The @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social & the #RoyalHorticulturalSociety are championing hoverflies! Finally the light is shining on the Diptera, highlighting the pollinating adults, & the predatory/decomposer larvae within Syrphidae www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wild-ab... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

A wasp-mimic Drone fly (Monoceromyia trinotata) for #insectthursday. Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Aug 2025. #macroPhotography #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #natgeoyourshot #Himalayas #nature #entomology #biodiversity #Nikon #insectencounter #niffeature2025 @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Learn more about #diptera Funding available for Summer field meeting 2026 #fieldcraft #entomology #pollinators #foodwebs #detritivores Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email [email protected] @britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

Happy to see our paper out! 🎉 We assess the relative roles of past/present environmental & anthropogenic drivers shaping functional & phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean forests, highlighting the key role of past climate stability 🌳 ➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70177 (1/8)

🌸 Flowers that are attractive and occupy a complementary position in interaction space could be prioritized in flower mixes to recover rare and specialized pollinators 👇 📖 : buff.ly/HIu8R7Y

Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Flying changes how metabolism scales with body mass –> NEW META-ANALYSIS of insects and spiders in Ecology Letters with @vojsavagjoni.bsky.social, H. Tan, A. Hirst and D. Atkinson onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Small fields, big benefits: But only with semi-natural habitats nearby 🌱🌎 New blog post explores the effect of field size on Bumble bee populations in Austria and Hungary 🐝🧪 Read more 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/12/10/s...

The UK’s #wildlife is under increasing pressure, and #gardens are becoming ever more important. That’s exactly why the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium has become such a valuable (& free!) annual event. More details here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/10/j... #pollinators #mammals #fungi #ponds

8 years ago, I started working with cavity-nesting Hymenopterans using the trap-nest method. Based on Hungarian projects and these experiences, we compiled a practical protocol for researchers who are using trap nests for the first time 🔗 dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.ewov11znovr2/v2

HYMATHON 2025 starts in less than 27 hours! www.timeanddate.com/countdown/ge...

What is the effect of increasing disturbances in C European forests on insect diversity, and how does salvage logging modulate it? We found an overall positive response for both cleared and uncleared sites, with a stronger signal for taxonomic vs phylogenetic diversity doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

The file with the final figures is finally finished! Sadly the stochastic map is way too high fidelity for the publication - but if you'd like the high resolution PDF of that figure to make a nice poster, here's the link! therusselllab.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

‼️ Discover the WildPosh promotional toolkit! A set of materials that introduces WildPosh is now available. These resources help partners introduce the project and its objectives at conferences, talks, and workshops. Designed by @pensoft.net. 👉 Explore the toolkit: wildposh.eu/news/get-kno...

One more piece of evidence, on a growing pile, that insects are in decline. "...the general species turnover and biomass trends emphasize ongoing arthropod community simplification, and that even common species may be increasingly under threat." 🪲🪳🧪🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🤔 What is @ipbes.net? We strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services, ensuring that global environmental decision making is informed by the best available knowledge! Illustration by Michaël Olbrechts 🌍🧪 www.biodiversity.be/4128/

I attended the SCAPE Conference for the first time. The atmosphere and the spirit were wonderful! It was inspiring to be surrounded by researchers who share the same passion for pollinators. I finally met my SEPPI project colleagues in person after many online meetings. Hope to meet again next year!

Rearing insects in class is an excellent science education tool, but using non-native insects can lead to ethical and environmental issues. Native insects should be prioritised! Great paper exploring this overlooked issue #RESInsectConsDiv 🌏🧪 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📰Published📰Not so fast! Flowers put the brakes on buzzing bees🐝 buff.ly/j0bHqi5 🧪🌍

Interesting development - $50 million for "polar bear conservation" in Greenland. My articles about how some conservation NGO projects are not what they seem - www.int-res.com/abstracts/es... www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-... show how this will play out 🌍 1/n 🧵

"You shared her refusal to give up, and that meant the world to her. It means the world to our team, too. We have been inundated with heartfelt messages, and we are so grateful for your kindness and your support – and your determination to carry Jane's mission forward." Read more:

#Publication Our paper, co-authored by @edinatorok.bsky.social, Robi, and Péter, and led by Lorenzo Marini, has been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology under the title "Using total abundance as a proxy for wild bee species richness: A practical tool for non-experts." doi.org/10.1111/1365...

The Pollinator Academy is an online platform that provides tools and training to help strengthen your knowledge of the taxonomy of European pollinators. Follow us and visit our website to find out more! #PollinatorAcademy #Pollinators #Taxonomy #Bee #Hoverfly #Butterfly Pollinatoracademy.eu

Finally read the abstract for www.nature.com/articles/s41... and umm wow some bombshells there in terms of "what is a species even"! "We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle."

Small fields have big benefits for pollinators – but only with semi-natural habitats nearby | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

#SEPPI fieldwork :D

Urban habitats may not be supporting as many female #bees... "Since females are the ones responsible for nest-building and and potentially #pollination, as they visit more flowers, this imbalance could have long-term effects on bee populations and the pollination services they provide." #nature

I just visited a fascinating #DNA exhibition and learned something unexpected: Neanderthal genes can influence whether you're an early bird! Some of our inherited Neanderthal DNA is linked to circadian rhythms and a tendency to wake up early. As Richard Dawkins said: “Genes control everything.” :D

More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122

Ouch. “If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”

👏 Incredible work by @pieterzuidema.bsky.social! This global tree-ring study shows the real toll of droughts on tropical forests—some seeing >10% growth loss. #ClimateScience #ForestsUnderThreat #TreeGrowth #Forestry 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤

Yes, many tropical trees have annual rings! Great to contribute to this global synthesis led by @pieterzuidema.bsky.social, indicating stronger droughts w climate change may shift observed more resilient responses toward more widespread decreases in productivity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌾🌐

I recently visited beautiful Finland 🇫🇮 and was amazed to learn that the country has around 200,000 islands! Suddenly, Ilkka Hanski’s metapopulation theory makes even more sense. 🌿🦋 #Ecology #Metapopulation #IlkkaHanski #Finland #Conservation

🪶 THE TUFTED PUFFINS OF TRIANGLE ISLAND is out August 5th! This book introduces readers to a pair of puffins preparing a burrow on the steep cliffside of Triangle Island, off the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island. 🧗 Pre-order here: houseofanansi.com/products/the... #booksky #kidlit #cankidlit

Nice insect hotels from Leipzig 🐝

We're buzzing with excitement about Beebox! Check out the 3D-printed nest for bumblebees created by Dr Philip Donkersley of LEC and engineering lecturer Jenny Roberts 🐝 Read more 👇 https://ac.pulse.ly/qewgcm47sh @dr-bees.bsky.social | #WorldBeeDay

📖Published📖 In our new practical tools article, Philip and Roberts present a novel artificial nestbox, the BeeBox, designed to support bumblebee nesting and enhance research, conservation and public engagement 🐝 📦 🌍 🧪 buff.ly/GzH2HgZ

Training object detection models to monitor wild bees in real time? Yes :D! My STSM with Maximilian Sittinger at @idiv-research.bsky.social helped me build a universal insect detector for reed, woody & board hotels. So excited to develop this further! @insectai.bsky.social #InsectAI #OpenEcology

Our results highlight the value of complex landscapes around villages, advocating for both top-down and bottom-up initiatives. ecolres.hun-ren.hu/en/projektek...

#Publication: Our Frontline project paper, led by Péter, has been published in Nature Sustainability with the title: Biodiversity and human well-being trade-offs and synergies in villages. doi.org/10.1038/s418...

I had to miss #ICCB2025 this year, but attendees may be interested in our survey of global conservation labour. We need respondents who work in conservation in any capacity, anywhere in the world 🌍 The QR code on the poster or the link in the reply will take you to a page with full information

Are you an insect or interaction ecologist, in a department where plant and vertebrate ecologists dominate the teaching space? What are your tips on engaging potential Honours/research students with insect ecology problems? #academicsky ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2022/10/24/e...

Happy to see that #RestPoll #Butterfly #Valor #Agri4Poll are sharing Living Labs and collaborate synergistically for some project tasks 🐝🦋🐦😃

A series of new blog posts have been published by project assistant Sanija Stangute. To learn more about BSC's research activities and developments, follow the below link: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #H2020 I #HorizonEurope I #INHABIT I #PLUSChange I #RestPoll

Great to be at the #FutureforButterflies. Tomorrow I will speak about this new paper and our work with #biodiversitymonitoring using #Insect #cameratraps and #AI as part of @mambo-project.eu @onestop-project.eu and @insectai.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?

#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!

A lovely second day with many exciting talks and interactive sessions!! @insectai.bsky.social

Bumble Bee Atlas: Ecology And Conservation: 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF9w...

🍃🦜 Native trees are essential for wildlife habitats, ecosystem stability, soil health, water retention, & carbon sequestration. They also provide food, medicine, & income for communities.🌍🧪 Safeguarding #biodiversity is vital. Discover their amazing benefits w/ @cifor-icraf.bsky.social ⤵️