Elva Robinson
@elvarobinson.bsky.social
Behavioural ecologist: Social organisation in ants etc; Field ecology, behavioural experiments, computational modelling; EDI, University of York; she/her
These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Bumbling around over what to get your loved ones for Christmas? Look no further! Your answer to fun, learning & festive family competition is here. Social insects trump cards, available at the Winter Meeting. Order today: www.iussi-nweurope.org/edi
All proceeds go to funding inclusion bursaries.
All proceeds go to funding inclusion bursaries.
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Bumbling around over what to get your loved ones for Christmas? Look no further! Your answer to fun, learning & festive family competition is here. Social insects trump cards, available at the Winter Meeting. Order today: www.iussi-nweurope.org/edi
All proceeds go to funding inclusion bursaries.
All proceeds go to funding inclusion bursaries.
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I'm very proud to receive the 2025 Robert P. McIntosh Award from the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Vegetation Section at #ESA2025 with an amazing group of colleagues, for our paper on Community #MastSeeding. 🥳
Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Award info: esa.org/vegetation/a...
Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Award info: esa.org/vegetation/a...
August 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'm very proud to receive the 2025 Robert P. McIntosh Award from the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Vegetation Section at #ESA2025 with an amazing group of colleagues, for our paper on Community #MastSeeding. 🥳
Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Award info: esa.org/vegetation/a...
Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Award info: esa.org/vegetation/a...
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Amazing talk by @jennyperry.bsky.social bringing together signalling theory and socially transferred materials. Keep your eyes peeled for the eventual paper with @steveramm.bsky.social @elvarobinson.bsky.social and myself #ESEB2025 @socialtransfernet.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Amazing talk by @jennyperry.bsky.social bringing together signalling theory and socially transferred materials. Keep your eyes peeled for the eventual paper with @steveramm.bsky.social @elvarobinson.bsky.social and myself #ESEB2025 @socialtransfernet.bsky.social
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Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
August 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Look at the size of this wood ant nest! (Or perhaps I'm just smaller than you thought). This is a Northern Hairy Wood Ant nest in the Lake District, sampled by @melvinopolka.bsky.social and me for the @monitant.bsky.social project this year.
August 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Look at the size of this wood ant nest! (Or perhaps I'm just smaller than you thought). This is a Northern Hairy Wood Ant nest in the Lake District, sampled by @melvinopolka.bsky.social and me for the @monitant.bsky.social project this year.
Had an amazing time with @melvinopolka.bsky.social and Igor Siedlecki, discovering so many beautiful ants nests and collecting samples and data for the Europe-wide MonitAnt @monitant.bsky.social project. We are so lucky that wood ants always choose such beautiful places to make their homes!
The last few weeks have been special as I was a guest of @elvarobinson.bsky.social in York for field research. Together with her and Igor Siedlecki, I travelled across the UK, successfully carrying out sampling for the @monitant.bsky.social. I'm excited to see the results of this data.
August 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Had an amazing time with @melvinopolka.bsky.social and Igor Siedlecki, discovering so many beautiful ants nests and collecting samples and data for the Europe-wide MonitAnt @monitant.bsky.social project. We are so lucky that wood ants always choose such beautiful places to make their homes!
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👉 How to get involved:
- Follow this page for updates and event invites
- Join our email network: www.socialtransfer.net/join
- Or just drop us a DM, everyone’s welcome!
We’re excited to connect with you. Watch this space for future seminars and updates!
See you soon, fluids (or beverages) in hand!
- Follow this page for updates and event invites
- Join our email network: www.socialtransfer.net/join
- Or just drop us a DM, everyone’s welcome!
We’re excited to connect with you. Watch this space for future seminars and updates!
See you soon, fluids (or beverages) in hand!
Join us — Social Transfer Network
www.socialtransfer.net
July 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
👉 How to get involved:
- Follow this page for updates and event invites
- Join our email network: www.socialtransfer.net/join
- Or just drop us a DM, everyone’s welcome!
We’re excited to connect with you. Watch this space for future seminars and updates!
See you soon, fluids (or beverages) in hand!
- Follow this page for updates and event invites
- Join our email network: www.socialtransfer.net/join
- Or just drop us a DM, everyone’s welcome!
We’re excited to connect with you. Watch this space for future seminars and updates!
See you soon, fluids (or beverages) in hand!
I'm so fortunate to have these amazing PhD students in my group!
Today we celebrated @elvarobinson.bsky.social receiving best PhD supervisor of the year award at the University of York. Very well deserved - we’re lucky to have you!
July 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm so fortunate to have these amazing PhD students in my group!
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⏰ Today is the deadline to submit your #Ento25 abstracts!
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Abstract submission - Royal Entomological Society
Abstract Submission Deadline for submissions: Friday 20th June 2025 Ento25 provides an opportunity to present your research to a large audience across the field of insect science. We are offering…
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June 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
⏰ Today is the deadline to submit your #Ento25 abstracts!
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Making the most of the warm weather to re-map the cooperative wood ant colony networks at the beautiful @nationaltrust.org.uk's Longshaw Estate. This was day 1 last week - two keen student volunteers getting their first experience of wood ants
June 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Making the most of the warm weather to re-map the cooperative wood ant colony networks at the beautiful @nationaltrust.org.uk's Longshaw Estate. This was day 1 last week - two keen student volunteers getting their first experience of wood ants
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The herbicide glyphosate is globally ubiquitous. Here we report in a new paper on the sublethal effects to the behavior and brains of bees, a non-target organism that might encounter the herbicide while foraging in agricultural landscapes. Photo creds LC McHenry & R Schurch
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
May 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The herbicide glyphosate is globally ubiquitous. Here we report in a new paper on the sublethal effects to the behavior and brains of bees, a non-target organism that might encounter the herbicide while foraging in agricultural landscapes. Photo creds LC McHenry & R Schurch
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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There are still a few spaces left in my Drawing Bees online course starting tomorrow evening. It's a fun way to spend a few spring evenings. www.eventbrite.com/e/drawing-be... 🌿🎨
Drawing Bees - May 7, 14, 21, 2025
Will the classes be recorded?
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May 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
There are still a few spaces left in my Drawing Bees online course starting tomorrow evening. It's a fun way to spend a few spring evenings. www.eventbrite.com/e/drawing-be... 🌿🎨
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The Ada Lovelace Day fundraiser is closing in on its stretch goal, with just £887 left to raise! If you can chuck a tenner into the kitty, I'd be very grateful.
I did a quick thread of the things this will allow me to do here: bsky.app/profile/ada...
I did a quick thread of the things this will allow me to do here: bsky.app/profile/ada...
Donate to Save Ada Lovelace Day's archives and newsletter, organised by Suw Charman-Anderson
Last year, I took the difficult decision not to organise another … Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Save Ada Lovelace Day's archives and newsletter
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May 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Ada Lovelace Day fundraiser is closing in on its stretch goal, with just £887 left to raise! If you can chuck a tenner into the kitty, I'd be very grateful.
I did a quick thread of the things this will allow me to do here: bsky.app/profile/ada...
I did a quick thread of the things this will allow me to do here: bsky.app/profile/ada...
Did you know about these tiny shiny ants (red arrow) living with wood ants (blue arrow)? They are Shining Guest Ants (Formicoxenus) and we have recently discovered that a wood ant nest can be home to several genetically distinct colonies of these 'guests'! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... 1/5
May 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Did you know about these tiny shiny ants (red arrow) living with wood ants (blue arrow)? They are Shining Guest Ants (Formicoxenus) and we have recently discovered that a wood ant nest can be home to several genetically distinct colonies of these 'guests'! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... 1/5
So pleased to see this paper published - the fieldwork was beset by Covid disruptions and restrictions, but we found out some fascinating things about the beautiful but elusive Shining Guest Ants. Project funded by @futurewoodlands.bsky.social
New research in #RESEcolEnt gives insights into the population genetics of an extreme habitat specialist, the wood ant commensal Formicoxenus nitidulus 🐜
See the article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/een.13450
@elvarobinson.bsky.social @jennistockan.bsky.social @wiley.com
See the article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/een.13450
@elvarobinson.bsky.social @jennistockan.bsky.social @wiley.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
So pleased to see this paper published - the fieldwork was beset by Covid disruptions and restrictions, but we found out some fascinating things about the beautiful but elusive Shining Guest Ants. Project funded by @futurewoodlands.bsky.social
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Edith Clarke was an electrical engineer & the first female professor of electrical engineering in the USA. She developed a method to calculate the maximum power that a power transmission line could carry and remain stable. Read more & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
May 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Edith Clarke was an electrical engineer & the first female professor of electrical engineering in the USA. She developed a method to calculate the maximum power that a power transmission line could carry and remain stable. Read more & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
What happens when a wood ant network is disrupted? New Open Access research shows that it depends on the resource. Networks are resilient to the loss of random resources, but a targetted removal of a key resource changes network structure 1/2 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
April 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What happens when a wood ant network is disrupted? New Open Access research shows that it depends on the resource. Networks are resilient to the loss of random resources, but a targetted removal of a key resource changes network structure 1/2 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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We're recruiting 3 new Editors-in-Chief covering medical, veterinary & forensic entomology.
We're looking for researchers committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/W60vdzt
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
We're looking for researchers committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/W60vdzt
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
Editors-in-Chief, Medical and Veterinary Entomology - Royal Entomological Society
About the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a Royal Entomological Society journal dedicated to the dissemination of impactful entomological research of medical, veterinary and forensic…
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April 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We're recruiting 3 new Editors-in-Chief covering medical, veterinary & forensic entomology.
We're looking for researchers committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/W60vdzt
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
We're looking for researchers committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.
📅 Deadline: 11 May
Apply 🔽
buff.ly/W60vdzt
@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt
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Only a week left to apply for our Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems in Oxford from 4-8 August. All costs of EU-based participants will be fully covered.
Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems 2025 – 3DForEcoTech – COST Action CA20118
3dforecotech.eu
April 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Only a week left to apply for our Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems in Oxford from 4-8 August. All costs of EU-based participants will be fully covered.
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RT! Looking for an exciting opportunity to join a wonderful field team in Senegal as a PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT?
@CrpSimenti
is hiring! Explore the lives of wild Guinea baboons in their natural habitat, while gaining proficiency in diverse research methods: bit.ly/4j5itaM
@CrpSimenti
is hiring! Explore the lives of wild Guinea baboons in their natural habitat, while gaining proficiency in diverse research methods: bit.ly/4j5itaM
April 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
RT! Looking for an exciting opportunity to join a wonderful field team in Senegal as a PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT?
@CrpSimenti
is hiring! Explore the lives of wild Guinea baboons in their natural habitat, while gaining proficiency in diverse research methods: bit.ly/4j5itaM
@CrpSimenti
is hiring! Explore the lives of wild Guinea baboons in their natural habitat, while gaining proficiency in diverse research methods: bit.ly/4j5itaM
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Happy to see that a small article Elia Nalini (from @euracalpenv.bsky.social ) and I wrote for the myrmecological news blog is now finally published! 🐜 We present our @monitant.bsky.social project and also our Citizen Science approach. 🔎
blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...
blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...
MonitAnt: European-level monitoring strategy for mound-building Formica ants
Formica rufa workers engaged in food sharing (trophallaxis) (© Elia Nalini) In the popular imagination, when we think about environmentally impactful ants, the first images that come to mind are of...
blog.myrmecologicalnews.org
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy to see that a small article Elia Nalini (from @euracalpenv.bsky.social ) and I wrote for the myrmecological news blog is now finally published! 🐜 We present our @monitant.bsky.social project and also our Citizen Science approach. 🔎
blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...
blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/04/09/m...
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@asab.org has a new grants secretary - it's me! I've already been busy preparing boosted travel grants for the @behaviour2025.bsky.social conference in Kolkata, India. Next job is to revise grants in line with EDIA principles and better support for #ECRs.
Apply here: www.asab.org/grant-overview
Apply here: www.asab.org/grant-overview
Grants Overview — ASAB
www.asab.org
January 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
@asab.org has a new grants secretary - it's me! I've already been busy preparing boosted travel grants for the @behaviour2025.bsky.social conference in Kolkata, India. Next job is to revise grants in line with EDIA principles and better support for #ECRs.
Apply here: www.asab.org/grant-overview
Apply here: www.asab.org/grant-overview
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@asab.org has grants to attend #behaviour2025, boosted for applicants (ALL SENIORITIES!) from developed countries up to £2000. Plus the usual £2500 for those from developing countries, and £800 if you're based in India.
But get your abstracts in soon - deadline 31st January!
But get your abstracts in soon - deadline 31st January!
Are you ready to showcase your expertise? 💡
📢 Call for abstract is open now!!✨
Get substantial opportunity to share your advances with the ethology community.
👉Please head over to our website to see abstract submission guidelines in detail along with important dates.
#behaviour2025
📢 Call for abstract is open now!!✨
Get substantial opportunity to share your advances with the ethology community.
👉Please head over to our website to see abstract submission guidelines in detail along with important dates.
#behaviour2025
January 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
@asab.org has grants to attend #behaviour2025, boosted for applicants (ALL SENIORITIES!) from developed countries up to £2000. Plus the usual £2500 for those from developing countries, and £800 if you're based in India.
But get your abstracts in soon - deadline 31st January!
But get your abstracts in soon - deadline 31st January!
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PhD position on the ecology and evolution of animal memory! Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining us
PhD position available! Are you interested in how natural selection shapes the evolution of animal memory? Be part of our experimental evolution plans at UCL @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @treesdla.bsky.social , co-supervised by Flo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo...
Evolutionary ecology of animal memory | UCL Trees
This project seeks to explore how memory evolves in response to the ecological tasks that animals face in their natural environment. Associative memory exists in some form in almost all animal species...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
January 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
PhD position on the ecology and evolution of animal memory! Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining us