Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn theguardian.com/environment/20…

Yay! The first baby mantis of the season here in Canterbury NZ! I love seeing these little green matchsticks in the garden. Hopefully this one will be strong enough to hold on in these gale force winds!

A sweet European hornet gyne (future queen) from last month. I hope to see her and her colony next year in Silwood Park.

WHOA! This organisation is claiming that #Biodiversity Net Gain certification can be improved by placing honey bee hives on land. As I stated in my recent report, THAT IS NOT TRUE! beeconservation.org.uk/blogs/news/10-…

Volucella inanis: the wasp-eating hover fly youtu.be/cSQZWB-wAb4?si… via YouTube

Great observations of honeybees stealing pollen of flower-visiting wild bee species.

Pls RT. We're hiring! Join us as Senior #Bioinformatician on 3 yr Natural Environment Research Council funded project on sensory evolution of #wasps; #genomes #morphology #comparative. Awesome team 👉 Eyal Privman University of Haifa @BroadGavin New Hope Middle Cintia Oi & me UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research Deadline 18th Dec tinyurl.com/SensorywaspsBi…

Christmas makes me sleepy, but not quite as much as it does Oscar.

European wasps, considered one of the worst wasp pests globally, have been sighted in #Albany for the first time in two decades, with 12 nests eradicated & the community urged to report any further sightings to the DPIRD. buff.ly/3Pe1iqu

Pls RT- JOB!! We are recruiting a senior #Bioinformatician in #evolutionary #genomics. UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research Science at the Natural History Museum Join Eyal Privman @BroadGavin Cintia Oi, me & 270+ #wasp genomes on Natural Environment Research Council project on evolutionary genomics of insect life-histories. ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

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Excited to go to a Vespa mandarina hunt in Japan with Tatsuya Saga Prof Seirian Sumner Bob Brown! We will drink this special sake, anyone wants to taste it???? #wasplove UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research Natural History Museum

Post International Congress of Entomology 2024 Kyoto JP, it’s Phase 2 of our #Japan #InsectFest. We’re off to meet the #wasp farmers of Gifu, and hunt down #Vespa mandarinia (Giant Asian #Hornet) nest with Tatsuya.S Cintia Oi Bob Brown Haruna Fujioka 藤岡春菜. Tatsuya.S has hornet-infused Saki to get us in the mood😬

Murder hornet collection ✅! Tracking an adult and running after it is an experience that any entomologist should have!!! So glad to meet such incredible wasp enthusiasts and have my own JWKA hat!! Thanks to Tatsuya.S and his amazing network!

After ICE 2024, I invited Prof Seirian Sumner Cintia Oi Bob Brown Haruna Fujioka 藤岡春菜 to my beloved field in Gifu and Aichi. We went hunting for #Vespula shidai & #Vespa mandarinia with wasp enthusiasts. Both the guests and the enthusiasts enjoyed it a lot- it was great!

#WaspFarming #Japan Why? Takahashi relocates nests to his wasp farm, raises them, supplementing food everyday, until nests are peak size in November. Biggest nest competes at the Gifu Wasp Festival! Larvae/pupae are harvested for food, sold to local shops. Yum! #Entomophagy

Wasps released on Nightingale Island have protected Wilkins’ bunting by halting spread of mould-causing insects Source: the Guardian search.app/SWCJmsJJ3ir9CJ…

Here’s a bit of fun. #wasplove True Facts: Parasitoid Wasps youtu.be/ANyJVMhOpkk?si… via YouTube