Check out our new preprint from the @insectai.bsky.social project! Seven steps to making the most of automated insect monitoring systems and AI. A huge collaborative effort expertly led by @jamiealison.bsky.social and Luca Pegoraro 👏 📸🦋✨️

Are you into macroecology and/or macroevolution? Want to make our field a better place? Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s). More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...

Check out our new database (catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/18...) and data paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) for the traits of UK ladybirds 🐞 Great to see this out, a really fun team to work with expertly led by @charlieouthwaite.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @aru-biology.bsky.social

Day 1 of the International Symposium of Entomology in Viçosa, Brazil. A beautiful campus and looking forward to 6 days of talks and fun. Although think I should have learnt Portuguese before I arrived...

(1/7) Happ-bee day 5 of #InsectWeek! And my last formal post. Today I thought I would share a few easy tips and tricks that you can do to help promote insect biodiversity and importantly promote love and appreciation for insects. #standtallforthesmall

(1/7) Learn more about insects! 🐞 🐛 🦋 For #InsectWeek day 4 I have compiled a few apps, resources and fun things to help you learn more about insects. #Standtallforthesmall

For #InsectWeek day 3 🦗🪳🐜🐛, I have got some snippets from recent papers on insect biodiversity change so you can get a sense of what we know and from where. Enjoy! #standtallforthesmall (see below for the second half)

Do you need a little persuasion to appreciate wasps? Check out the #WorldFirst exhibition about wasps!! #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Opens TOMORROW for 6 months! FREE!! Wasp are #PestControllers #Pollinators #Diverse #socialites #hunters the original #Bee www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

It’s day 2 of Insect Week! 🪰🐜🐝🪳Today I have been to visit the @zslofficial.bsky.social library to see some of the wonderful insect books in their Insect Week display. #standtallforthesmall @royentsoc.bsky.social (1/5)

It's #InsectWeek! Keep an eye out for great content on the little guys we all rely on. 🐝🐞🐜🦋🪰 I will try to post some insect-fun each day, but do check out the Insect Week website: www.insectweek.org/ #StandTallForTheSmall @royentsoc.bsky.social First up, insect facts that still blow my mind! (1-4)

NEW PAPER! And what a challenging one. It has taught us a lot about how we can understand the impacts of pressures on insects, and I hope we can continue to add to it into the future. Another great output from the @glitrs.bsky.social GLiTRS project team 🌍 🐝 🐜 🦋 🐞

What a week! We had the 2nd annual meeting of @insectai.bsky.social in Tirana, Albania 🇦🇱 Along with Jamie Alison, we led a workshop on building a toolbox full of tools to help researchers navigate the complexities of both traditional and computer vision-based insect monitoring data. All the fun! 📸🦋🐝

#computer vision #ai #insect #pollinators #vectors A wonderful MC and WG meeting with the InsectAIers at a beautiful venue in Albania. Demonstrations of newly developed camera traps for pollinators but also vectors. Fruitful discussions and new ideas! Many thanks to our host Anila Paparisto!

I've had a brilliant few days in Sweden discussing land use and climate change interactions and their impacts on biodiversity. So fortunate to work alongside such creative and knowledgeable people, and made even better by the beautiful surroundings.

I'd also like to say a huge thanks to @tim-bird.bsky.social for producing a stunning piece of art to accompany the research. I've been a fan of Tim's graphic novels for many years now, so it was amazing to collaborate with him on this illustration! I love it so much.

A brilliant paper! Well done @princessquatris.bsky.social 🦖🦕📉

🦋🪲🪰 Insects account for up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and are vital for 35% of global food production, however research on their biodiversity is lacking (and underfunded) 🧵1/6

NEW PAPER: A review from the GLiTRS team about how we can integrate data from different sources to better understand the impact of threats on insect biodiversity at the global scale :) see the thread for links and details!

NEW PAPER from the GLiTRS team! 🎉 We review how best to use different types of evidence to better understand global insect declines 🦗🪳🪲🦋🐛🐜 "Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change" published in @science.org 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr35bdaa A summary 🧵 below (1/7)

Last few days to apply for PhDs!!

✨✨ Interested in learning more about TREES DLA and the application process? ✨✨ Come along on the 20th Dec (11:00am GMT) to our webinar for potential applicants! 📝 For more details and registration see here: tinyurl.com/w4z4um5h www.trees-dla.ac.uk

Brilliant talk by @tokehoye.bsky.social with a shout out to the @insectai.bsky.social COST Action project. Do check it out if you are interested in new tech for insect monitoring! 🪰🦟🪲🦋 #BES2024

It's great to be back at the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social annual meeting! Looking forward to all the brilliant talks, workshops, and socials to come. #BES2024

I have some PhD projects now available for application if you are interested in insect biodiversity change. Please check out the links below and shout if you have questions!

🌟new paper🌟 the first chapter of my thesis is out in #ecography ! We present #regionalbiomes as a novel spatial unit for global biodiversity monitoring frameworks 🌏 This unit could increase resolution on biodiversity trends 📈 whilst keeping data collection feasible 📋🏞 doi.org/10.1111/ecog...