The Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES) is the UK's leading organisation for people interested in insects. We are migrating join us @amentsoc.bsky.social
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#Insects have a wide-reaching influence in our world, from helping solve crimes, to being a food source & inspiring new technologies.
Read @flygirlNHM's take on some of the fascinating ways that insects change our world 🔽
blog.publish.csiro.au/influe…
#Metamorphosis @CSIROPublishing
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We’re so excited to announce the #InsectGarden at Stratford Cross is ready for visitors large & small. One of the first guests was new #RESAmbassador @lloyd_oftheflies. Can you help find his friends at the #RESGarden?
Download @aardman's #BugHunt app 🪰
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ALT People visiting the iridescent dome of the RES Garden at Stratford Cross
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I'm helping the BBC with a new landmark series on terrestrial invertebrates. If there are any fascinating stories you know of or that you're working on, please get in touch. Pls RT.
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Well it’s been a stellar day here @amentsoc annual #entomology fair. I’ve learned a lot, including
woodlice make square poop, collecting roadkill insects can yield interesting data, and the blue death feigning beetle turns brown once it’s dead!
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Good to see the rather talented @rlewington2 at the @amentsoc Annual Trade Fair & exhibition yesterday
You may recognise his work - stand alone art, natural history books & thanks to @RoyalMail Stamps!!!
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Fran and Jim, our Senior Outreach and Learning Officer and Resident Entomologist, had a brilliant time at #AESfair @kemptonparkrace 🦋
Thank you to them, our helpers & everyone who visited for a chat about RES work & our publications.
#insects #entomology #AmEntSoc @amentsoc
ALT Fran and Jim at the RES stand at #AESfair.
ALT RES publications on the table at the AES Fair
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Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count is nearly here! 🦋
Who's ready?
📷: Will Langdon
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I’ve been proud to serve as President of @amentsoc for 3yrs, promoting #entomology & supporting young entomologists. A privilege to work with such dedicated, kind folk all giving their time for free. In appreciation of my service they awarded me this lovely 🪲 💚 Thank you #AES
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LAST CHANCE to sign up to #GenePools! Curious about the invisible life of your local urban pond?🐸Using the latest environmental DNA sampling techniques, join our team to discover what creatures use your pond, for free! tinyurl.com/GenePools🧵
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We had an awesome time at #YED2024 on the weekend. My daughter enjoyed the talks, tour and meeting @thiswordistaken She is looking forward to more @amentsoc Bug Club activities 🪲🐝🪳🐞
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Highlighting the importance of museum insect collections @NHM_Science microlepidopterist Dr David Lees gives the keynote talk at #YED2024 on the remarkable discovery of Tachystola mulliganae
@amentsoc
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Hi, I’m Talay and I’m the curatorial assistant for @NHM_Coleoptera (#Beetles). Here's some highlights. Titan beetles are 17cm long (the largest). Burying beetles will bury small mammals or birds, lay their eggs on it so the larvae can feed on the carrion.
ALT Talay holding a box in front of her face containing a mouse with a burying beetle on top of it
ALT Talay holding a drawer of Titan beetles with rows of cabinets behind her.
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It's tomorrow!
Join us with @amentsoc at @SISF_2024 for the Young Verrall Lecture given by Professor Rebecca Kilner @BuryingBeetle from @Cambridge_Uni
🗓️ Saturday 2 March, The Catalyst Building, @StaffsUni
royensoc.co.uk/event/young-v…
ALT Advertising for the Young Verrall Lecture featuring Professor Rebecca Kilner
We're so excited for you to join us at @SISF_2024
alongside @amentsoc for the Young Verrall Lecture given by Professor Rebecca Kilner @BuryingBeetle from @Cambridge_Uni.
🗓️ Saturday 2 March
The Catalyst Building, @StaffsUni
Read more ⬇️
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#VerrallLecture
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Fancy knowing how to maximise your garden’s value to biodiversity? As Spring approaches, here are a few easy things you can do!…
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Its now official, SISF 2024 will be our BIGGEST EVER!! We (so far) have 32 societies and contributors attending. Its going to be a really busy day so make sure you give yourselves plenty of time to have a look at all the exhibits, participate in activities & listen to the talks.
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UK primary school teachers, WE NEED YOU. Please help us understand how you use #insects (or not) in your classroom by filling out this survey.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
Please RT or share to your networks if you can help us reach #teachersuk #teachersoftwitter
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🚨Verrall Lecture Venue Update
The 2024 Verrall Lecture will now be held in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building of Imperial College London’s South Kensington Campus.
Lecture hosted by @imperialcollege's Centre for Environmental Policy, @IC_CEP.
royensoc.co.uk/event/verrall…
ALT Wednesday 6th March, 2024 - Join Professor Rebecca Kilner with the Verrall Lecture
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Hated. Ignored. Misunderstood. Learn more & appreciate the world of flies 🪰
Join the free webinar on 'Flies, the maligned pollinators' with @Buzz_dont_tweet & @flygirlNHM
🗓️ Thursday 22 February
Book now - It's free:
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#Diptera #pollinators #LoveFlies
Join Buglife & @flygirlNHM for🪰Flies: The Maligned Pollinators
🗓️ Thursday 22 February
🕖 19:00-20:00
📌 Online via Teams
🪰Hated. Ignored. Misunderstood. Discover more about our #Dipteran #pollinators & #LoveFlies!
Book your place 👇 #GtMB
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ALT Text Reads: Join Buglife and Erica McAlister for a fascinating webinar. Flies are one of the megadiverse groups of animals but are hated, ignored or misunderstood by most. This is gradually changing with increased knowledge that many species are essential for ecosystem services, such as pollination. This talk aims to highlight our current knowledge about Dipteran pollinators and why we really should be paying attention to them.
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Join us this #WildlifeWednesday as we meet the marvellously named...
🌭Sausage Ground Beetle (Carabus granulatus)🌭
...so named for the patterning on its wing cases that resemble strings of sausages!
👇
buglife.org.uk/bugs/bug-dire…
#Sausages #Beetle #Carabid
ALT Sausage Ground Beetle (Carabus granulatus) © Roger Key
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Are you a current student studying #insects?
Join us at our 2024 #StudentForum on 25-26 March to network and discuss ideas with your peers, consider options for your future #career and share your #research in a welcoming space.
royensoc.co.uk/event/student…
@UniofNewcastle #SF24
ALT Student delegates enjoying talks at a RES conference.