📢 Two weeks left to submit a Letter of Intent to the #RESAgForestEnt Special Issue on environmental stressors as drivers of insect population and community dynamics. More info here ⬇️ buff.ly/EsvB0JO Deadline: 30 June 2026⏰ @royentsoc.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

📢 Approaches in Entomology, our new #OpenAccess journal, is open for submissions! 🎉 It will publish innovative & exciting advances to methods & techniques, including ethics and philosophies, across the breadth of entomology. 🔬 Learn more and submit your work here! ⬇️ buff.ly/ZwzAiMK #EntoMethods

Last week, @nhm-london.bsky.social hosted APPG Bees, Pollinators & Invertebrates, showcasing entomological collections to parliamentarians ahead of #InsectWeek. Special thanks to Erica McAlister & John Jackson 🪰 Read more about the APPG 🔽

Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG - Royal Entomological Society

About Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates is the APPG dedicated to facilitating insect science. Chaired by Barry Gardiner MP, we hold events and promote research on a wide range of policy issues, including...

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A special thanks to Ananya Tiwari for her moving reflections on the 2026 A4Cap Assembly for early career researchers. ✨ We're proud to provide this unique capacity building platform to grow and equip our #NetworkForLife. www.linkedin.com/posts/ananya...

The Alternet summer school in France last summer and the recent A4Cap alumni event in Belgium have, in a way, been life changing experiences. And I do not say this lightly; allow me to elaborate… | An...

The Alternet summer school in France last summer and the recent A4Cap alumni event in Belgium have, in a way, been life changing experiences. And I do not say this lightly; allow me to elaborate. Mo...

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Sad to learn of the death of Angheluță Vădineanu, University of Bucharest. He was a strong supporter of @alterneteurope.bsky.social from the start and contributing much else, notably to nature conservation in the Danube Delta: bio.unibuc.ro/wp-content/u... #biodiversity #conservation

I cannot recommend this summer school highly enough. Gorgeous mountain village-setting, wine, food, cheese, more wine, silly games, great field excursions and dancing until the small hours. Oh, and some great learning too, as a bonus :) 🧀🍷⛰️

Allan Watt@allanwatt.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Biodiversity and society: transforming science and policy" - applications open for the 20th Alternet Summer School in Peyresq open until April 20th: alterneteurope.eu/summerschool...

"Biodiversity and society: transforming science and policy" - applications open for the 20th Alternet Summer School in Peyresq open until April 20th: alterneteurope.eu/summerschool...

Wasps (and me!) On #Radio4 #YouAndYour today 12.35ish. Follow link to #HamOrJam #WaspPicnicSurvey here and in @bbcsounds.bsky.social app. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @UCLNews www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

You and Yours - Conditional Selling, Car Finance, Couples Counselling - BBC Sounds

How widespread is conditional selling in the housing market?

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South Oxfordshire - With #wasps in the media and your garden, it's time for a FREE public talk devoted to them! I'll be talking July 22nd - 7pm. Suitable for 12+ #Cholsey Pavilion #MendTheGap #SpringlineProject Book your free ticket here: cholseyparishcouncil.gov.uk/springline-e... #WaspLove

Highly recommend applying for this. An amazing experience in an outstanding location

Allan Watt@allanwatt.bsky.social · last yr.

Applications for this year’s Alternet summer school open until the end of April: Biodiversity and society: transforming science and policy alterneteurope.eu/summerschool/ supported by @biodiversaplus.bsky.social and taking place in Peyresq, a mountain village in the Haute-de-Provence Alpes, France 🧪

Applications for this year’s Alternet summer school open until the end of April: Biodiversity and society: transforming science and policy alterneteurope.eu/summerschool/ supported by @biodiversaplus.bsky.social and taking place in Peyresq, a mountain village in the Haute-de-Provence Alpes, France 🧪

📢#RESAgForestEnt has a brand new May issue out See what's published in Agricultural & Forest Entomology Volume 27, Issue 2🔽 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563/2025/27/2 @jordancuff.bsky.social @allanwatt.bsky.social‬ @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com

"Biodiversity and society: transforming science and policy": this year's @alterneteurope.bsky.social summer school supported by @biodiversaplus.bsky.social is open for applicants from postgraduate students and early career researchers, deadline 30th April: alterneteurope.eu/summerschool... 1/2

Our Feb 2025 issue of Agricultural & Forest Entomology, @AFEntomology Vol 27 Issue 1, is a Special Issue: Advances in Insect #Biomonitoring for Agriculture & Forestry 🌳🌾 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563... @jordancuff.bsky.social @allanwatt.bsky.social‬ @chrisranger.bsky.social

🐝 UK insect researchers, we need your input 🦋 The RES is gathering insights on your experiences with #InsectEthics applications. Whether you engage in the process or not, your feedback matters! 🗓️ Deadline: 1 April 2025 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/res-wel... #Entomology #ResearchSurvey

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Insect Research Practices and Ethics in the UK Share Your Experience on Ethics Applications Are you a researcher working with insects? We need your insights! The Royal Entomological Society is conduct...

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The Advances in Insect Biomonitoring for Agriculture and Forestry Special Issue includes this must watch/read paper on ultra high-speed photography of aphid flight, link to a video at the start: resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #biodiversity #monitoring @royentsoc.bsky.social 🧪

Jordan Cuff 🕷️🧬🕸️@jordancuff.bsky.social · 2y ago

James Bell and Graham Shephard use ultra high-speed photography to demonstrate the peculiar and mesmerising flight mechanics of aphids, which help us to understand their role in agriculture and how we might enhance their detection and control. (The videos are a must-watch!) doi.org/10.1111/afe....

Santiago Masagué et al. demonstrate the importance of considering multiple sensory perspectives when designing monitoring methods. By altering the visual cues associated with pheromone lures for an invasive forest wasp, capture frequency was increased. doi.org/10.1111/afe....

Ayman Asiri et al. review the potential for semiochemical analysis for the detection of insect diseases, focusing on the context of pollinators. They discuss recent advances that allow in-field surveillance, potential applications and future prospects. doi.org/10.1111/afe....

Gaëtan Seimandi-Corda et al. review the increasing adoption of camera trapping for detecting insect predator-prey interactions. They discuss the equipment used, other parameters and considerations, guidance for new adopters and future advances likely to come soon. doi.org/10.1111/afe....

@bensjhawthorne.bsky.social et al. review the integration of DNA metabarcoding with traditional insect monitoring methods in agriculture. Molecular analysis presents many distinct benefits, but also some challenges that require careful consideration and expertise. doi.org/10.1111/afe....

@mukilansuresh.bsky.social et al. discuss the potential for computer vision and deep learning for identification of trapped insects, and the integration of DNA metabarcoding for cross-validation, facilitating construction of ecological networks. resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My co-authors and I propose the need for year-round monitoring of biocontrol interactions to enhance our understanding of predator-pest dynamics, but this will demand various methodological innovations and considerations, for which we provide guidance. doi.org/10.1111/afe....

@danielleybourne.bsky.social et al. discuss the significant advances that artificial intelligence brings to insect biomonitoring, particularly in providing decision support systems to help farmers identify pests and virus vectors, but also the challenges to overcome. doi.org/10.1111/afe....

In an editorial, we summarise the articles within the special issue and provide a synthesis on the overarching themes and concepts, which include the various emerging technologies underpinning significant advances, alongside some conceptual changes in how and when we monitor. doi.org/10.1111/afe....

Our Agricultural and Forest Entomology special issue on advances in insect biomonitoring was published today! 🌾🪲🔍🪰🌲 Explore new and upcoming advances in our ability to detect, identify and characterise insects in production systems! resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563...

Great to see the Special Issue on Advances in Insect Biomonitoring led by @jordancuff.bsky.social now in print in the @royentsoc.bsky.social's Agricultural and Forest Entomology 🧪 #biodiversity #monitoring #AI #biocontrol #metabarcoding #camera #trapping #disease #surveillance #migration

Jordan Cuff 🕷️🧬🕸️@jordancuff.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our Agricultural and Forest Entomology special issue on advances in insect biomonitoring was published today! 🌾🪲🔍🪰🌲 Explore new and upcoming advances in our ability to detect, identify and characterise insects in production systems! resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563...

Species of beetles living in dead oak wood are influenced by degree of wood decay (from early to well decayed) in winter: new paper in @royentsoc.bsky.social Agricultural and Forest Entomology resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #saproxylic #insects #Coleoptera #biodiversity 🧪

Many thanks to all the authors (some pictured here) who published in the @royentsoc.bsky.social's Agricultural and Forest Entomology this year, and the many reviewers who supported @jordancuff.bsky.social, myself and the other editors: resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1461... #insects 🧪

The @royentsoc.bsky.social has just announced the winners of the new ECR awards for best papers in 2022 and 2023: the Agricultural and Forest Entomology award for 2022 goes to Kae Natsume for paper which shows how ants are underappreciated pollinators of crops www.royensoc.co.uk/res-journal-... 🧪

Quantifying the foliage consumption of leaf-cutter ants, one of the most important insects pests in the Neotropics: New research in Agricultural and Forest Entomology from Fundación para el Estudio de Especies Invasivas, Buenos Aires, Argentina. resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...