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Hot off the press! 🔥 The updated Butterfly and Moth Synopsis is out now (tinyurl.com/ycxr2dsv). 🦋 The team scanned 1,186,661 potentially relevant papers and reports, narrowing them down to 385 publications which tested conservation actions for butterflies and moths.

So pleased to see the product of my last postdoc out in the world! If you want to know what the evidence is for 152 actions to conserve butterflies and moths, this is the place to go.

Great work by Dr Esme Ashe-Jepson to uncover the temperature sensitivity of caterpillars, & demonstrate that we can't just consider adults when assessing vulnerability to climate change. Another great partnership with The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Dept of Zoology Museum of Zoology, Cambridge @cambridge_uccri Cambridge University

Research from The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants Tottenhoe and Pegsdon just over in Beds. Beds and Northants BC BBC News - Caterpillars struggle to survive climate change, says study bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Building on long research collaboration with Dept of Zoology Dr Esme Ashe-Jepson Matt Hayes Gwen H 🦇🦋🌼🐾 Andrew Bladon 👏🏻

Fascinating research out today comparing the behaviour of butterflies in Spain to their UK counterparts 🦋🦋🦋 University of Cambridge Museums

🦋 Spanish butterflies better at regulating their body temperature than their British cousins 📕 The study led by Cambridge University and Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) also found that rising global temperatures may put Spanish butterflies at greater risk of extinction. ➡️ ibe.upf-csic.es/home/-/asset_p…

Paper out today: have you wondered what to research next regarding butterflies and temperature? Check out my latest paper with suggestions for future research to address gaps in our understanding doi.org/10.1111/icad.1…

Congratulations Dr Esme Ashe-Jepson on a fantastic PhD thesis - an absolutely star student!

Butterflies in Catalan are better at regulating their body temperature compared to British butterflies, finds research led by Andrew Bladon Cambridge University in Journal of Animal Ecology buff.ly/3Oh7WMj

Andrew Bladon Cambridge University Journal of Animal Ecology In the study researchers at Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) & Cambridge University found significant differences in how the different butterfly populations regulate their body temperature, a critical factor in adapting to climate change🌡️

Andrew Bladon Cambridge University Journal of Animal Ecology Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) While British butterflies rely more on finding suitable microclimates for thermoregulation, Catalan butterflies angle their wings to bask in the sun ☀️🦋

Andrew Bladon Cambridge University Journal of Animal Ecology Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) But the researchers warn that as global temperatures rise, Catalan butterflies may struggle unless they can adapt this thermoregulatory behaviour.

Andrew Bladon Cambridge University Journal of Animal Ecology Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) Find out more by reading the #OpenAccess paper in Journal of Animal Ecology buff.ly/3UdKd3e

Another brilliant Lego paper thread from Dom Cram describing the fascinating honeyguide system!

New paper out: the awful heatwave in July 2022 gave us a glimpse into how insects behave when experiencing extreme temperatures, and what we can do to help them ☀️🔥🦋 doi.org/10.1007/s10841…