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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you to everyone that attended the #WomenInEntomology morning at #Ento25, what a fantastic turnout!

Special thanks to @ukladybirds.bsky.social, @hayleyento.bsky.social, Anna Platoni and Gia Aradottir 🐞🪴🪰🦗

Read more about women in entomology 🔽
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WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience

Helen Roy delivering a presentation on Women in Entomology at Ento25.

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 27d

🌟 That's a wrap on #Ento25! 🐛🦋

A huge thank you to all our speakers, delegates, volunteers, and partners who made this year's conference such a vibrant and inspiring event 🐜🦋🕷️

Here’s to the future of #entomology - see you next time!

Want more? Check out our upcoming events 🔽

Events Archive - Royal Entomological Society

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Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 27d

#Ento25 our workshop: how to use taxonomic keys had a lot of enthusiasm, ‘some’ frustration #whatisit but with genuine engagement. Featuring test keys: Orthoptera & Dermaptera & of course Carabidae handbook with www.royensoc.co.uk/publications... with specimens from www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/ce...

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 29d

🌿 We’re celebrating our first round of BES Fellows!

20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology.

👇 Meet them:

Meet our first round of BES Fellows - British Ecological Society

We are delighted to announce the first round of BES Fellows, recognising outstanding contributions to ecology across research, teaching, and its application within our international community.

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Maggie Sheddan @gannetrocks.bsky.social · Sep 5

#Bass beautiful morning @seabirdcentre.bsky.social

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Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity @anthropocenebio.bsky.social · Sep 4

A lively and light hearted moth vs butterfly discussion on The Infinite Monkey Cage with @janehillyork.bsky.social, @chrisjiggins.bsky.social, Katy Brand, @profbriancox.bsky.social & Robin Ince.

Are you team butterfly or team moth 🦋💡?

Listen to the episode in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 33 - Moths v Butterflies - Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins - BBC Sounds

Brian Cox and Robin Ince adjudicate a fluttery face off!

www.bbc.co.uk

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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ingleborough just levelled up! 💚 More wild land, more rare species, more reasons to grab your boots and explore.

Nature’s winning big in Yorkshire—come see why! 👇

www.ywt.org.uk/blog/wild-ingleborough/wild-ingleborough-reaching-new-heights-wildlife

#WildIngleborough #KingsNNR #NatureRecovery

Wild Ingleborough – Reaching new heights for wildlife | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Tim Thom, Wild Ingleborough programme manager, celebrates the impact your support and donations have made on the Wild Ingleborough programme over the last two years.

www.ywt.org.uk

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Dr Amy-Jane Beer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social · Sep 1

Swimmers and river lovers of Yorkshire! Rave On for the Avon is coming to York THIS THURSDAY 🏊🏻‍♀️💦💙

Please share…

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@righttoroam.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 28

In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists released this week, 83% said federal government policies since January 20, 2025, had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.

Entomologists, Fellow Scientists Report Negative Impacts of Government Actions

In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists, 83% said government policies in 2025 had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.

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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · Aug 22

Join us at the UKBMS 50th Anniversary Conference!

We can't wait to celebrate this milestone yr 🎂 Join us for a day of butterfly science, celebrations and chatting with other butterfly enthusiasts.

Book your free place - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...

Places are limited, book soon!
#UKBMS50

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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · Aug 20

UK Butterfly abundance Indicators for 1976-2024 have been released, showing an 18% decline in overall butterfly abundance for the UK. Habitat specialists have fared worse, declining by over a third.

Check out the full statistics here ⬇️

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yikes - the land surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant is up for sale!

Lot 1 is top-quality chalk downland bursting with wildflowers & butterflies - orchids, skippers… going for £950k. It absolutely needs to be preserved. Hope the NT or similar can buy

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · Jul 31

This should be a lot of fun! Help us find out if BES journal data and code sharing policies are actually working, with a little side bonus quest about data equity 🤓

Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are doing a Hackathon! 💻 Together with senior editor @nhcooper123.bsky.social , we'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible... (1/2)

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨

This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.

No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️

Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 24

Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋

The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽

Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society

The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 23

The latest @pomscheme.bsky.social annual report is here! 🐝🌿🦋🌼🪲

Check out this year’s findings in ‪@ukceh.bsky.social‬'s brilliant summary in the thread below 🔽

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jun 23

As @royentsoc.bsky.social #InsectWeek begins, we’re excited to share the latest @pomscheme.bsky.social annual report 🐝🪰🪲

Explore this year’s findings and help us welcome The RHS as a new PoMS partner! 👏🏼

Planting a variety of flowers and creating diverse habitats is key for pollinators 🌼

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Front cover of UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme Annual Report 2024, including image of Variable Nomad Bee, Nomada zonata
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Colin Beale @cmbeale.bsky.social · May 20

Great to see @charles-cunningham.bsky.social's paper out on the impacts of woodland connectivity on the presence of woodland species in the UK. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Although ecologists talk about connectivity being important to maintain, the evidence that this is true is weak. 1/

A figure showing how different invertebrate species show impacts in relation to woodland covr. Overall the connectivity effect is small, but all groups show it.

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Scott Cairney @sacairney.bsky.social · May 13

I’m looking for a postdoc and RA for an ERC-funded project “SLEEPAWAY: Forgetting unwanted memories in sleep”. You’ll use MEG/EEG and fMRI to understand how the sleeping brain remembers and forgets. PLEASE REPOST 😊

Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc

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Prof Jane K Hill @janehillyork.bsky.social · May 9

A fabulous place to be a student!

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Eva Gril @evagril.bsky.social · Apr 14

The beauty of trees as lidar point clouds... 3D pixel art 🌳 🧊
Here, an oak forest stand from the North of France, with a dense understory. Voxelised with AMAPVox @umramap.bsky.social, from our terrestrial lidar scans!
@jonlen.bsky.social #EDYSAN @terschki.bsky.social

A forest stand visualized as 3D pixels, or "voxels", extracted on a 20 by 20 m square. It is dense, but the different tree stems are easy to distinguish. Voxels are colored by height, from dark blue near the ground to light green in the top of the canopy (24 m height maximum).

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Prof Jane K Hill @janehillyork.bsky.social · Apr 14

Fabulous talk @jjwilliams924.bsky.social

Was great to hear about your exciting research plans.

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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · Apr 5

How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com

Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
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Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society

Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.

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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · Apr 3

The simplest thing you can do to help butterflies this summer is grow your grass long to help species that have been reduced by up to 86% since 1970.

Dr Richard Fox from @savebutterflies.bsky.social tells @stevehreports.bsky.social on @lbcnews.bsky.social.

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