Bug-person. Drummer. Scientist. Nerd.
Joined November 2017
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
1 Sep 2025
Our world-leading eradication programme has successfully eliminated the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle from all 2021 outbreak sites in England.
Left unmanaged, this serious pest could threaten £2.9bn worth of spruce forests. Ongoing vigilance is needed: gov.uk/government/news/war-a…
ALT Image of Dr Anna Brown, Forestry Commission Director of Forest Services, and the words: “The success of our eradication and monitoring programme shows that we are managing to keep this pest from establishing in England, but this takes a huge amount of effort and the continued support of the woodland and forestry sector.”
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
NEW BLOG: @smclusky reflects on last week's full programme team meeting in Newcastle complete with football, stotties and snow. Read it here 👉 bacterialplantdiseases.uk/lo…
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
On #InternationalWomensDay here are all of our brilliant #planthealth women together in Newcastle for our team meeting #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2023
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
4 Oct 2021
Jason Sumner-Kalkun @ScotGovSASA is the @Euphresco scientist of the month. His research activities focus on insect vectors of plant disease. He has coordinated several projects, including the recent PhyLib III zenodo.org/record/4585973#.Y…
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
2 May 2020
Autumn rain brings out the Boreoides soldier flies. We call these huge wingless gravid females “walks” in the trade.
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
1 May 2020
I am seeking a postdoc for a 2.5 year project to start Jan 2021 (some flex). We will be investigating the biology of Trechnites, an understudied, but key natural enemy of the pear psylla, the main pest of Washington pear.
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
2 May 2020
The mirid Closterotomus trivialis is native to southern Europe and was first found here in 2008. Yesterday was my earliest ever record of this species - amazing that something adapted to the mediterranean climate is able to become adult here so early in the season.
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
2 May 2020
Coriomeris denticulatus? Found today in Besselsleigh Wood in an open area of grassland. @BritishBugs
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
2 May 2020
Beastie and the Corona virus: two guys we'd rather like to keep under control. beastiebug.eppo.int/bug/96 #BeastieBug
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
2 May 2020
Currently 4-0 (8-0) in the @VGCVictoryRoad May Challenge! I hope I can keep it up :]
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
The inner mind of a genius.
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2 May 2020
This #Amaurobius similis #spider is not observing the #SocialDistancing and tried to set up its lace-web in my jacket #Indoorentomology
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
28 Mar 2020
Are you home cooking & find shop shelves bare?
FORGET PASTA!
Buy sacks of potatoes direct from Farmers!
Fish & Chip shops have shut all over the country & potato prices fell £100/t in 1 day. There's now a huge glut of these nutritious beauties in farm stores all over East Anglia
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
27 Mar 2020
More on the potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli in EPPO Global Database
gd.eppo.int/taxon/PARZCO/dis…
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
27 Mar 2020
Bactericera cockerelli (immature and adult stages) was intercepted 4 times in consignments of aubergine and Capsicum from Mexico during UK border inspections between 2017–2018. There is a need for monitoring and accurage diagnosis #planthealth
27 Mar 2020
My 1st lead-author paper published today in @PLOSONE ! A #molecular ID method for #insect #pest #Bactericera cockerelli. #psyllid @ScotGovSASA @NHM_London @ponteprojecteu @Rothamsted_RIS @Anses_fr @_SLU journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
27 Mar 2020
Our #molecular ID method for #Bactericera cockerelli published today in @PLOSONE ! Useful for monitoring this economic #insect #pest vector of #ZebraChip in #potato. Thanks to @Rothamsted_RIS @NHM_London @Anses_fr and @_SLU. #real-timePCR #Liberibacter bit.ly/2WNHig4
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Jason Sumner-Kalkun retweeted
26 Mar 2020
Let's hope people can learn from the current emergency and leave these lovely animal's where they should be.
26 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Pangolins found to carry viruses related to Covid-19 bbc.in/39laSAn
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