England v India, third Test: Ladybirds invade Lord's as play is interrupted
Play is interrupted as a swarm of insects invades the field of play at Lord's, late on day one of the third Test between England and India.
Did you see? A loveliness of ladybirds briefly stopped play at Lord's yesterday ππ
Ladybird expert Prof Helen Roy says that many aphid-feeding species such as the 7-spot ladybird are being seen in v high numbers this year due to high aphid numbers and warm weather.
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For the last day of #InsectWeek 2025, here's some photos from the week of people looking at insects!
#standtallforthesmall #entomology @royentsoc.bsky.social @andyentomologist.bsky.social
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It's not only human visitors to the event!
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RES Insect Garden Event - Insect Week 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
Join us Saturday 28 June to Stand Tall for the Small This Saturday 28 June, the Royal Entomological Society is hosting a free, family-friendly day at the RES Insect Garden in Stratford Cross, nearβ¦
This Saturday, we're hosting a free public event at the #RESInsectGarden at Stratford Cross. With drop-in activities led by experts with advice on how to support insects, itβs a day to connect science, nature and community π½
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@hayleyento.bsky.social #InsectWeek #StandTallForTheSmall
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A stage with is covered by real turf wwith magnolias and other plants all around. A screen in the centre shows large letters 'RHS' covered in pink flowers
Spring has come inside the Lindley Hall for the RHS Spring Press conference! πΈπ±πΏπΌ
I took part in the #sustainability panel, talking #pollinators and #slugs and hearing about #water, #peat (free) and #RHS garden practices and support for sustainable gardening.
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What a stunner! π
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Happy World Book day π My first as a published author!!! ππ
Available on 8th May: www.dk.com/uk/book/9780...
06.03.2025 15:49 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
The 2025 Verrall Lecture will be given by Professor Iain Couzin, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour.
π’ It's tomorrow!
The 2025 #VerrallLecture will be given by Professor @icouzin.bsky.social, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social.
The Lecture takes place Wed 5 March. The talk will be recorded & shared after the event π½
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Extremely enjoyable #verralllecture delivered by Iain Couzin!
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First post on bluesky - Beautiful spring sunshine at RHS Wisley π¦βοΈπ³π
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Evolutionary Biologist & Scientific Naturalist | Associate Professor | Director, E4 Initiative | @RiceUniversity #science #biology #evolution #speciation #entomology #biodiversity #genomics #discovery
Lab website: https://scottpegan.com
Grief-stricken mum of Douglas (http://douglasboyes.co.uk). We shared passion for insects & Bellowhead. Particularly obsessed by solitary wasps and bees. VC47 recorder, Bees, Wasps, Butterflies. MRes Ento student at HAU.
Basque and Bermuda bees | PhD candidate #BC3research β’ @sarelab.bsky.social | conservation, systematics, biodiversity ππΏ
PhD Student @ Newcastle University | he/him | Entomologist
#Ecology #LGBwiththeT #PrideInEnto
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πΏ Plant Health Manager |Sharing plant & tree photography, with a touch of vinyl and live music πΆ
πΏ Nature enthusiast | Nature reserves officer - The Wildlife Trust 𦑠| Transforming my garden into a wildlife haven π | Amateur photographer | Love baking | Crafts including crochet, needle and wet felting, watercolour | All views my own πΏ
Iβm campaigning for more messy spaces for nature, join our messy mission and letβs Rewild together by doing less- and letting nature do the rest!
PhD researcher - Rewilding with Beavers π¦«
Founder of the Wee Pond Project πΈ
Plant pathologist with an interest in microfungi on plants, lichens, lichenicolous fungi and aquatic hyphomycetes.
RHS entomologist with a scatty music taste and various unfinished, mediocre knitting projects.
Also into a few books, things under the sea, and yearly reruns of either Gilmore Girls or Buffy the vampire slayer.
FRS. Director, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and Center for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz, Germany. π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Sharing insect science globally.
ESA is the world's largest organization serving insect scientists.
Need to identify an insect? Visit http://entsoc.org/insect-id
Educating the next generation of entomologists at @HarperAdamsUni. Posts by staff and students.
linktr.ee/hau_entomology
Entomologist. Educator. Writer. NERD.
I am a bug AND a Feature. She/Her
https://gwenpearson.com
Entomology and ecologist. Currently a post doctoral research associate at the University of Oxford. Interested in wasps, bees, species ID, biodiversity monitoring and pollination ecology.
πͺ± Worm nerd and naturalist | Biological Recording Company | Earthworm Society | London Natural History Society π§ͺ
π¬π§ Cumbrian living in London π³οΈβπ
Connecting the global community of insect welfare researchers and stakeholders.
A collection of moths trying to cosplay a human interdisciplinary artist. MedSci escapee, always drawing, in my chaos-bisexual-enby-hag era. Paintmaker. Moth, disability, & art-related sh*t-posting. https://linktr.ee/lycomorpha & lycomorpha.etsy.com
Curation de contenu en entomologie liΓ©e Γ la plateforme Scoopit
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#arthropods #science #biology #ecology #biodiversity
#education #nature #environment #edusky #insects
πΈ Haute-Loire (France)
π¦ A crazy entomologist of sorts who will lead you around Ecuadorπͺπ¨ to look at bugs and stuff.
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