Great to see first publication out from last year's MSc by Research Entomology group.

RES Publications@respublications.bsky.social · 2w ago

New work in #RESInsectConsDiv #CitizenScience data reveals that earlier & shorter flight periods correlate with climate warming in the dark-edged #BeeFly doi.org/10.1111/icad.70114 #Phenology @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

New work in #RESInsectConsDiv #CitizenScience data reveals that earlier & shorter flight periods correlate with climate warming in the dark-edged #BeeFly doi.org/10.1111/icad.70114 #Phenology @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

For Reading area folk, the film 'The Little Things That Run The World' is showing at Reading Biscuit Factory next Tuesday, followed by a panel discussion featuring our very own @chrisfoster.bsky.social. Come for the bug pix, stay for the bug chat! www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/ttr-pr...

TTR presents The Little Things That Run the World + Short Film + Panel Discussion

In collaboration with Transition Town Reading, as part of Reading Climate Festival, RBF presents a special documentary screening of The Little Things That Run the World. The Little Things that Ru...

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Great message just in time for @royentsoc.bsky.social #insectweek! We're delighted to have Phil studying with us and @nhm-london.bsky.social on the MSc by Research in Entomology this year 🪲🪰

Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust@bbowt.bsky.social · last mo.

🐝 Wasps... complicated. Hyperparasitism? Kleptoparasitism? Inquilines? It's a good thing that Phil Bruss is here to clear things up, and explain why insects aren't just part of the scenery. Watch the full video here: buff.ly/wjKtMd0

By uncanny coincidence our 2D colleague Sir David Flattenborough also had a birthday this week, seen here celebrating with our insect collections team. Happy 100th birthday to the real Sir David and thanks for championing insects in series like Life in the Undergrowth!

Ok so I’ve seen a lot of pinned insects in my time but I’ve NEVER seen wing rests for mosquitoes The @unirdgento.bsky.social have been charged to give me data about these specimens in the @uniofreading.bsky.social collection because they are FABULOUS @royentsoc.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social

You’d think as an entomologist that I’d hate pitcher plants considering their diet. But there are some mosquitoes that have learnt to live in them - feeding on/breaking down large prey thus providing plant food We had a lovely tour of @uniofreading.bsky.social greenhouse @unirdgento.bsky.social

✅ Picture of Rudolph on their wing ✅ DISCOsubmarginal cell ✅ Lay eggs in living bodies of their hosts Ichneumon wasps are ready for the festive party season!

Just me and a lot of flies waiting for the train this morning. Off to teach on the @unirdgento.bsky.social course Thank goodness for coffee… #lecturing @royentsoc.bsky.social

Excited to have a ground beetle project @carabidaeuk.bsky.social open for applications in @crocus-dla.bsky.social. Nice mix of analysing long-term data, fieldwork and time at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, assessing trends in woodland carabids. Please share! blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

MSc field trip this week in the Loddon valley: unseasonal Ashy Mining Bee, Aneurus sp. flat bugs (Aradidae), aggregation of 16-spot Ladybird, rootling in tussocks and soil.

Last year our field trip to the legendary Wytham Woods was marked by heavy rain. This year it was raining...ladybirds! 🐞☔ Reasonable numbers of 7-spot and 10-spot ladybirds heading for overwintering sites, though both swamped by an extraordinary abundance of Harlequins. @ukladybirds.bsky.social

We think this must be the Very Short-winged Conehead, Conocephalus brachyptera, since we can't find any wings at all....thanks Glasgow and all at @royentsoc.bsky.social for a fab few days at #ento25!

All smiles on the Reading stand at #Ento25 today. Come see us at lunchtime on the ground floor if you're here! @royentsoc.bsky.social

Pin it to win it is back at #ento25! Come find us in the ground floor exhibition and test your entomological skills. Prizes for speed, quality and best overall. @royentsoc.bsky.social

It's starting soon… 🐜 We hope you are as excited as we are to welcome everyone to #Ento25 - just one day left! While you're waiting, why not find out more about the history of our annual flagship conference? 🔽 buff.ly/HFDlAWa Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! 🐝 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

Ento - our annual flagship event - Royal Entomological Society

The home of insect science

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We and our insects are on our way to @royentsoc.bsky.social 25! Team Reading Entomology checking the precious cargo at Euston station. One slight casualty of mad taxi dash across London but nothing a bit of glue can't fix...

Insects from our 2nd year field course at Slapton Ley last week. Always a rewarding place to spend some time entomologising! IDs in alt text.

A wonderful week for undergraduate Entomology teaching at Reading whether in the labs or out on campus

@royentsoc.bsky.social are looking for new committee members to join the Events Committee 🦋 Interested in helping with events like #Ento2025 or #Verrall then consider applying! www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie... @hau-entomology.bsky.social @insectwrs.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social

Events Committee Vacancies 2025 - Royal Entomological Society

The RES is looking to recruit members to join our newly structured Events Committee, working in line with our new Events Strategy. We particularly welcome applicants whose expertise relates to areas o...

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It starts now 🦋 We need your help to support the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly. Starting today, this week only, your contributions will be DOUBLED - Help us raise £10,000 match funded via #BigGive Read more & donate between 22–29 April 🔽 buff.ly/BpXY1hY @gloswildlife.bsky.social #EarthDay

FULLY-FUNDED residential insect ID and field surveying summer school, organised by @oxfordconted.bsky.social, @morethanadodo.bsky.social and @biology.ox.ac.uk, for PhD students or early career researchers. 📅14-18 July 2025 Apply by 9 May: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/inse... 🧪 🌍 #academicsky 🐝

Insect Taxonomy and Field Sampling Skills

5-day free course for doctoral students and early career researchers in ecology/entomology, seeking an essential overview of taxonomic theory, insect identification skills, basic field sampling and sp...

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⏰LAST CALL! ⏰ The @royentsoc.bsky.social Insect Welfare Survey closes TODAY! If you work with insects in the UK take a moment to fill it out 🐝🦗🐞 www.royensoc.co.uk/news/res-wel... @hau-entomology.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social

RES Great Welfare Survey 2025 - Royal Entomological Society

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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Buckinghamshire Invertebrate Group has its 1st ever conference on Sun 27 April, Great Missenden. A great range of talks including Dr Chris Wilson's lecture in memory of Eric Hollowday, rotifer enthusiast extraordinaire & long-time member of BIG. Details & bookings: sites.google.com/site/bucksin...

I like big bugs and I cannot lie

Teaching Lepidoptera ID with @unirdgento.bsky.social today. A chance for me to brush up on my moth skills but mostly a good opportunity to have a look through the amazing pinned collection we have here 🦋

Alfred Waterhouse - architect for @nhm-london.bsky.social - also designed Foxhill House in Reading as his home. Now part of the University of Reading campus it was a comfortable destination for our @unirdgento.bsky.social data analysis 'away' day this week!

Palaeontology trilobite practical tomorrow and I’m hoping the students appreciate these wonderful trilobite eyes. #trilobite #palaeontologyatUoR #Colemuseumofzoology @unirdgento.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social

Today I lecturing at @unirdgento.bsky.social on flies…but the wonderful @waspwoman.bsky.social is here talking about Wasps and their value We share a common issues of disliked hero’s!