Juha Pöyry
@poyryjuha.bsky.social
Biologist (PhD) - interests ecology, entomology, conservation biology, global change
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Juha Pöyry
@poyryjuha.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Number of moths has remained stable for 30 years, but the species have changed significantly | Suomen ympäristökeskus
The 30th anniversary report of the national Nocturna moth monitoring, coordinated by the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and launched in 1993, presents the history, background and changing specie...
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New report presenting the main 30-yr results (1993-2022) of the Finnish moth monitoring scheme has been published:
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7035...
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7035...
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One of the most exciting projects I have ever been involved in: Project Psyche! Read all about our ambitions and aims. It's ground breaking stuff, just mind blowing and even surreal (27 years ago we did single genes for lep phylogenetics)! @projectpsyche.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level
reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found
in Europe. Here, we describe t...
www.cell.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
One of the most exciting projects I have ever been involved in: Project Psyche! Read all about our ambitions and aims. It's ground breaking stuff, just mind blowing and even surreal (27 years ago we did single genes for lep phylogenetics)! @projectpsyche.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
EU Commission Regulation on pollinator monitoring was published today. 1/2
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
EU Commission Regulation on pollinator monitoring was published today. 1/2
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
Very sad news.
We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing.
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.
He will be missed.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/1031
Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away
Renowned Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away on 20 November 2025.After decades of collaboration with the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes in Ott...
zookeys.pensoft.net
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Very sad news.
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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What a remarkable discovery! In SW Turkey a new species of Lycaenid was discovered, Rapala suleymani sp.n., of a genus that was only known from the eastern palearctic & indomalayan realms, it's closest relative flies 7000km away! doi.org/10.31184/M00...
Rapala suleymani sp. n., (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) a new thecline...: Ingenta Connect
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What a remarkable discovery! In SW Turkey a new species of Lycaenid was discovered, Rapala suleymani sp.n., of a genus that was only known from the eastern palearctic & indomalayan realms, it's closest relative flies 7000km away! doi.org/10.31184/M00...
Syken vuoro - ikävä kyllä uutinen ei yllätä.
Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke) on jättänyt yhteistoimintaneuvotteluesityksen henkilöstön edustajille. Neuvottelut käynnistetään taloudellisista ja tuotannollisista syistä, ja ne kohdentuvat koko henkilöstöön.
Lue lisää tiedotteesta: www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7157...
Lue lisää tiedotteesta: www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7157...
Suomen ympäristökeskus käynnistää yhteistoimintaneuvottelut – enintään 80 henkilöä irtisanotaan | Suomen ympäristökeskus
Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke) on jättänyt yhteistoimintaneuvotteluesityksen henkilöstön edustajille. Neuvottelut käynnistetään taloudellisista ja tuotannollisista syistä, ja ne kohdentuvat koko henkilöstöön.
www.sttinfo.fi
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Syken vuoro - ikävä kyllä uutinen ei yllätä.
Tuoreen tutkimuksen @syke mukaan sisävesien lajisto on selvsti heikentynyt ja ennallistamista tarvitaan.
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7156...
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7156...
Ennallistamista tarvitaan järvien ja virtavesien heikentyneen lajiston elvyttämiseksi | Suomen ympäristökeskus
Suomen järvien ja virtavesien lajiston monimuotoisuuden tilaa on arvioitu ensimmäistä kertaa koko Suomen tasolla ja alueellisesti. Tulosten mukaan sisävesien lajisto on merkittävästi heikentynyt. Muut...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Tuoreen tutkimuksen @syke mukaan sisävesien lajisto on selvsti heikentynyt ja ennallistamista tarvitaan.
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7156...
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7156...
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Gelechioidea, that superdiverse superfamily of Lepidoptera that has been a super mess taxonomically, finally gets some structure at the family level with phylogenomics! Read all about it in our article led by PhD student @etkayapar.bsky.social !
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Integrating Sanger and next‐generation sequencing data sheds light on phylogenetic relationships among gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
The maximum-likelihood analysis of a phylogenomic dataset of 1767 protein-coding genes from 57 ingroup taxa yields a robust family-level topology for Gelechioidea, revealing novel among-family relat...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Gelechioidea, that superdiverse superfamily of Lepidoptera that has been a super mess taxonomically, finally gets some structure at the family level with phylogenomics! Read all about it in our article led by PhD student @etkayapar.bsky.social !
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Päivitetty tutkimus maailman nisäkkäiden biomassasta – ihmiset ja kotieläimet vs. villit nisäkkäät.
Vuodesta 1850 villien nisäkkäiden osuus on pudonnut 50 prosentista viiteen.
Merinisäkkäiden määrä on romahtanut 70 %
Greenspoon ym. 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41... (open access)
Vuodesta 1850 villien nisäkkäiden osuus on pudonnut 50 prosentista viiteen.
Merinisäkkäiden määrä on romahtanut 70 %
Greenspoon ym. 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41... (open access)
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Päivitetty tutkimus maailman nisäkkäiden biomassasta – ihmiset ja kotieläimet vs. villit nisäkkäät.
Vuodesta 1850 villien nisäkkäiden osuus on pudonnut 50 prosentista viiteen.
Merinisäkkäiden määrä on romahtanut 70 %
Greenspoon ym. 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41... (open access)
Vuodesta 1850 villien nisäkkäiden osuus on pudonnut 50 prosentista viiteen.
Merinisäkkäiden määrä on romahtanut 70 %
Greenspoon ym. 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41... (open access)
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📢New paper: Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals @universityofleeds.bsky.social with Rothamsted Insect Survey🦋🐝🪰🦟
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/trillio...
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/trillio...
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📢New paper: Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals @universityofleeds.bsky.social with Rothamsted Insect Survey🦋🐝🪰🦟
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/trillio...
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/trillio...
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt
Distance of movement in three threatened #butterfly species
doi.org/10.1111/een.70027
#Euphydryas #Parnassius #Phengaris #CMR #Dispersal #Conservation
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
Distance of movement in three threatened #butterfly species
doi.org/10.1111/een.70027
#Euphydryas #Parnassius #Phengaris #CMR #Dispersal #Conservation
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt
Distance of movement in three threatened #butterfly species
doi.org/10.1111/een.70027
#Euphydryas #Parnassius #Phengaris #CMR #Dispersal #Conservation
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
Distance of movement in three threatened #butterfly species
doi.org/10.1111/een.70027
#Euphydryas #Parnassius #Phengaris #CMR #Dispersal #Conservation
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
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Finland has a goal to be net zero GHG emissions by 2035.
Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
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Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Finland has a goal to be net zero GHG emissions by 2035.
Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
Emissions were declining, the LULUCF removals were strong, the plan was looking good, but then LULUCF collapsed.
Net GHG emissions have actually risen over the last decade!
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
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Kirjoitimme @leifschulman.bsky.social kanssa luontokadon kiistämisestä eli #luontokatodeniamismi sta, joka on yleistynyt myös Suomessa.
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/al...
Ketju 👇
1/9
@syke.fi @helsinki.fi @luontopaneeli.fi @ilmastopaneeli.fi @ym.fi @luke.fi @nathist.bsky.social @suomenkuvalehti.fi
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/al...
Ketju 👇
1/9
@syke.fi @helsinki.fi @luontopaneeli.fi @ilmastopaneeli.fi @ym.fi @luke.fi @nathist.bsky.social @suomenkuvalehti.fi
Aleksi Lehikoinen ja Leif Schulman: Suomessa syytä herätä luontokadon kiistämiseen
Luontokato on vakava uhka ihmiskunnalle, kirjoittavat yli-intendentti Aleksi Lehikoinen ja pääjohtaja Leif Schulman.
suomenkuvalehti.fi
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Kirjoitimme @leifschulman.bsky.social kanssa luontokadon kiistämisestä eli #luontokatodeniamismi sta, joka on yleistynyt myös Suomessa.
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/al...
Ketju 👇
1/9
@syke.fi @helsinki.fi @luontopaneeli.fi @ilmastopaneeli.fi @ym.fi @luke.fi @nathist.bsky.social @suomenkuvalehti.fi
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/al...
Ketju 👇
1/9
@syke.fi @helsinki.fi @luontopaneeli.fi @ilmastopaneeli.fi @ym.fi @luke.fi @nathist.bsky.social @suomenkuvalehti.fi
Much needed phylogeny of N European Noctuid moths published!
New research in #RESSystematicEnt
Elaborating the #phylogeny of #Noctuidae by focusing on relationships between northern European taxa
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70010
#Phylogenomics
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wiley.com
Elaborating the #phylogeny of #Noctuidae by focusing on relationships between northern European taxa
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70010
#Phylogenomics
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Much needed phylogeny of N European Noctuid moths published!
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In the new European butterfly Red List, 8 sp are threatened in Scandinavian tundra where the climate crisis is causing warmer + drier conditions that allows scrub to spread on sensitive bog and open habitats. eg Agriades aquilo; Boloria freija; Euphydryas iduna. www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
In the new European butterfly Red List, 8 sp are threatened in Scandinavian tundra where the climate crisis is causing warmer + drier conditions that allows scrub to spread on sensitive bog and open habitats. eg Agriades aquilo; Boloria freija; Euphydryas iduna. www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
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October moths
Even now it’s not too late to cling to the last remnants of summer and go looking for moths. These are some of the species that can still be seen in Finland & elsewhere in Northern Europe, drawn after my own photos.
Even now it’s not too late to cling to the last remnants of summer and go looking for moths. These are some of the species that can still be seen in Finland & elsewhere in Northern Europe, drawn after my own photos.
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
October moths
Even now it’s not too late to cling to the last remnants of summer and go looking for moths. These are some of the species that can still be seen in Finland & elsewhere in Northern Europe, drawn after my own photos.
Even now it’s not too late to cling to the last remnants of summer and go looking for moths. These are some of the species that can still be seen in Finland & elsewhere in Northern Europe, drawn after my own photos.
Reposted by Juha Pöyry
The new European Butterfly Red List found that the biggest threats to butterflies continue to be habitat loss and degradation but climate warming is having a devastating effect on sp. in the far north and far south of Europe. 52% (34) of all Red List sp. are now threatened by climate warming.
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The new European Butterfly Red List found that the biggest threats to butterflies continue to be habitat loss and degradation but climate warming is having a devastating effect on sp. in the far north and far south of Europe. 52% (34) of all Red List sp. are now threatened by climate warming.
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The new European Butterfly Red List shows that butterflies are under increasing threat across Europe, with the number of species at risk of extinction up from 37 to 65 (73%) in the last 10 years. See our Press Release www.bc-europe.eu/documents/68...
www.bc-europe.eu
October 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The new European Butterfly Red List shows that butterflies are under increasing threat across Europe, with the number of species at risk of extinction up from 37 to 65 (73%) in the last 10 years. See our Press Release www.bc-europe.eu/documents/68...
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The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
Third consecutive record-warm September in N Finland.
Breaking: September 2025 was record-warm in Finnish Lapland, for the third time in a row.
Monthly mean temperature in Sodankylä Tähtelä was 11.0 °C, exceeding the previous record of 10.3 °C set in 2024 (which itself had exceeded the previous record of 10.0 °C set in 2023 and 1934).
Monthly mean temperature in Sodankylä Tähtelä was 11.0 °C, exceeding the previous record of 10.3 °C set in 2024 (which itself had exceeded the previous record of 10.0 °C set in 2023 and 1934).
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Third consecutive record-warm September in N Finland.
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We are happy to share this on a political level very important paper from our team - The Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany. Especially for the last ten years the results show a negativ trend for grassland butterflies in Germany doi.org/10.3897/natu... @pensoft.net @ufz.de #NRR
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We are happy to share this on a political level very important paper from our team - The Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany. Especially for the last ten years the results show a negativ trend for grassland butterflies in Germany doi.org/10.3897/natu... @pensoft.net @ufz.de #NRR
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📣New Study: Collapse in UK insect populations may be overstated, but local communities are being reshaped by CC & development 🐝🪲🦋🦗🪰🐞@btobirds.bsky.social @uor-research.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/insects...
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📣New Study: Collapse in UK insect populations may be overstated, but local communities are being reshaped by CC & development 🐝🪲🦋🦗🪰🐞@btobirds.bsky.social @uor-research.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/insects...
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Grundwissen Klima zur Erinnerung: weniger Tempo beim Klimaschutz heißt unerreichbare Klimaziele! Denn ein großer Teil des CO2 bleibt Jahrtausende in der Luft. Die *kumulativen* Emissionen bestimmen Ausmaß der Erderwärmung! Tempo ist entscheidend!
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Grundwissen Klima zur Erinnerung: weniger Tempo beim Klimaschutz heißt unerreichbare Klimaziele! Denn ein großer Teil des CO2 bleibt Jahrtausende in der Luft. Die *kumulativen* Emissionen bestimmen Ausmaß der Erderwärmung! Tempo ist entscheidend!
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Suomen luontotyyppien ja lajien tila heikkenee edelleen. Tämä käy ilmi Suomen raporteista Euroopan komissiolle luonto- ja lintudirektiivien toimeenpanosta.
Kehityssuunnan kääntäminen vaatii lisäpanostuksia luonnonsuojeluun, ennallistamiseen ja seurantatyöhön.
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7143...
Kehityssuunnan kääntäminen vaatii lisäpanostuksia luonnonsuojeluun, ennallistamiseen ja seurantatyöhön.
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7143...
Luontotyyppien ja lajien tilan heikkeneminen jatkuu – Suunta voidaan kääntää investoimalla ennallistamiseen | Suomen ympäristökeskus
Suomi raportoi Euroopan komissiolle luonto- ja lintudirektiivien toimeenpanosta. Arvioinnin tulokset (ym.fi) osoittavat lajien ja luontotyyppien heikkenevän kehityksen jatkuvan edelleen. Myös ennallistamisasetuksen toimeenpanoon tarvitaan yhä enemmän panostuksia lajien ja luontotyyppien tilan parantamiseen sekä seurantaan.
www.sttinfo.fi
September 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Suomen luontotyyppien ja lajien tila heikkenee edelleen. Tämä käy ilmi Suomen raporteista Euroopan komissiolle luonto- ja lintudirektiivien toimeenpanosta.
Kehityssuunnan kääntäminen vaatii lisäpanostuksia luonnonsuojeluun, ennallistamiseen ja seurantatyöhön.
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7143...
Kehityssuunnan kääntäminen vaatii lisäpanostuksia luonnonsuojeluun, ennallistamiseen ja seurantatyöhön.
www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/7143...
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📣 New research, including @savebutterflies.bsky.social #citizenscience data, shows winners & losers across >1200 insect species in Britain since 1990. Urbanisation identified as major driver of decline for moths, ladybirds & hoverflies www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌍 🦋🐞🦗🪲🐝
September 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📣 New research, including @savebutterflies.bsky.social #citizenscience data, shows winners & losers across >1200 insect species in Britain since 1990. Urbanisation identified as major driver of decline for moths, ladybirds & hoverflies www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌍 🦋🐞🦗🪲🐝