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Wee Snapper
Most of the turtles in Brooklyn are refugees from the pet industry. It’s actually illegal to sell them if they have smaller than 4″ carapaces, but we’ve all seen sidewalk hustlers selling tiny ones. (In Boston, I met a turtle who was given away as a wedding reception gift; every table got some.) This is…
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FroBee
What’s in your Igloo? A sandwich? Beer? Body parts? Well, sure, you’re a doctor….. Well, as it happens: I had frozen invasive bees in mine. A researcher at the University of Ghent got in touch with me via iNaturalist and asked if I would collect Sculptured Resin Bees (Megachile sculpuralis) and European Wool-carder Bees (Anthidium…