bugbotherer; Entomologist; Natural Historian; Outdoors type of person; Educator; Researcher; Malacologist, and macro-photographer
Joined September 2009
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
We are delighted to share the #StateOfWindermere report & #WindermereIntegratedSciencePlan. Collating over 90 years of data to provide an overview of the current ecological status of Windermere & detailing pressures from #ClimateChange & human use.
Read:👇
fba.org.uk/fba-voice/the-sta…
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
21 Feb 2025
Any early years invertebrate ecologists looking for survey work? Please get in touch. Looking to offer survey work experience (paid). Plenty of survey work across the UK this year. Need a good foundation in ID, and especially Diptera to Family level.
@HAU_Entomology @hatbirder
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
21 Feb 2025
The final piece of the jigsaw is complete - the talks. We have a busy schedule of talks next Saturday (March 1st). Something for everyone including the Young Verrall Lecture presented by @benclunie from @HAU_Entomology.You can find out more on our Facebook page (@staffsbugfest)
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
14 Feb 2025
We've finalised the Staffordshire University's Children's University list of activities. The passport is filled with a fantastic variety of things to achieve for your kids while you are walking around chatting to the societies.
See you all on March 1st @ Staffs Uni.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
10 Feb 2025
UK conservation goals are insufficient to save ants and bees, says expert.
The “little things that run the planet" are crucial in maintaining healthy ecosystems - they pollinate plants, decompose organic matter & serve as a food source for other animals. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
4 Feb 2025
Aw, baby flies can sense both the taste and texture of their food 🥹 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
29 Jan 2025
You can find more about the Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair on our page. It is a free invertebrate conservation event hosted at Staffordshire University and run by @StaffsInverts . It is on Saturday March 1st. Perfect for all ages and levels of interest.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
29 Jan 2025
New, fabulously illustrated spider book out now. The @BritishSpiders will be at @SISF_2025 on March 1st with @Megabunus representing the harvestmen.
29 Jan 2025
Official launch day today. Hope it helps spider positivity
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
23 Jan 2025
The talks itinerary is starting to develop with some interesting presentations being lined up.
First up, we have Professor Toby Bruce from @KeeleUniversity University who will be giving a talk on 'the sense of smell in insects'.
Which sounds intriguing to say the least!
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
24 Jan 2025
You can meet Trine from @Riverflies at this year's SISF on Saturday March 1st @SUBioscience . There will also be the usual pond dipping stall with @NickMott7 and Andy Farmer, so plenty of aquatics for those interested in our waterways. @HAU_Entomology @KeeleUniversity @EnvAgency
24 Jan 2025
#RiverflySpotlight
Olives have small leaf-like gills and are probably the most pollution tolerant of the mayflies 💦
#Entomology #AquaticEcology #Freshwater #Baetidae #Olives #RiverflyPartnership
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
24 Jan 2025
As wood ants become increasingly rare, there R things we can do. 1 is actually move nests from sites with strong populations & (re-)introduce them to other suitable woods. @ConopsEnto did just this.
Moving wood ants is tried and tested. Need to consider this in Staffs.
21 Jan 2025
Not long now B4 wood ants wake up & cluster on top of their nests 2 warm up in the early spring sunshine.Staffs holds a regionally important population of these scarce ants.U can find them at just 3 sites in Staffs, 1 is @CannockChaseNL who'll B @SISF_2025 this year.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
15 Jan 2025
This sparklingly silver stiletto fly is Acrosathe annulata. It usually lives on sand dunes at the coast. There is however a population of this usually coastal fly right in the middle of England, in south Staffordshire.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
20 Jan 2025
@ConopsEnto will also be on hand as usual to talk to anyone who would like to get a career in invertebrate ecology.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
20 Jan 2025
Butterfly Conservation have work parties you can be a part of. Les Hill from Butterfly Conservation will be at SISF talking about moths and also what you can do to help BC with their work in the West Midlands.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
20 Jan 2025
1 of the most rewarding parts of being an invertebrate ecologist is helping create new habitat for species. Here is a site @ConopsEnto advised on 2 help rare dingy skipper butterflies. There is now a thriving colony of the species using this new site.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
20 Jan 2025
Staffordshire is of regional importance for its populations of the red wood ant. Not long now before they will start to emerge on sunny spring days to warm up en masse. @bwars2000 @CannockChaseDC @CannockChaseNL @Lichfield_DC @StaffsInverts@bugbotherer @ConopsEnto @bugbotherer
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
14 Jan 2025
🦋 Check out our new membership option enabling organisations to provide RES membership to their staff team at a discounted rate. We encourage partners and supporters across academia, NGOs and industry to join us.
Read more 🔽
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ALT Join the Royal Entomological Society's Organisational membership scheme.
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
15 Jan 2025
@SISF_2025 is full stream ahead for March 1st @staffsUni. Loads of the usual invertebrate groups will be represented and plenty of talks and new people to talk to. After a hiatus its really good to have @Riverflies at the event along with newbie, @The_Buzz_Club.
@bugbotherer
14 Jan 2025
As always, there will also plenty of specialists on hand to give you advice on pursuing a career in ecology and invertebrate conservation, with everything covered from @bwars2000 and @ColeopSoc to @Riverflies and crayfish @NickMott7 !
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Dave Skingsley retweeted
8 Oct 2024
⚠️ Environment groups urge government to stick to its promises & refuse pesticide application.
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theguardian.com/environment/…
🐝Neonics are banned in the EU because they're toxic to bees but have been authorised for use every year in the UK since 2021.
#BuglifeCampaign #Pesticides
ALT 📷 Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) ©️ Tim Worfolk (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Flickr)
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