Mad about diapriid wasps/bees, taxonomy, nomenclature, museums, entomology curation & IPM! 🐝 #Edinburgh. Former @NHM_London 🏴 🇪🇺
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13 Jun 2025
New publication! Review of Tetramopria (Diapriidae) of E Palaearctic - mating behaviour and interactions with host ants. With Ryoji Kawai @satis369086151 and Seonwoo Yoon @Sun_Woooooo. Free download here: researchgate.net/publication…
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New preprint: Mediterranean Alley-Cropping Agroforestry Modifies Arthropod Temporal Dynamics with Divergent Effects on Trophic Groups researchgate.net/publication…
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27 Jun 2025
The Eastern Palaearctic species of the parasitoid wasp genus Tetramopria are reviewed, with new descriptions and records an an updated key: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.14811…
#parasitoids #wasps #Hymenoptera @KyushuUniv_EN
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13 Jun 2025
Our new paper published from JHR!!
We present: a key to Tetramopria species from the Palaearctic, description of the female of T. turbinata and behavioral observations from the Eastern Palaearctic.
@Sun_Woooooo
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doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.14811…
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13 Jun 2025
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @HymenopteraJour から論文が出版されました．@Sun_Woooooo @DavidNotton との共著です．旧北区産Tetramopria属の検索表，オス1個体のみが知られていたT. turbinataのメス記載，旧北区東部産2種の行動観察です．オープンアクセスです．
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A big THANK YOU to Wimbledon Common @WimPutCommons, Botanics Edinburgh @RBGE_Science, NHM London Wildlife Garden @NHMGarden, Fulham Palace @Fulham_Palace, National Trust Osterley Pk @OsterleyNT, and Royal Parks Greenwich and Hyde Pk @TheRoyalParks for your help with this paper!
3 Mar 2025
NEW publication! Gall wasps associated with buds of Holm oak Quercus ilex in Britain: Plagiotrochus britaniae new to Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), Saphonecrus barbotini new to Britain and Ceroptres cerri new host record. FREE download here: researchgate.net/publication…
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NEW publication! Gall wasps associated with buds of Holm oak Quercus ilex in Britain: Plagiotrochus britaniae new to Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), Saphonecrus barbotini new to Britain and Ceroptres cerri new host record. FREE download here: researchgate.net/publication…
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22 Jan 2025
A tracking study has found that dogs walked off-lead cause significantly more disturbance on lowland heaths than pets kept on the lead: bit.ly/4jgLEIx
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23 Jan 2025
Gall of the week is caused by the agamic generation of the cynipid wasp Aphelonyx cerricola, found mainly on Turkey oak, Quercus cerris, but on other closely related species as well. Sexual generation unknown.
Photo by Steve McWilliam.
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21 Jan 2025
After millennia as CO₂ sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
This will turbo charge global warming and create a feedback loop of rapid warming and more melting
We are well on our way to torching the planet #climate
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20 Jan 2025
Good to see a flock of maybe 100 curlew in the fields by the Almond at Lennie today. @EdinburghNats @birdinglothian @EdinBirdwatcher
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14 Jan 2025
RT @JackPerksPhoto: When I started filming in British rivers over a decade ago I looked for three things. Clear water, lots of plants and p…
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13 Jan 2025
Not just more trees, but different trees! 🌳
#Northwoods land partner, East Overscaig, is making way for more diverse native woodland amidst browsing pressure from deer. How are Andrew and Jessica making sure the new trees survive?
Discover the story of East Overscaig, a landholding in the far northwest of Scotland, whose future is set to be wilder both for nature and the generations to come: scotlandbigpicture.com/photo…
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12 Jan 2025
Old Tollcross looking towards Edinburgh Castle.
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High river levels currently, Dean Village path submerged
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11 Jan 2025
Spain and France are joining forces along with Britain and Germany in asking the European Commission to open an investigation into Elon Musk under the EU's Digital Service Act.
They are openly accusing him of spreading misinformation and interfering in European politics.
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Unfortunately not the first diapriid 🐝 recorded for Belarus 🇧🇾; species of Diapria, Paramesius, Spilomicrus, Trichopria were all published before most by Wall (1980) Bull. inst. R. sci.nat. Belgique 52. FEE need to find referees with relevant expertise.
11 Jan 2025
New for the fauna of Belarus family Diapriidae (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea)
Far Eastern Entomologist
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Fig. 1. Belyta depressa Thomson, 1858, female, dorsal (A), ventral (B) and lateral (C) view.
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10 Jan 2025
‘National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London’
There is no organisation doing more to restore nature in Britain than the @nationaltrust.
And they’re doing it hand
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Join up. Membership has perks too.
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10 Jan 2025
Global push to put natural history collections online gets major U.K. boost | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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