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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 15h

#RESMedVetEnt is delighted to be at the 9th International Congress of the Society for #VectorEcology, sponsoring the Post Doc award for oral presentations and a poster prize too!

Are you at #SOVE2025? Look out for our #EiC Marion England to chat about submitting!
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 18h

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt

Descriptron: Artificial intelligence for automating taxonomic species descriptions with a user-friendly software package
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70005

#AnalyticalAI #AI #VLMs #ViTs #LLMs #Taxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wiley.com

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 19h

New #OpenAccess work in #RESEcolEnt

Of walls & floors: how physical structures affect mating song detection in stridulating orthopterans
doi.org/10.1111/een.70017

#Stridulation #Orthoptera #Acoustics #SensoryEcology
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 1d

New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv reports on the establishment and rapid spread of #SocialWasps (#Hymenoptera: #Vespinae) in #Greenland
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70023

#InsectMonitoring #SpeciesIntroductions
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 1d

New research in #RESPhysEnt

Plasticity of cold tolerance and body composition in response to varying winter conditions in a temperate #WolfSpider
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70008

#Schizocosa #PhenotypicPlasticity
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 1d

New research in #RESAgForestEnt

Don't crush me: Wild #cockroach assemblage in the context of land uses change within a modified #wetland landscape
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70003

#Biodiversity #Blattodea
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

The #FreeToRead #EditorsChoice article for the issue reports on environmental conditions influencing seasonal #PopulationDynamics of #Drosophila suzukii (#Diptera: #Drosophilidae) in mid-latitude organic farms.

Why not give it a read?
doi.org/10.1111/afe.12684

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for some weekend reading?

The new issue of Agriculture and Forest Entomology is now available! 📢

View the contents here ⬇️
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563...

@royentsoc.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

Photos courtesy of Michael Baylis & article authors.

#AnimalHealth #Biosecurity #Globalisation #InsectVectors #InsectBorneDiseases

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for something to read over the weekend? Why not take a look at the article!

Investigation of global transportation of #Culicoides biting midges, #vectors of livestock & equid #arboviruses, from flower-packing plants in Kenya
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70016

@ukvbd.bsky.social @baylism.bsky.social

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

New #FreeToRead work in #RESMedVetEnt summarised hot-off-press as a @royentsoc.bsky.social #ResearchHighlight!

A recent article investigates whether #Culicoides biting midges are being accidentally exported from Africa to Europe in shipments of cut flowers.

More here ⬇️
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@wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

Photo: Adult carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (credit: Annie-Ève Gagnon, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada).

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectMolecBio

The genome & stage-specific transcriptomes of carrot #weevil, #Listronotus oregonensis, reveal adaptive mechanisms for host specialisation & symbiotic interactions
doi.org/10.1111/imb.70012

@sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com

Adult carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (credit: Annie-Ève Gagnon, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada).

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 2d

New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt

Mixed effects of #urbanization on #pollination services among four native plant species
doi.org/10.1111/een.70016

#UrbanInsects #LandscapeFragmentation
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 3d

Have you had a chance to read the new issue of #RESEcolEnt yet? Why not line it up for some weekend reading!

Full contents of the November 2025 issue here: ⬇️
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652311...

Video created by Matt Greenwell
#EcologicalEntomology #Ecology #Entomology #Insects

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 3d

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

The value of public #databases for our knowledge of national #spider #biodiversity compared to a long-term scientific monitoring project
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70024

#CitizenScience #LongTermData #ScientificResearch
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 3d

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt

A new #phylogeny of #Anastrepha (#Diptera: #Tephritidae) based on nuclear loci obtained by #phylogenomic methods
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70003

#Phylogenetics
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 3d

New research in #RESAgForestEnt

Host preferences of non-native #Acalolepta aesthetica (Coleoptera: #Cerambycidae) on the Island of Hawaiʻi

#Biosecurity #NonNativeInsects
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 10d

🍂 It's already October and it feels like only yesterday that we were welcoming you all to #Ento25 🦋

Did you catch the Wigglesworth Memorial Lecture and the Plenary talks?

Watch them back on YouTube now 🔽

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlPF2t057DaCM2-RIFR25ss2gtp4XznNT

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 16d

🐝 Win a Waspy Prize Bundle – Signed Book + Seedball Seed Boxes and more this September!

Read our latest news post and enter the competition to win a signed copy of Endless Forms by Prof. Seirian Sumner + more.

Competition Deadline: 29 September - Enter now 🔽

Prize bundle featuring 'Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps' book by Seirian Sumner alongside a Wildlife Mix seedball pack with colourful wildflower illustrations.

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 17d

New #OpenAccess research in #RESAgForestEnt

Current and future global distribution of the peach twig borer, #Anarsia lineatella Zeller (Lepidoptera: #Gelechiidae)
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70012

#SpeciesDistributions
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 18d

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

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 19d

The work illustrates the potential for host plants to mediate insect-parasite interactions under altered conditions

@iragonese.bsky.social @jaapderoode.bsky.social @cbrandon07.bsky.social @richardlovesbirds.bsky.social @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 19d

New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt reports on how host plants & experimental #warming impact fitness and infection outcomes in a migratory butterfly
doi.org/10.1111/een.70010

#Danaus #MonarchButterfly

Photo credits: Isabella Ragonese

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 19d

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Weaving together the past, present and future of Greek #arachnofauna: #Biodiversity, knowledge gaps and #conservation
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70019

#Spiders
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

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