Dr Jess Stokes

Insects as Food and Feed (SIG) 2025 - Royal Entomological Society Insects as Food and Feed: delivering sustainable protein to the food system Date: Thursday 9th October 2025 (09:15 – 16:30) Venue: Elm Grove Conference Centre, The University of Roehampton: Home – Roe...

Join @royentsoc.bsky.social for Insects as Food and Feed

📅9th October
📍University of Roehampton

www.royensoc.co.uk/event/iaff25/

Covering insect protein nutrition, formulation and the UK/EU landscape it's shaping up to be a fascinating day following #BSFCon in September🎉

Congratulations Matthew!🥂
Hope you have lots of fun and relaxing things planned 🎉

This stick insect is not messing around 🤯

Are you an Entomologist and would like to work at RHS Wisley? We have a 1 year maternity cover post rhsocli.webitrent.com/rhsocli_webr...

What to do when wasps crash your picnic – a scientist’s guide to dining safely with these insects Did you know wasps switch from ham to jam foraging during the late summer?

It's a bumper-wasp year: here are my top tips on how to dine alongside wasps, without getting stung.

GET INVOLVED! Tell us what wasps want at YOUR picnic: www.sumnerlab.co.uk/wasp-picnic-...

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🚨Funding Opportunity 🚨

@royentsoc.bsky.social EDI Grant offers a maximum of £3,000 in funding for projects focusing on equality, diversity and inclusion 🦋

⏰ Deadline for applications: 31 July 2025 at 12pm BST

More information & apply here: www.royensoc.co.uk/equality-div...

Insects as Food and Feed (SIG) 2025 - Royal Entomological Society Insects as Food and Feed: delivering sustainable protein to the food system Date: Thursday 9th October 2025 (09:15 – 16:30) Venue: Elm Grove Conference Centre, The University of Roehampton: Home – Roe...

Excellent speakers lined up for the next @royentsoc.bsky.social Insects as Food and Feed conference 🎉

Join us at the University of Roehampton on the 9th October

www.royensoc.co.uk/event/iaff25/

We look forward seeing you Aug. 12 for our next webinar on Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Dr Maringer @maringerlab.bsky.social will present "Virus-specific innate immune responses in Aedes aegypti". Register: lnkd.in/gJdiYGm7. @astmh.bsky.social @sbvirologia.bsky.social @utmbhealth.bsky.social

🚨Job Opportunity🚨

Exciting opportunity to work for National Museums Scotland as their Assistant Curator for Entomology:

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@royentsoc.bsky.social

BeeBox: A novel artificial nestbox for bumblebee research, conservation and engagement Pollinators, particularly bumblebees, play a vital role in global food production, yet their populations face severe declines due to habitat loss. While conservation efforts have focused on food p...

Super excited to share that our beebox methods paper is available online at @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social, anyone looking to do some cool bumble science, get in touch! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

only 7 days left to submit an EOI to our first call for proposals 😱

If you work on #arthropods 🪲🐜🪳🦐🦗🦂🐝 of any kind and want to study their welfare scientifically, we have 💰for you!

Citizen Science Coordinator (Chalk Streams) We are seeking a motivated professional with experience in recruiting, coordinating and facilitating volunteer activities for citizen scientists to conduct research and monitoring effectively, safely ...

JOB VACANCY!

Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chiltern Chalk Streams Project

Want to support conservation of chalk streams, conduct research and work with citizen scientists? Apply below

Deadline: 30 June 

Mainly several Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) and a single poppy

🌼🐝 Which plants are best to sow in gardens and parks to support pollinators like bees and hoverflies?

A new study offers evidence-based guidance on which annual seed mixes work best in horticultural plots — for both wildlife and people.

🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

🧵1/ #gardens #pollinators

📢 New paper out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social!! 🦟 Where do European populations of #AedesAlbopictus come from? Excited to have contributed to this European genetic study revealing their origin 🔬🧬
Find out here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#Entomology #Genetics #TigerMosquito

Dr Philip Donkersley and Jenny Roberts with the Beebox

The Beebox

The inside of a Beebox, being used as a nesting habitat for numerous bees

A Beebox in the field, with a bee flying towards the entrance

We're buzzing with excitement about Beebox! Check out the 3D-printed nest for bumblebees created by Dr Philip Donkersley of LEC and engineering lecturer Jenny Roberts 🐝

Read more 👇
https://ac.pulse.ly/qewgcm47sh

@dr-bees.bsky.social | #WorldBeeDay

These are excellent 🙌🏽 can’t wait to get one 😍

Editors-in-Chief, Medical and Veterinary Entomology - Royal Entomological… | Maureen Laroche, MSc, PhD, FRES The "Medical and Veterinary Entomology" journal is actively recruiting new Editors-in-Chief! If you have strong experience publishing and reviewing in this field, I really recommend you to a...

Come work with us at MVE!

www.linkedin.com/posts/mauree...

An announcement poster stating 'We have detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time', with a mosquito graphic.

🆕 Today, UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have confirmed the first detection of West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected in the UK.
There is currently no evidence of wider circulation in birds or mosquitoes, and the risk to the public remains very low.
📰🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...

First detection of West Nile virus in UK mosquitoes UKHSA says there is no evidence to suggest ongoing circulation of the virus in birds or mosquitos in the UK and the risk to the general public is very low

📢Breaking news - @ukhsa.bsky.social confirms 1st detection of #WestNileVirus particles in mosquitoes in the UK. This is a zoonotic virus that usually spreads in birds, but very occasionally infects people. Risk to UK public is extremely low, no detection in Scotland yet

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Our Agricultural and Forest Entomology special issue on advances in insect biomonitoring was published today!

🌾🪲🔍🪰🌲

Explore new and upcoming advances in our ability to detect, identify and characterise insects in production systems!

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14619563...

The top 10 flying insect clades rule the skies—but defy the rules. Weak or inverted latitudinal diversity gradients leave biogeographers puzzled. Entomologists? Mildly amused. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Submit an event for inclusion on the Insect Week website - Insect Week Insect Week provides a free-of-charge central listing platform for organisations and individuals to upload and share insect-related venues and events. Tell us about your events using the form below…

Join #Insect enthusiasts across the globe and #StandTallForTheSmall from 23-29 June 🐞

Planning an event during #InsectWeek 2025? Submit it to our website for more people to see it 🔽
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Need inspiration? Visit our handy guide 🔽
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Lack of Vector Competence in UK Culex pipiens molestus for Oropouche Virus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.07.652619v1

Editors-in-Chief, Medical and Veterinary Entomology - Royal Entomological Society About the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a Royal Entomological Society journal dedicated to the dissemination of impactful entomological research of medical, veterinary and forensic…

📢 Deadline today - Apply now 🦋

We're looking for 3 new Editors-in-Chiefs to cover medical, veterinary & forensic entomology, committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.

📅 Deadline: 11 May

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@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt

Events Committee Vacancies 2025 - Royal Entomological Society The RES is looking to recruit members to join our newly structured Events Committee, working in line with our new Events Strategy. We particularly welcome applicants whose expertise relates to areas o...

@royentsoc.bsky.social are looking for new committee members to join the Events Committee 🦋

Interested in helping with events like #Ento2025 or #Verrall then consider applying! www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

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Flyer for an exhibition to take place in Birmingham UK 13th-24th May focussed on biodiversity celebrating crops closely associated with the human species over thousands of years. Image of broad bean by Carmen Lyons

Diary date for Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 to be held in Birmingham very soon at the RBSA Gallery in the Jewellery Quarter. Please pass it on and come and see the paintings. www.botanicalartworldwide.info

The deadline for applications closes soon. Sign up now before it's too late...

@globalvectorhub.bsky.social

Editors-in-Chief, Medical and Veterinary Entomology - Royal Entomological Society About the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a Royal Entomological Society journal dedicated to the dissemination of impactful entomological research of medical, veterinary and forensic…

We're recruiting 3 new Editors-in-Chief covering medical, veterinary & forensic entomology.

We're looking for researchers committed to building the profile of the journal & handling manuscripts with integrity.

📅 Deadline: 11 May

Apply 🔽
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@MedVet_Ent #RESMedVetEnt

I love this 😍 I may have even made myself a fun game out of guessing the zoonosis 👀

@globalvectorhub.bsky.social think some of you might enjoy this too!