The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...

🏥 Join us next week with stakeholders from govt, business & academia for our @lshtm.bsky.social #healthecon symposium We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare 📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00 🏛️ LSHTM | Online Details 🔽 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

The deadline to apply to join our team as Editor-in-Chief is today!⏰ Are you an active researcher in the field? Ever considered joining the #RESAgForestEnt team? Learn more here ⬇️ buff.ly/UMdkvBs Deadline: 31 January 2026 @royentsoc.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

First use of the 's' word in 2026 with spring usher joining pale brindled beauty at Boilton Wood alongside bank vole and long-tailed tit at Brockholes

✨ LAST CALL - Don't forget to nominate an entomologist for RES Awards and Recognition 🐝 ⏰ Deadline: 31 December Some open awards include: 🦋 Insect Conservation Award 🐝 Eleanor Ormerod Award 🪲 Higher Education Teaching Award Nominate or apply now 🔽

Ever considered joining the #RESAgForestEnt team? We are seeking an active researcher in the field to join our team as Editor-in-Chief. Think you might fit the bill? Learn more ⬇️ www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunities/eic-afe-2026/ Deadline: 15 January 2026 @royentsoc.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Not long to register for @royentsoc.bsky.social Behaviour conference! 🪲 Covering novel sensing and detecting from both academic and industry perspectives www.royensoc.co.uk/event/behavi...

#CallForAbstracts Deadline next week! Submit your abstracts soon for a chance to share your research and present at the #BehaviourSIG in February 🔽 buff.ly/KrjZwc8 📅 Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 December @rothamsted.bsky.social @ipmmark.bsky.social @basf.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

Looking forward to giving this talk later today @naturerecovery.bsky.social! What better way to end the week than with a dose of #WaspLove! @uclcber.bsky.social

🎃 Halloween Special: The insect world has inspired some of the most terrifying stories. Parasitoid larvae growing inside live hosts, fungi turning ants into zombies, cannibalism and necrophagy… 🐜🐛🪳💀 Curious? Join us 👉https://www.ece2026.org/ #ECE2026 #Entomology #Science #Tours #Biodiversity

Join me in Edinburgh on the 22nd of November for the @royentsoc.bsky.social Outreach, Culture & Education SIG meeting at the National Museum of Scotland! If you missed the abstract deadline, you can still submit a poster until 10 Nov. 🧪 #bugsky #entomology

Interested in communicating your science to a wider audience? 🔍🐝 Then this is for you! @royentsoc.bsky.social Outreach Special Interest Group meeting is in beautiful #Edinburgh 22nd Nov With workshops by @ashwhiffin.bsky.social, the bug farm, TVs Nick Baker & many more 🎉 (& the Xmas markets on!)

We are keen to get views on what identification workshops would be of interest which we might offer in 2026. Please contact us at [email protected] by 10th November with any suggestions

Interested in insects and/or outreach? Join @royentsoc.bsky.social in #Edinburgh at the National museum 22nd November 🥳 Great for #students and #ECRs that want to learn how to engage www.royensoc.co.uk/event/outrea...

📅 Abstract Deadline Extended! Join the programme by submitting your research by Friday 31 October 🦋 📍 National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh 📅 22 Nov 2025 Register now 🔽 www.royensoc.co.uk/event/outrea...

Today has been @royentsoc.bsky.social annual #insects as food and feed conference 🦗🐛 As always it has been a fascinating day covering everything from entomophagy, to insects as a sustainable alternative feed source, ethics with sentience, to the nutritional breakdown of different insects.

📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣 Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum Deadline: 5/10/25 www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

📢 Have you seen a mosquito in Scotland? The @MosquitoScot team want to hear about it! You can report your sighting and submit a photo here ⬇️ mosquito-scotland.com Please help us fill in the mosquito map for Scotland and understand future vector-borne disease risk!

Moving into Oct with temperatures & daylight hours falling in Scotland, the "peak" mosquito activity season is passing. However, some species like Culex pipiens can still be found 'overwintering'; like this one our team found on #Arran yesterday. Let us know if you see any ⬇️ mosquito-scotland.com

Our paper on the flower import industry as a route for Culicoides (and their diseases) into Europe is now out 🙌🏽🦟🌹✈️🌍 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This is all thanks to @baylism.bsky.social persistence 🙌🏽 @royentsoc.bsky.social @globalvectorhub.bsky.social #VBD #midges #BTV

Aedes albopictus Is Rapidly Invading Its Climatic Niche in France: Wider Implications for Biting Nuisance and Arbovirus Control in Western Europe 🔗 buff.ly/5NGai2L

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv Long-term population changes for the UK #StagBeetle #Lucanus cervus - Evidence from #CitizenScience surveys and museum collections doi.org/10.1111/icad.70022 #Conservation #MuseumCollection @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

🚨Still time to join online for Insects as Food and Feed next Thursday www.royensoc.co.uk/event/iaff25/ 🚨 @royentsoc.bsky.social

Great work by @ukhsa.bsky.social team on 4 yrs of invasive #mosquito surveillance in UK. Sporadic detection of Aedes albopictus on transport routes in England & one-off detection of aegypti at Heathrow don't confirm establishment, but show value of surveillance journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

I am working on a really cool project - a pop up science and art shop in Swindon! We are looking for researchers to run public engagement activities in this space from 25th Oct - 1st Nov. If you are interested, please get in touch via my website contact form: www.sarahcosgriff.com/contact

🌟 Don’t miss our #IAFF25 keynotes! 🐜 Jonathan Birch, Coller Foundation/LSE 🦗 Jo Gould @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 🍽️ Tim Parr @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 🪰 Ben Brown, InsectBiotech Hear their expertise on farming and the future of sustainable food systems 🦗🌍 Register by 29 Sept 🔽 buff.ly/YxHoJwb

Mondays talk by @beebytes.bsky.social was a fantastic deep dive on what is, and is not, known on humane insect collections 🪲 highly recommend a watch as Meghan gave some really useful & practical tips @insectwrs.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

Our new paper on the effectiveness of European control strategies for dengue outbreaks is now out in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... This work is co-led by Sandeep Tegar and team.

💡Request for input💡 Via the Simullidae bulletin: Looking for information on European black fly suppression programmes (Global Black Fly Suppression) paper: - species targeted - waterways treated - anything else you can share @globalvectorhub.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

Only two weeks left to enter Capturing Ecology! We’re proud to partner with the @britishecologicalsociety.org to support the Animal Category, one of eight celebrating the wonder of the natural world through photography 📸

Rise of dangerous health information in UK risks 'lost generation' LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

🗣️ Have your say by 30 September. We’re running a survey open to anyone working in forestry or using wood products, from furniture to paper. We want to know: What motivates you to make sustainable choices? 🌱 Take part here: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/nudge-t... #WoodProducts #ForestrySurvey

📢 The deadline for active and enthusiastic researchers to apply to join two of our Editorial Board teams is today! ⌛ To learn more and apply see links below ⬇️ #RESAgForestEnt Commissioning Editor: buff.ly/kCN1Fah #RESPhysEnt Reviews Editor: buff.ly/SJ8h79l Deadlines: 15 September 2025 ⏰

I’m running Biological Recording 101 on 20 January at Lesnes Abbey Lodge, London. Join me to explore how to turn wildlife sightings into valuable conservation data & get hands-on with iRecord. 🧪 🌍 Tickets from £25 More details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1682508431...

This week I was honoured to sign @royentsoc.bsky.social historical Obligations Book of Fellows 🙌🏽 🖋️ Get in touch if you want to find out more about becoming a RES Fellow! 🪲🪰🦋🐝🦟🐜🦗

Fantastic talk by @birchlse.bsky.social on ethical review for insect research as part of @royentsoc.bsky.social #Ento25 insect ethics workshop @insectwrs.bsky.social

I'm really pleased that @royentsoc.bsky.social is hosting a workshop on ethics in insect research later today at #Ento25. It's an area where the UK entomology community can and should lead the way. Can't make it? You can still access my slides here: drive.google.com/file/d/1rBzi...

Wrapping up #ento25 women in entomology discussing how overcoming imposter syndrome, diversity of voices, role models and self confidence when applying for jobs improves prospects 🐝🐞🦟🦋🪲 Hearing how @royentsoc.bsky.social has supported careers has been wonderful

Dr Anna Platoni’s fascinating career across outreach, policy and communicating entomology at different levels. Learning more about entomology at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social #ento25 @royentsoc.bsky.social

Dr Gia Aradottir covering her varied career from farm, to aphids, to entrepreneur in resident @hau-entomology.bsky.social #ento25 @royentsoc.bsky.social

Excellent tour of Dr Hayley Jones’ career as an #entomologist Learned about the girl guide insect badge 🙌🏽😍 @royentsoc.bsky.social #ento25 www.ggsw.org.uk/incredible-i...

#Ento25 is fully underway, and our student members are taking part in our annual student #PubQuiz, #EntOlympics, where a lovely prize of @nhbs.bsky.social vouchers +more awaits the winning team. Good luck, everyone! 🪲

Missed out on a ticket for LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED? Our event is proving so popular we’ve released EXTRA online tickets so more people can learn how to fight dangerous health #misinformation! Get your ticket👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

🚨 UK students 🚨 Opportunity to present your work in parliament - poster competition open now 🧐 Amazing opportunity and would be fantastic to see an entomology based poster represented 🙌🏽 @royentsoc.bsky.social stemforbritain.org.uk

Join us for Insects as Food and Feed 🪰 📅9 October 📍University of Roehampton @uni-roehampton.bsky.social 🔗 www.royensoc.co.uk/event/iaff25/ Covering #InsectProtein nutrition, formulation and the UK/EU landscape it's sure to be a fascinating day following #Ento25 and #BSFCon in September🎉

Fantastic first session at #BSFcon highlighting the challenges to scaling - standardisation of output a key challenge to uptake for aquaculture sector 🧐🐟

Psyched to be co-chairing this great line up of diverse speakers who represent the best in arbovirus research. See you there! Send us your email for a Zoom login. Please help with a re-post :-)

New digital publication available for free on our website! A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (2nd Edition): covering all British macro-moths, micro-moths and butterflies, this is an indispensable reference for any serious lepidopterist. www.benhs.org.uk/publications...

BENHS ID Workshop Dinton Pastures, Nr. Reading December 6th 2025 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Wasps with a single forewing sub-marginal cell – Mike Edwards To book a place please mail, supplying a contact phone: [email protected] Image: Mike Edwards

@marctaylor.bsky.social Weevil Identification workshop – Angela Marmont Centre November 8 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Tutor: Mark Gurney For beginners to those wanting to get familiar with trickier groups. Book a place; email, supplying a contact phone: [email protected] Image: Mark Gurney