
Rudi Verspoor
@rverspoor
Equality, Education, Entomology, Ecology, and Evolution. Things I care about that begin with 'E'. Views my own.
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29-04-2013 18:31:43
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Last year Nigel Jones and I had 8 days surveying insects in Upper Deeside between Muir of Dinnet NNR and Mar Lodge Estate. The report describing where we went and the circa 600 species we found can be found here: researchgate.net/publication/37…


Handling animals affects their behavior and reduces feeding, but not for long - bit.ly/4djET5A Animal Welfare_The Journal




Check out our new paper! Led expertly by Lewis Revely with Dr. Rebecca Clement and Paul Eggleton. We explore the complex links between various traits associated with being #social in #termites. ow.ly/L8tK50S9iWe

*Postdoc alert* What do internal conflicts in biology and economics have in common? 🧵 We are looking for someone with a background in philosophy/economics to explore this with us (Patten Lab, Armin Schulz, @MASchenkel). Full details: philjobs.org/job/show/26666 Please RT!


Fully-funded PhD on moth trapping, automated ID, climate extremes & predator responses, with David Roy 🐛 and me at University of Exeter CEC in Cornwall. Deadline ** 29 July **. Please share! exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…


🚨Job Alert 🚨 We're recruiting an Entomology Curator Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales to join our Natural Sciences team developing the collection to ensure it continues to be a valuable biodiversity resource that can be used to monitor environmental changes 🐞🪲🐜🐝🦗🪰 nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vac…




At this #Ento24 workshop, we explore how #comics & #games can be used for public engagement. Hear about case studies of Ento-Club comic Rudi Verspoor & Battlin’ Bugs card game Liam Crowley, both supported by the RES Goodman Fund 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/membership-and… Francisca Sconce


INSECTS! This is a super book and I’m proud to have made an author contribution to championing these vitally important creatures for a better world 🪲 🌎 🌳 Buy your copy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/res-in… #insects Royal Entomological Society





Great turnout and lots of engaged students at our #Biosciences Employability Week events taking place today! Looking forward to the rest of the week. See what's on 🔗 liverpool.ac.uk/careers/progra… #bsew LivUni School of Biosciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences


🏆 Kayla King University of British Columbia wins an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in recognition of her significant contributions to understanding host-pathogen interactions and their implications. ▶️ tinyurl.com/3pu3zfp2



My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/art…