Bob Brown

Here is a third instar Volucella inanis larva emerging from gyne comb in a Vespula vulgaris nest! You’re welcome!

30.09.2025 19:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No stings! The brood parasite numbers are looking pretty poor so far. No sign of any of my “big three” in this one. The absence of overwintering stages indicates that the hoverflies are behind compared w/ previous seasons. May need to push back my departure so I don’t go home empty handed. 😬

24.09.2025 22:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here is a first person view (fpv?) of the first stages of collecting a pretty frisky German wasp nest from yesterday.

24.09.2025 14:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

German and common wasps are still after protein here in Silwood Park! @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social

24.09.2025 14:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I hope to meet this species in person someday. So beautiful😍

14.09.2025 15:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.09.2025 19:59 — 👍 15    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

What do wasps eat? First molecular data for native zone Vespula Yellowjackets.

So happy to see this out, finally!
Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social

28.08.2025 17:57 — 👍 25    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

Entomologist, wearing protective clothing, excavates the nest of a social wasp.

Does anyone in the South of England have a wasp nest in their garden they would wish removed anytime in the next five weeks? This research led by Dr Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social, is helping with control of invasive wasps in New Zealand.

26.08.2025 15:14 — 👍 12    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1