#ProcB #Hoverflies use a time-compensated sun compass to orientate during autumn #migration #OpenAccess The Genetics of Migration Lab #Behaviour ow.ly/RE2P50Gexo4

1/n Exactly 71 years ago, David & Elizabeth Lack sat on this Pyrenean pass. They watched 100s of swallows, 1000s of dragonflies, 10,000s butterflies migrate. But it was the hoverflies in their vast multitudes that they described as the most remarkable migrants of all.

2/n Karl Wotton read this paper and was inspired to come to the Pyrenees and see whether, after so many years, this migration was still happening. Remarkably, it was! and he set up the The Genetics of Migration Lab research lab to study it further

Applications open for a fully-funded 4 year #PhD University of Exeter CEC in Cornwall to study the mechanisms of insecticide detoxification in migratory #pollinators with the The Genetics of Migration Lab team! exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… SWBio DTP @Hawkes_Will

Applications open for a fully-funded 4 year #PhD at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus! Join our team to investigate the mechanisms of detoxification in migratory pollinators exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… Deadline: Monday, 6 December 2021

I also have this book, written by my PhD supervisor at Soton Uni, on my desk ready to read over Xmas - really looking forward to it… Insect Migration The Genetics of Migration Lab

My Best Cornish Moths No.2. As someone who studies insect migration, it is v pleasing to catch migrants in my garden trap. I had long wanted to see Vestal, a regular but scarce migrant from S Europe; in 2020 that dream came true when I caught 4. Here are 2 of them (1/2).

New fully-funded #PhD at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus: investigating the genetic basis of long-distance migration. Deadline 7th March 2022. Details: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…. Lab website: biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/profile/… University of Exeter CEC The Genetics of Migration Lab The Royal Society

Exceptional opportunity to study for a PhD at the University of Exeter CEC investigating the molecular evolution and function of genes involved in long-distance migration exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… Hoverfly image by Michael Knapp

The Genetics of Migration Lab University of Exeter CEC @Hawkes_Will @zanderhayward The Royal Society Jason Chapman Johanna.SU.Hedlund Insect Migration Darwin Tree of Life @SangerToL Millions of hoverflies migrate through this mountain pass as they head south for the winter youtube.com/watch?v=MH5-ht…. Want to find out how they do it? Just under a month left to get your PhD applications in! exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

'Exploring evolved solutions to enhancing and maintaining muscle function' a fully-funded #PhD at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus. Apply now! exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… University of Exeter CEC

Day 1 of the University of Exeter, Cornwall Scillies field trip on St Mary's! Gorgeous weather to arrive off the Scillonian, wander around the island, see the amazing 4000 year old burial mounds, and eat tea on the beach.

Join our lab to investigate how evolution has come up with solutions to enhance and maintain muscle function. A fully-funded #PhD at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus. Deadline for applications this Friday (24th June 2022) exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… University of Exeter CEC

The sequencing of active genes from migrating insects reveals the genetic components of migratory behaviour and physiology. Press release: exeter.ac.uk/news/research/… Paper: doi.org/10.1111/mec.16… Molecular Ecology University of Exeter CEC The Royal Society The Genetics of Migration Lab

My 1st, 1st author paper is out now in Ecography ! Huge numbers of insects migrate from the Middle East to Europe - & most are flies with hugely important ecological roles to play! PR: exeter.ac.uk/news/homepage/… Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec… I'm so excited! Thread: (1/12)

We're back in the Pyrenees for another year of #insectmigration research! Here's Karl Wotton 's video of Toby amongst the biggest butterfly migration day we've ever seen here!! Nearly all were clouded yellows, small whites and long tailed blues! Butterfly Conservation 🦋 🦋🦋

A day away from insect migration research to walk the incredible faja de las flores and visit our friends at the refugio de Bujaruelo

A hoverfly feeding on a flower having just flown >100 km over the sea on a cross-continental migration – just one of the 39 million insects on the same journey during Spring 2019! Full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…

New research on springtime migration in hoverflies, by Karl Wotton @Hawkes_Will in #BiologyLetters => Migratory hoverflies orientate north during spring migration ow.ly/awXm50L18jS | #hoverflies #insectmigration

In frozen conditions on top of Cadair Berwyn, the mountain who has watched over me my whole life, I submitted my PhD thesis all about the wonders of #insectmigration! A huge thanks to my supervisors Karl Wotton & Jason Chapman, mum @HawkesSj, & The Royal Society & University of Exeter, Cornwall