agscience
Some interesting variegation I found in the field today! Doesn’t look like your typical chimera. Does anyone know what could’ve caused this?
#cotton #agriculture #scouting #scout #chimera #variegation #variegated
Look at that damage! Stinkbug scouting with @ScottGraham72
#Cotton #StinkBug #CottonScout #Scouting #Entomology #AlabamaAg #Agriculture
I’ve never seen twin squares before!
#cotton #flower #twins #agriculture #AlabamaAg #AgScience #Scouting
Hm… I have a feeling these beans *might* have a little kudzu bug problem.
#Soybean #Entomology #Agriculture #AgScience #Scout #Scouting #KudzuBug
Corn smut, caused by the fungus Ustilago maydis
Also called Zombie Corn (by me and maybe two other people) 🧟♂️
#cornsmut #huitlacoche #corn #fieldcorn #agriculture #agscience #plantpathology
Tomato spotted wilt virus in peanuts 🥜
#TSWV #TomatoSpottedWiltVirus #Peanuts #AlabamaAg #Virus #Thrips #AgScience
I had such a great time at #SDAPS2022! I’m so thankful for this opportunity to share my research as an undergrad and meet so many awesome folks!
Yellow spotted salamander in Crockett Mills, Tennessee 🖤💛🖤
Remember to have clean hands/gloves before handling amphibians! I moved this guy out of the way of a construction zone.
#salamander #amphibian #herpetology
My second costumed bug is a Dectes stem borer!
Can you guess his name? (Just make sure you don’t say it thrice)
#Halloween #insect #Entomology #beetlejuice #beetle #agriculture #art
Since harvest is here and bugs aren’t so spooky anymore, I’m dressing them up in Halloween costumes 🎃
#stinkbug #frankenstein #costume #art #entomology – at Tennessee, USA
