An exciting PhD on biological invasions …

Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7 Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social

The first Workshop for IPBES #GlobalAssessment2 is taking place this week in Windsor, Canada! The workshop is focused on enhancing methods for working with Indigenous and local knowledge. 🏡🌍 📚🧪 Learn more: https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment

It’s always wonderful to celebrate insects together - thank you - I loved being with you all

Just the tiniest Ladybird, now moved safely off the path. A Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (often abbreviated to Psyllobora 22-punctata), 22-spot Ladybird. We read it is the only species in Britain & Ireland where the three life stages have similar colouring & pattern... @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Very bright 22 spot ladybird @ukladybirds.bsky.social

A little Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata, 16 Spot Ladybird, from #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 01/08/25 @ukladybirds.bsky.social #ladybird

Exciting bycatch from last night’s catch: 18-spot Ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata), a species associated with Scots Pine. Three records from Sutton Park, where this individual probably came from. @ecorecord.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social #ladybirds

Very sorry I missed this bunch and that I could not be in Athens to hear @ukladybirds.bsky.social Plenary for ICZEGAR wonderful to see the Darwin Plus fellows from Cyprus presenting their work!

The larva of the 14-spot Ladybird, Propylea quattuordecimpunctata, seen 15/06/25 at #RSPBMiddletonLakes @ukladybirds.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social #ladybird

Need reading material? 📖 📢 The new issue of #RESAgForestEnt is now available! See contents of the journal's August 2025 issue here ⬇️ resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563... @jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com @royentsoc.bsky.social

A quick pause and recharge at the @ipbes.net meetings! ⏸️ Sometimes the most insightful conversations happen between sessions. Fueling up for more discussions on our work #ForNature. 🌍 Great energy here in Bonn as experts and Bureau members connect. 🧪

📅 Deadline this Sunday 🪲 Just a few days left for you to take advantage of our earlybird discount. Register by 13 July to take advantage of significant discounts with our #earlybird rate for #Ento25 🔽 buff.ly/USVdMQz @unistrathclyde.bsky.social #StrathLife

🛖 The ILK approach adopted by @IPBES.net offers a framework for effectively engaging #IndigenousPeoples and local communities and recognizing and working with traditional knowledge. This is crucial for effective biodiversity assessments & ensuring sustainable resource management. Learn how. 👇

Halyzia sedecimguttata, the Orange Ladybird, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 28/06/25 @ukladybirds.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social #ladybird

A few ladybirds found on the front at Sheringham this evening, between The Crown and the Tank. 100+ 7-spot, 10, 14 and Adonis' also found. @ukladybirds.bsky.social 04/07/25. Most ladybirds I think I've ever seen down the front.

Macro photo of a seven-spot ladybird on a tamarisk bush on the Esplanade at Sheringham in the morning sun, 04/07/25. The wind was blowing the ladybird about, so I was lucky to capture at the top of the frame. @ukladybirds.bsky.social

A lot of ladybirds found alongside the top of the path leading up to Skelding Hill, Sheringham, first thing, 12/06/25. Counted at least 180 7-spots, the most I have seen in a long time. Found on grasses, nettles, Alexanders' and gorse. @ukladybirds.bsky.social

A good variety of ladybirds found on Skelding Hill, Sheringham, 18/06/25. @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Third time in a week I've seen Harlequin Ladybird larvae preying upon sawfly larvae (Euura poecilonota here). We've had so many aphids in E. Yorkshire this spring that Harlequins are in huge numbers and after whatever they can find apparently. @ukladybirds.bsky.social #yorkshiresawflies #symphyta

Some seven-spot ladybirds found early on Saturday morning, Skelding Hill, Sheringham, in the early morning sunshine @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Saturday was also a good day for finding Adonis' ladybirds around Sheringhahm. 31/05/25. @ukladybirds.bsky.social

🐞 Scientific expertise from Prof Helen Roy @ukladybirds.bsky.social brings accuracy to How to be a Ladybird—a fun new graphic novel out today! By Lauren Knowles & Steven Wood, from DK & @royentsoc.bsky.social, it's full of facts, illustrations & tips for young insect fans. #ScienceCommunication

The loss of diversity, including genetic diversity in crops like potatoes, poses a serious risk to global food security by undermining the resilience of many agricultural systems to pests, pathogens & climate change. 🥔 .— @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment 🎥 For #InternationalDayOfPotato w/ @fao.org

🐝 #Pollinators are responsible for much more than food-crops. From biofuels to medicines, we rely on pollinators in much of our daily lives.🧪 Check out a few facts about pollinators from the IPBES #PollinationAssessment 🌏 Read the Report here: https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/pollinators

A 14-spotted Ladybird, sometimes called P-14 (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata) in the garden. Fascinating how small it is, to see the almost rectangular spots on the elytra, and a shape almost resembling an anchor as part of the markings.... @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Love this framing by @ipbes.net . But in many places “living with nature” also means facing danger and loss. For some, nature isn’t just sacred, it’s a real threat. That experience needs space. See this news item for instance. 🌍🧪 www.bbc.com/news/article... #ValuesAssessment #biodiversity

Montserrat Vilà, @ebdonana.bsky.social summarises results from the 2023 IPBES report on #InvasiveAlienSpecies at #EEI2025

#DYK 7 out of the top 10 most widespread invasive species are plants, while the rest are rodents? 🌱🐀 Data from the @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment shows water hyacinth dominates in 74 regions worldwide. 🌍🧪 Full details: www.ipbes.net/ias

“So rich in insect life were Wigglesworth’s woods – Anthropogenic change & #InsectDecline 🪲” We are delighted to announce that May Berenbaum Hon.FRES will be delivering our Wigglesworth Memorial Lecture at #Ento25. Register now for the earlybird discount 🔽

Some seven-spot ladybirds seen on Skelding Hill, Sheringham, 23/05/25, along with an unknown beetle @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Eyed Ladybird (Anatis ocellata) today in Bengeo garden, Britain's largest ladybird & closely associated with Scots Pine. @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Deraeocoris flavilinea nymph predating Harlequin larva. @ukladybirds.bsky.social I've seen lots of this recently.

On this #BiodiversityDay, let’s remember: Fundamental shifts in how people view and interact with the natural world are urgently needed to halt and reverse #biodiversity loss. 🌍 - @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Transformative change is necessary and possible! 🧪

🌸 Happy #BiodiversityDay! @ipbes.net defines living in harmony with nature as living peacefully alongside all organisms, recognizing our interdependence while ensuring sustainability. 💫🧪 Together, let's conserve, restore & sustainably use life on Earth! 🌍

Read about the brilliant #CitizenScience project on crab spiders and their host plants by RES Student Representative @envirosyment.bsky.social - Get involved 🔽

Former @ipbes.net Executive Secretary @annelarigauderie.bsky.social met with French President Macron during a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science. She highlighted ‘nexus’ options (from the #NexusAssessment) for the ocean, to be discussed at the UN Ocean Conference co-hosted by France. 🌍🧪

As our VP, @carolinehowe.bsky.social is working to promote greater inclusion & equity across ecology. Caroline was also a lead author on the IPBES Nexus Assessment, a report tackling the interlinked global crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, food & water security, & public health.

This week I presented response options for the ocean from the IPBES Nexus Assessment to President Macron's Council for Science in preparation for UNOC 3 and the One Ocean Science Congress.

✨ Invaluable to our community, the @ipbes.net #IAS Report has published the Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species #GIDIAS Don't miss out on reading it‼️ #Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social | @guardias.bsky.social

Touring in the insect laboratory of Prof. Dr. Oldřich Nedvěd at the University of South Bohemia. From left to right: my PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Olda, me, and @ukladybirds.bsky.social. #C4inV4 #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund

It’s been a fantastic workshop! Thank you so much for including me - I’m excited to share our priorities for fungal #CitizenScience too

Thank you so much @ukladybirds.bsky.social, for joining us in České Budějovice🙏 These were such inspiring three days. Looking forward to write the perspective on priorities for fungal #citizenscience!

Such an exquisite fungus - I find them fascinating and great learning more about them from you all - thank you

It’s been fun meeting again and talking about ladybirds and fungi and our shared excitement for science communication and citizen science - thank you

It is such a pleasure to be with you all - I am having a wonderful time immersed in the worlds of entomology and mycology (a perfect pair) during this fabulous workshop on cryptic fungi - thank you so much for inviting me @ukceh.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

Now for talks by @dhaelewa.bsky.social, @ukladybirds.bsky.social and @robin-hutchinson.bsky.social on knowledge and knowledge gaps of citizen science and @pomscheme.bsky.social

60% of global extinctions have been caused, solely or in part, by invasive alien species—a staggering statistic from @ukladybirds.bsky.social's talk about leveraging #citizenscience data to tackle biological invasions. Part of our #VisegradFund #C4inV4 workshop in České Budějovice.

YES, a reference to #Laboulbeniales! Thank you @ukladybirds.bsky.social 😏🐞🍄 #C4inV4

10-spot @ukladybirds.bsky.social