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Investigating the mechanisms driving trophic interactions using nucleotides, networks and nutrients at Newcastle University 🕸🍽🧬 Posts by @JordanCuff.bsky.social ForagingEcology.com

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Sep 9

Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! We’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new articles and protocols and more! 🏞️📃🧪

Check out our latest news post and subscribe on our homepage for email updates!

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FERG News September 2025

Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! Alongside all of the various field experiments well under way, we’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new article…

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Jordan Cuff 🕷️🧬🕸️ @jordancuff.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, Josie, for running such a great workshop! So many great discussions and exciting things to come! 🐟🕸️🏞️

Josie South @josiesouth.bsky.social · 8d

This week was full of training, workshops and seminars. @leopoldadrianus.bsky.social taught the group ecomorphology, @ecoinvasions.bsky.social gave an insightful lecture on context dependent invasion impacts

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · 29d

We've really enjoyed having @maximuminsect.bsky.social join us for #EcoNet2025, #Ento25 and for a joint group meeting with @nclneg.bsky.social! See you soon, Max!

Network Ecology Group - Newcastle University @nclneg.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks to Max Tercel for chairing a session at #EcoNet2025 and for giving a talk to us and @foragingecology.bsky.social at our joint group meeting on Monday

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Jordan Cuff 🕷️🧬🕸️ @jordancuff.bsky.social · 29d

I had a great time talking to #Ento25 about peer review! We even had them peer reviewing some mock papers and they all did exceptionally well!

Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Sep 10

Workshops are underway at #Ento25 with EiC of Agricultural & Forest #Entomology @jordancuff.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social leading on The Priorities and Pitfalls of Good #PeerReview 🐛

#Glasgow #Education #Research #Science #Insects #InsectScience #Publications #PhD #STEM #RESAgForestEnt

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Sep 9

FERG News September 2025

Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! Alongside all of the various field experiments well under way, we’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new article…

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Network Ecology Group - Newcastle University @nclneg.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks to Max Tercel for chairing a session at #EcoNet2025 and for giving a talk to us and @foragingecology.bsky.social at our joint group meeting on Monday

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Broghan Mareighd Erland @broghanmerland.bsky.social · Sep 5

What a buzzing time at #EcoNet2025! Was thrilled to get to share some of my PhD work and to meet so many lovely researchers! Thanks so much to all the organizers.

@foragingecology.bsky.social with a strong showing and a prize winning talk by @beatricedale.bsky.social 🐝🌳

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Jun 11

Check out what Rosy's up to in the field! Some great samples on their way back to Newcastle soon! 🤩🕷️🕸️

Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · Jun 6

Come and do some fieldwork with me!

#entomology #spiders #arachnology #womeninstem #fieldwork

Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Jun 11

If you want to delve even further back, check out our update from May too!

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There's even an entomological crossword to have a go at, designed by the one and only @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social!

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Jun 11

What's going on in FERG?!

Find out in our monthly news post!
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Some incredible updates and photos from the group, including new papers, fieldwork antics and outreach programmes! There's even a foraging logic puzzle to have a go at.

FERG News June 2025

It’s been another busy month, with plenty of fieldwork underway, some new faces and some nice new outputs! Read below for all of the recent updates, some other things we’d like to share…

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Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · May 20

After such a great response to #spiderspies yesterday and so many people sharing it, I've already had 6 responses in just one day, and 3 people have requested sample kits! So I'll be making a trip to the post office this afternoon to get those sent out to people 🕷️✉️ spider mail here we come

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Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · May 19

Further information about the scheme can be found here foragingecology.com/spider-spies/ along with links to our recording form.

Please feel free to ask me any questions about the scheme, the spiders or the work I'm doing with them!

Spider Spies

Welcome to Spider Spies! Flower crab spiders (Misumena vatia) love to live in flower verges, which are great for pollinators, biodiversity buffer zones and natural pest control. We want to find out…

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · May 19

🚨WHERE ARE THE CRAB SPIDERS?🚨

If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!

Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · May 19

Hi everyone, I am launching a community science scheme "Spider Spies" where we are asking you, to send us pictures and if you're keen and able samples of Misumena vatia, the Flower Crab Spider to investigate their interactions with their host flowers and the invertebrate community around them.

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Apr 28

We had a great time last week putting up experimental lamp posts at one of the university's experimental farms for @miacroftento.bsky.social's upcoming artificial light experiments! We even had a mining bee digging its hole near ours - perhaps setting up their own lamp posts! 💡🐝

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Apr 11

What beautiful scenery! 🤩 Lots of exciting things ahead for Broghan!

Broghan Mareighd Erland @broghanmerland.bsky.social · Apr 9

The woodpasture at Hepple Wilds really was showing off its early spring best for laser scanning! Can’t wait to return with @jordancuff.bsky.social in the summer for a final set of 🌳🕷️🪻data for my PhD. So excited for the collaboration as part of my work with @foragingecology.bsky.social

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Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · Apr 7

Also found some great carabid #beetles up here, although this one was not so happy and did try to make a meal out of my finger 🪲

Fairly certain this is a pterostichus but not sure on the species so will be sending over to @chrisfoster.bsky.social and the recording scheme

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Jordan Cuff 🕷️🧬🕸️ @jordancuff.bsky.social · Apr 2

We're really excited about these new article types!

Share your perspectives on the impact of policy on insects in agriculture and forestry! 📃🐝🐛

Publish new methods and applications of methods from other fields! 🧪🪲💻

Check out the updated guidelines and keep eyes peeled for more updates to come!

RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · Apr 2

We are delighted to announce the launch of several new article types in #RESAgForestEnt, creating a space for innovative new formats, including methods, applications & ‘policy insights’ articles

More info here🔽
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New Article Types Launched for Agricultural and Forest Entomology - Royal Entomological Society

The RES is delighted to announce that Agricultural and Forest Entomology (AFE) is launching several new article types, creating a space for different types of research and some innovative new formats…

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Apr 2

Massive congrats to @envirosyment.bsky.social for being selected as the next @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Rep! 🎉🎓🪲

Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · Apr 1

So excited to be joining the RES in this position, and looking forward to meeting and working with so many people at conferences and beyond!

Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Apr 1

Warmest welcome to @envirosyment.bsky.social, our newest Student Rep 🦋

Read more about Rosy 🔽
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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Apr 2

Welcome to Bluesky, Broghan! 😃🚁🌳

Broghan Mareighd Erland @broghanmerland.bsky.social · Apr 2

Introduction time!
Hi, I’m Broghan a PhD student at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🇨🇦in🇬🇧
I study 🌳 #carbon and 🪻 #biodiversity in UK #agroforestry systems. A particular focus is on remote sensing of structural and multispectral diversity of vegetation as they relate to foraging ecology.

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Broghan Mareighd Erland @broghanmerland.bsky.social · Apr 2

Hello all ☺️
I start new accounts with a quote that’s meaningful to me:
“Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used–not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.” - Elizabeth Gaskell
#ethics

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Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · Mar 31

Really wonderful talk from Chris on his journey through ecology and his current work. Will definitely be sending him and the carabid recording scheme all the carabid data from my master's work last year!

Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Mar 31

A warm welcome from all of us here at @uniofreading.bsky.social, all geared up and ready for the RES Student Forum 2025 🦋

Introducing our first Keynote, Chris Foster, with his talk: Going to ground: engaging students (and everyone) in carabid recording and research 🪲

#SF25

Introducing RES Student Forum 2025 first Keynote Speaker, Chris Foster, Lecturer in Animal Ecology, The University of Reading, with his talk: Going to ground: engaging students (and everyone) in carabid recording and research

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Mar 31

Will, @envirosyment.bsky.social and @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social are having a great time at the @royentsoc.bsky.social #SF25 this week! Be sure to say hello if you're there! 🪱🕷️🐝 #StudentForum2025Squad

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · Mar 29

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Jordan Cuff 🕷️🧬🕸️ @jordancuff.bsky.social · Mar 26

It is truly an honour to be shortlisted for the Elton Prize! Reflecting on this paper for the blog was really nice - we had such a great time writing it and it's driving so much of what we're doing in @foragingecology.bsky.social!

Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Foraging Ecology Research Group @foragingecology.bsky.social · Feb 26

Great @sciencesncl.bsky.social Ecosystems PGR Seminar from our very own Will Dawson today about his PhD work using ecoacoustics and metagenomics to construct soil trophic networks! 🔊🪱🧬

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