Super proud of this work as I think it tells us about the relationship between insect methylation, evolution and function ... but also highlights an interesting feature of parental care and its effects on phenotpyic variability via epigenetic marks!

Happy to be at International Congress of Entomology 2024 Kyoto JP and have the opportunity to talk about Ammophila!! So great to meet several friends! With Prof Seirian Sumner Iona Cunningham-Eurich Benjamin Taylor @OwenRCorbett Bob Brown

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😬

Wasp farms were but a dream for me, until today! Spent the day with #wasp #farmer Takahashi in Gifu province, #Japan. We chased wasps back to their nests, & admired his Vespiary of Vespula shidai. #SpellBound #SoMuchToLearn Thank you Tatsuya.S & Haruna Fujioka 藤岡春菜 🥰 #wasplove

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 Living evidence that wasps can be farmed, just like bees, for their produce. And by caring for them, the wasps also provide essential ecosystem services as pest controllers & pollinators. Circular economy & ecology of #WaspLove Thanks Takahashi Tatsuya.S!

Running for the wasps!! 🏃‍♂️

Back to work Natural History Museum!

happy to help aude.vuilli!! wasp nest transferred to a new home! Smart home at UCL East campus! Can’t wait to see the recordings to decipher wasp communication!! Thanks to Steve for providing us such a nice nest!! UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research #wasplove 🐝

New decoration at home! I got addicted to #gacha in Japan!! International Congress of Entomology 2024 Kyoto JP #wasplove Vespa mandarina

Proud of @CharlieLouO #biodiversity

What’s the point of wasps???

If you wonder which molecules drive appetitive behaviors in honeybees, check out our latest review! Special thanks to my supervisors, Martin Giurfa and Gabriela de Brito Sanchez, for the opportunity to contribute. Huge thanks as well to Fondation Fyssen @fondationfyssen.bsky.social for sponsoring my postdoc!

Rewarded by beauty 😍🐝 It wasn’t easy to find a wasp nest this year due to the wet weather! But still, thanks to Big Wasp Survey we got one! Today it’s the end of our study, and looking at this abandoned nest, it’s beautiful. Wasps are amazingly talented architects!