Dr Jess Stokes

The first round of microgrants for 2026 is open! Apply here : https://opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective.

Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running!
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...

Ento26 - Royal Entomological Society Rydym wrth ein bodd yn croesawu Ento26 i ddinas Caerdydd! We are delighted to be hosting Ento26 in the city of Cardiff! We would like to thank the Ento Convenors for their support with the…

#Ento26 is in Cardiff 8-10th September and 2026 & abstracts are now open 🎉

www.royensoc.co.uk/event/ento26/

If you are a fellow (or thinking of applying) you have the opportunity to sign the @royentsoc.bsky.social book of fellows at #Ento26! 🪲🪰✍️

Phengaris teleius (Scarce Large Blue) in a French meadow. One of the 17 species in the European Grassland Butterfly Index. Photo: Martin Warren)

The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...

🏥 Join us next week with stakeholders from govt, business & academia for our @lshtm.bsky.social #healthecon symposium

We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare

📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online

Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

The deadline to apply to join our team as Editor-in-Chief is today!⏰

Are you an active researcher in the field? Ever considered joining the #RESAgForestEnt team? Learn more here ⬇️
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Deadline: 31 January 2026

@royentsoc.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

First use of the 's' word in 2026 with spring usher joining pale brindled beauty at Boilton Wood alongside bank vole and long-tailed tit at Brockholes

Nominate an Entomologist for RES Awards and Recognition

✨ LAST CALL - Don't forget to nominate an entomologist for RES Awards and Recognition 🐝

⏰ Deadline: 31 December

Some open awards include:
🦋 Insect Conservation Award
🐝 Eleanor Ormerod Award
🪲 Higher Education Teaching Award

Nominate or apply now 🔽

Ever considered joining the #RESAgForestEnt team?

We are seeking an active researcher in the field to join our team as Editor-in-Chief.

Think you might fit the bill? Learn more ⬇️
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunities/eic-afe-2026/

Deadline: 15 January 2026

@royentsoc.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Behaviour Special Interest Group (SIG) 2026 - Royal Entomological Society Behaviour Special Interest Group (SIG) 2026 Emerging themes: Novel techniques in insect behaviour studies Date: Tuesday 10 February 2026 (9.30am – 5pm) Venue: The Studio, Birmingham and online The Beh...

Not long to register for @royentsoc.bsky.social Behaviour conference! 🪲

Covering novel sensing and detecting from both academic and industry perspectives

www.royensoc.co.uk/event/behavi...

Emerging themes: Novel techniques in insect behaviour studies Join the RES Behaviour SIG on Tuesday 10 February 2026 in Birmingham for a day of talks on insect behaviour research.

#CallForAbstracts Deadline next week!

Submit your abstracts soon for a chance to share your research and present at the #BehaviourSIG in February 🔽

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📅 Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 December

@rothamsted.bsky.social @ipmmark.bsky.social @basf.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

Looking forward to giving this talk later today @naturerecovery.bsky.social!
What better way to end the week than with a dose of #WaspLove!
@uclcber.bsky.social

ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

🎃 Halloween Special: The insect world has inspired some of the most terrifying stories. Parasitoid larvae growing inside live hosts, fungi turning ants into zombies, cannibalism and necrophagy… 🐜🐛🪳💀

Curious? Join us 👉https://www.ece2026.org/

#ECE2026 #Entomology #Science #Tours #Biodiversity

Promotional poster for the Royal Entomological Society’s Outreach, Culture & Education Special Interest Group 2025 meeting. It will be held on Saturday, 22 November 2025, at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The theme is improving communication and perception of insect science through education, media, and society. Speakers include Dr Sarah Beynon, Nick Baker, Ashleigh Whiffin, Ed Harrison, and Jessica Symons. The poster shows the National Museums Scotland and Royal Entomological Society logos, icons of insects, and a background image of people examining something in a grassy field. A QR code directs viewers to register or submit an abstract

Join me in Edinburgh on the 22nd of November for the @royentsoc.bsky.social Outreach, Culture & Education SIG meeting at the National Museum of Scotland!

If you missed the abstract deadline, you can still submit a poster until 10 Nov. 🧪

#bugsky #entomology

Interested in communicating your science to a wider audience? 🔍🐝
Then this is for you!

@royentsoc.bsky.social Outreach Special Interest Group meeting is in beautiful #Edinburgh 22nd Nov

With workshops by @ashwhiffin.bsky.social, the bug farm, TVs Nick Baker & many more 🎉

(& the Xmas markets on!)

We are keen to get views on what identification workshops would be of interest which we might offer in 2026. Please contact us at robszsz@yahoo.co.uk by 10th November with any suggestions

Outreach, Culture & Education SIG 2025 - Royal Entomological Society Outreach, Culture & Education Special Interest Group (SIG) 2025 We are excited to invite you to the next RES Outreach SIG meeting at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh on 22 November. Come and...

Interested in insects and/or outreach? Join @royentsoc.bsky.social in #Edinburgh at the National museum 22nd November 🥳

Great for #students and #ECRs that want to learn how to engage

www.royensoc.co.uk/event/outrea...

📅 Abstract Deadline Extended!

Join the programme by submitting your research by Friday 31 October 🦋

📍 National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
📅 22 Nov 2025

Register now 🔽
www.royensoc.co.uk/event/outrea...

Today has been @royentsoc.bsky.social annual #insects as food and feed conference 🦗🐛

As always it has been a fascinating day covering everything from entomophagy, to insects as a sustainable alternative feed source, ethics with sentience, to the nutritional breakdown of different insects.

Student Representative vacancy 2025 - Royal Entomological Society 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...

📣🐞 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

www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

📢 Have you seen a mosquito in Scotland? The
@MosquitoScot
team want to hear about it!

You can report your sighting and submit a photo here ⬇️

mosquito-scotland.com

Please help us fill in the mosquito map for Scotland and understand future vector-borne disease risk!

Close up picture of a plastic tube with a single Culex pipiens mosquito caught inside it. It has a brownish body, six legs, and a long needle-like proboscis on its head

Moving into Oct with temperatures & daylight hours falling in Scotland, the "peak" mosquito activity season is passing. However, some species like Culex pipiens can still be found 'overwintering'; like this one our team found on #Arran yesterday. Let us know if you see any
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Investigation of the global transportation of Culicoides biting midges, vectors of livestock and equid arboviruses, from flower‐packing plants in Kenya Arboviral diseases spread by Culicoides biting midges have been introduced into Europe by unknown means. A possible route is the carriage of midges with cut flowers shipped to flower markets. We sam...

Our paper on the flower import industry as a route for Culicoides (and their diseases) into Europe is now out 🙌🏽🦟🌹✈️🌍

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This is all thanks to @baylism.bsky.social persistence 🙌🏽

@royentsoc.bsky.social @globalvectorhub.bsky.social
#VBD #midges #BTV

Aedes albopictus Is Rapidly Invading Its Climatic Niche in France: Wider Implications for Biting Nuisance and Arbovirus Control in Western Europe

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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Long-term population changes for the UK #StagBeetle #Lucanus cervus - Evidence from #CitizenScience surveys and museum collections
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70022

#Conservation #MuseumCollection
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

🚨Still time to join online for Insects as Food and Feed next Thursday www.royensoc.co.uk/event/iaff25/ 🚨

@royentsoc.bsky.social

Invasive mosquito surveillance in the United Kingdom 2020 to 2024: First detection of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK and further detection of Aedes albopictus Here, we provide an update on invasive mosquito surveillance activities coordinated by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) between May 2020 and November 2024. Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti are ...

Great work by @ukhsa.bsky.social team on 4 yrs of invasive #mosquito surveillance in UK. Sporadic detection of Aedes albopictus on transport routes in England & one-off detection of aegypti at Heathrow don't confirm establishment, but show value of surveillance
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I am working on a really cool project - a pop up science and art shop in Swindon!

We are looking for researchers to run public engagement activities in this space from 25th Oct - 1st Nov. If you are interested, please get in touch via my website contact form: www.sarahcosgriff.com/contact

Meet the Keynote Speakers for the IAFF25 conference

🌟 Don’t miss our #IAFF25 keynotes!

🐜 Jonathan Birch, Coller Foundation/LSE
🦗 Jo Gould @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
🍽️ Tim Parr @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
🪰 Ben Brown, InsectBiotech

Hear their expertise on farming and the future of sustainable food systems 🦗🌍

Register by 29 Sept 🔽
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Mondays talk by @beebytes.bsky.social was a fantastic deep dive on what is, and is not, known on humane insect collections 🪲 highly recommend a watch as Meghan gave some really useful & practical tips

@insectwrs.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

Modelling the Lodi, 2023 and Fano 2024, Italy Dengue Outbreaks: The Effects of Control Strategies and Environmental Extremes Autochthonous cases of dengue in Europe are increasing. In 2023 (Lodi province) and 2024 (Fano, Pesaro and Urbino province), Italy saw the largest modern dengue outbreaks to date. Public health measu...

Our new paper on the effectiveness of European control strategies for dengue outbreaks is now out in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

This work is co-led by Sandeep Tegar and team.