Always happy to reinforce HAU's strong local presence and give students an opportunity to network within their chosen field. Fantastic talks and prsentations, as every year

Entomology @ Harper Adams University@hau-entomology.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A good oppourtunity to revive our social media for 2026 with the annual #FSC hosted Shropshire Ento Day at Preston Montford. Great to continue our strong student and staff presence at the event, especially with our continuing partnership with the MSc Biological Recording

I suspect the New York Times might be trivialising our field of study here but a nice puzzle to kick the day off #Entomology

Unknown wireworm help! The singular urogomphus is confusing myself and colleagues - can not for the life of me find an answer and it's seemingly not in 'Die Käffer Mitteleuropas: Larven 2' though my German is stodgy. Found in East, UK. Anyone point me in the right direction? @colsocbi.bsky.social

An amazing day spent behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum looking at their Entomology collections! What a fantastic day! 🪲

Dr Ben Clunie@drbclunie.bsky.social · last yr.

And we're off - annual trip to the @nhm-london.bsky.social Entomology collections for BSc and MSc Entomology and IPM students @hau-entomology.bsky.social. As always thanks to @flygirlnhm.bsky.social for organisation and all of the curators for sharing their wealth of knowledge

Thank you @nhm-london.bsky.social, what a day for it! @hau-entomology.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

Last but not least, the Lepidoptera - some excellent anecdotes about record-breaking proboscises and fenugreek smelling moths @hau-entomology.bsky.social

Of course we have @flygirlnhm.bsky.social taking us through the Diptera - from the cute and fluffy beeflies to the weird and wonderful stalk-eyed flies on to the (to the non-entomological populace anyway) macabre botflies @hau-entomology.bsky.social

And to the most massive of all (in terms of size and species), the Coleoptera. Lots of Darwin and Wallace chat of course, and the joys of dung-baited pitfall trapping!

From the massive to the miniscule with the marvellous @gavinbroad.bsky.social talking (mainly wasps!) through the hymenoptera - @hau-entomology.bsky.social

And we're off - annual trip to the @nhm-london.bsky.social Entomology collections for BSc and MSc Entomology and IPM students @hau-entomology.bsky.social. As always thanks to @flygirlnhm.bsky.social for organisation and all of the curators for sharing their wealth of knowledge

Thankful the weather has allowed for some surveying transects of the @harperadamsuni.bsky.social campus today with final year @hau-entomology.bsky.social students. A great way to see out the module and practice ID skills in the field

Great to be able to step in last minute and deliver the #YoungVerrall this year. Thoroughly enjoyed it and @hau-entomology.bsky.social had a great representation at #SISF2025 too!

Royal Entomological Society@royentsoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Did you miss the #YoungVerrall at #SISF2025? Discover the fascinating relationships between plants & insects in this talk for ages 7-11 with the brilliant @drbclunie.bsky.social - Thank you again for delivering the Lecture, Ben! Watch on @amentsoc.bsky.social's YouTube: youtu.be/xGtsES0xmWI?...

It was a genuine honour to step in and deliver the Young Verrall Lecture last minute. I may have been a substitute but a highlight for sure! Some excellent questions from a crowd of future entomologists @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @hau-entomology.bsky.social

Amateur Entomologists' Society@amentsoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tomorrow! Join us at the Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair 🐞🕷️Sat 1st March, 10:30–4pm, Staffordshire University. Grab some freebies, hear the Young Verrall Lecture with Dr Ben Clunie, organised by us & @royentsoc.bsky.social, and cuddle a cockroach! #Entomology #BugLove #ScienceFair

Huge turnout for @hau-entomology.bsky.social at Shropshire Entomology Day today at #FSC Preston Montford. Biggest attendance yet with over 20 students and staff amongst local entomologists and national experts in their field. Photos and posts all day!

Great PhD opportunity - at the same place I did mine!

@drwendyharris.bsky.social · 2y ago

Swansea-based #entomology #insect #PhD #parasiticides #freshwater #terrestrial #pets #sustainablefarming #sustainableagriculture PhD available - deadline to apply 20th January www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The new sign looks great but I'm now just about ready for the trap not to be on when leaving the office! Thankfully we've had the latest sunset for the year

Entomology @ Harper Adams University@hau-entomology.bsky.social · 2y ago

The new noticeboard for our @rothamsted.bsky.social insect survey light trap is now up and visible to all foot traffic heading past our #Entomology lab!

The #Christmas Aphid is up on the tree. Bringing Christmas spirit, good cheer, and vectoring viruses straight into your Norwegian pine. Needles gone by Boxing Day. Christmas Aphid - Ho Ho Homoptera!

Always a good module to finish on before the winter break. A good test run for experiment problem solving before students undertake MSc projects

Entomology @ Harper Adams University@hau-entomology.bsky.social · 2y ago

Last MSc module of the year - Insect Physiology! Students undertake their own mini projects culminating in presentations on Friday. Parasitism, predation, colour choice, geotaxis, olfactometry - we've got it all! #entomasters #entoeducation

Day 1 of the week-long @harperadamsuni.bsky.social postgraduate experimental design and analysis module today. Always an intensive week but good to meet students across course areas. New computer labs incoming thanks to efforts from @joe-roberts.bsky.social too! #rstats

Here is a list of IPM Guidance for UK Growers on FarmPep linking to full content on H2020 IPMWorks toolbox. The guides were produced by ADAS with SRUC TheAHDB NFU and others during development of the IPM Tool farmpep.net/resource/ipm... #agextension #IPM #farming

IPM Guidance for UK Growers

IPM crop specific guides: IPM specific guidance for Oilseed Rape in the UK IPM specific guidance for Pulses grown in the UK IPM specific guidance for Potatoes in the UK IPM specific guidance for Sugar...

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🌱 Silicon soil treatments help protect cowpeas from aphids! Our study shows it boosts Lutembwe variety's natural defenses. Exciting implications for sustainable farming in Zambia 🇿🇲 Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s118... #AgriScience #FoodSecurity​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

We've now officially moved here as our main social media account! Thanks to those who have already made it, and we look forward to spreading the @harperadamsuni.bsky.social entomology word here from now on! Find more of HAU's entomology group here: linktr.ee/hau_entomology

Two PhD projects advertised for #MIBTP with me and the team @hau-entomology.bsky.social Details in reply below! Sharing and reposts are appreciated. Apply here, by 16th Jan 2025: jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Harper Adams University: Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) PhD

Apply here for a Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) PhD at Harper Adams University. Please see https://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/research/598/possible-funded-mibtp-projects for...

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Looks like @bsky.app is going to be the place to be for @hau-entomology.bsky.social and my regular outreach site! Intermittently over on Instagram. Looking forward to getting back to regular posting and interaction. linktr.ee/bclunie

Gloriously sunny offer holder day @HarperAdamsUni for prospective Zoology & Entomology undergraduates today - @DrJohnReade & I taking talks and activities. Owl pellet dissection and Freshwater invertebrates. See below for course details... www.harper-adams.ac.uk/courses/unde...

BSc (Hons) Zoology with Entomology Degree | Undergraduate

The only zoology degree in the UK that allows you to specialise in entomology, in which Harper Adams excels. Entomologists are scientists who study insects – their behaviour, life cycle, ecology, dist...

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First days sampling on the robotic strip cropping project - with Ed Dickin and Paul O'Hagan from @HarperAdamsUni at NP Holloway & Son field site nr Lichfield. Pan traps, pitfalls and my #007 audition shot. Next bond...?

Fitting for a first Bluesky post. Completed set up today for the #HarperAdamsUni branch of the #RothamstedRIS moth trapping survey. Looking forward to kicking off our contribution to a vital national resource - right on the Ento building doorstep!