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.
NEW PAPER: Development of a LAMP protocol to identify the parasitoid Carcelia iliaca from oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processioneae) larval tissue to understand and enhance biocontrol management plans dx.doi.org/10.1111/afe....
📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
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Grand old time at #BES2024 Great science and great people!
@kyleamiller.bsky.social et al. demonstrate the performance of a novel assay for rapidly detecting parasitoids of the oak processionary moth, a serious forest pest in the UK. Rapid assessments of biocontrol rates can inform wider management strategies for the pest.
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The chimps might not be able to produce Shakespeare but it must still be better than this. 2020s the decade of confident ignorance.
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Oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea) (OPM) Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) is a serious forestry pest and risk to public health in the UK. The economic and environmental cos...
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My second publication from my PhD looking at using a molecular diagnostic method (which I developed for my first paper found here: doi.org/10.1111/afe....) to look for the main parasitoid of the oak processionary, an invasive pest of oak trees, to help inform conservation biocontrol strategies!
I'm giving a talk at @northumbriauni.bsky.social as part of the @rgsibg.bsky.social seminar series on best practice interventions for fieldwork focusing on toileting outdoors, menstruation and safeguarding - free tickets can be found here: www.rgs.org/events/upcom... We'll be recording the talk too!
Rosy Christopher
Network Ecology Group - Newcastle University
The Royal Entomological Society is recruiting one new volunteer to be a Student Representative. The 1-2 year role includes helping to organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, and providing up...
