# blake putin ukraine entomologist curator insects carrionbeetles

After Ghost of a Flea
“all fleas were inhabited by the souls of such men, as were by nature blood-thirsty to excess, and were therefore providentially confined to the size and form of insects; otherwise... he would depopulate a great portion of the country”

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2022-05-13

I’m Ash, an & of a care-taker for a collection of over 2 million specimens. My speciality is 💀 (the vital decomposers that eat dead bodies)

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2019-12-19

Mud-puddling, or simply puddling, is a behaviour most conspicuous in butterflies, but occurs in other animals as well, mainly insects; they seek out nutrients in certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud and carrion and they suck up the fluid.
——Wikipedia

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2019-10-17