Spread #wasplove and participate to our citizen science project! Led by my co-supervised PhD student @femi-benny.bsky.social Femi Benny!! @uclcber.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @waspwoman.bsky.social you can use this link: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Outreach day @ucllifesciences.bsky.social #ScienceFair. Wasp nests, wasp paper art, wasp #VR! With @cintiaoi.bsky.social @femi-benny.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social, Alex Cequeira D’Araujo, Louisa Stefani, Peter Ayres & #DatascapesRealities @uclcber.bsky.social @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social

🚨 New paper out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social by Mattens et al @cintiaoi.bsky.social @twenseleers.bsky.social on "Age-related differences in learning, #memory and #brain #plasticity in workers of the common #wasp Vespula vulgaris" 🧠🐝 ↘️ doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... ↙️

Age-related differences in learning, memory and brain plasticity in workers of the common wasp Vespula vulgaris

Learning, memory, and brain plasticity are thought to play an important role in regulating behavioural roles in social insects, as workers perform different tasks as nurses, builders, foragers and def...

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Check out our interview to UCL!! @idrisadams.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social

Seirian Sumner@waspwoman.bsky.social · 10mo ago

When a world-class zoology museum says: "We'd like to make an exhibition all about wasps; will you help us?" you have to pinch yourself to know it's real! #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... @uclcber.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social

Thanks @tannisdavidson.bsky.social !! Great to see all the effort for the World of Wasps!! I’ve been living a dream!!!

Tannis Davidson@tannisdavidson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It has been an enormous pleasure to work with @uclcber.bsky.social wasp dream team @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social and @idrisadams.bsky.social to highlight their amazing research in this world first exhibition on #wasps!

World of Wasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social is open! Over a year in the making by this incredible team, the exhibition features displays, virtual reality, projections and paper sculptures drawing upon @uclcber.bsky.social research @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social

Huge thanks to @tannisdavidson.bsky.social and team for making the impossible dream come true: THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION! www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... ...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social... @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social

Took home 2nd place at #Entofashion!!

At #Ento25, I signed The Obligation Book as I became a fellow at RES @royentsoc.bsky.social! Same book is signed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace! Such an Honour!

I had a fantastic time this week at #Ento25 in Glasgow organized by @royentsoc.bsky.social. I presented a poster based on data generated our PhD student @femi-benny.bsky.social (with @waspwoman.bsky.social)! Thank to @ucl.ac.uk and @uclcber.bsky.social for the funding Research Progression Grant!

Amazing of what this tiny wasps can do! thanks for the incredible footage @whistlingjoe.bsky.social!!

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett@whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Ammophila Sandwasps can march a long way to find their burrows. When you get down to their level you realise theirs is a world of awkward obstacles to be overcome #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social youtu.be/QXcjGRxY7BI @cintiaoi.bsky.social

Happy to be back at Manaus to present my work, participate in a workshop, see my friends, find some wasps and visit the FOREST!!! #wasplove @uclcber.bsky.social

happy to be part at @uclcber.bsky.social and spread #wasplove!!

@uclcber.bsky.social · last yr.

This Monday, @cintiaoi.bsky.social gave us a glimpse into her fascinating research! 🧠🐝 She took us through her field expeditions and the challenges of working with stinging insects—experiences that are shaping the questions she asks about wasp behaviour. Thanks for such an engaging talk!

1/2 Episodic memory in parasitoid wasps Although traditionally associated with large-brained animals, Ammophila pubescens females have memory of the three key elements: who, when and where characteristic of episodic memory. (paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Scientists discover dinosaur-era wasp that used its rear end to kill

The parasitic wasp has been found encased in 99-million-year-old amber

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Scientists as political advocates | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists as political advocates

Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...

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Wasps, hydrocarbons and brood - review by @mischocarvalhus.bsky.social #wasplove www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The multifaceted role of brood communication in wasp societies

The family Vespidae represents a key group to understand the evolutionary trajectory of social behavior in insects, as these wasps display the entire …

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Visit our updated lab website: sumnerlab.co.uk and get to know more about our research at @uclcber.bsky.social

Lovely to see some of my ice-skating Bittern footage from @rspbminsmere.bsky.social shown on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social tonight. Can't believe poor @jabaddams.bsky.social still hasn't seen one! youtu.be/4k9Nach2NZc

Bittern on Ice

YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett

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#waspday at @NHM London!! look this amazing Polybia nest!!! thanks @gavinbroad.bsky.social with @waspwoman.bsky.social @femi-benny.bsky.social @ionace.bsky.social

What is the first thing you see?? 1-ball; 2-shoe; 3-wasp nest Photo taken by Aude Vuilli. #wasplove