So #Antcon was today, and it was brilliant. Young kids to older adults. All expert ant keepers with interesting discussions and amazing questions both ways. Non-academic ant experts developing brilliant research questions with Dr Wendy Harris Dr Beynon's Bug Farm and me

Invited to speak at the first #AntConwith Prof Richard Johnston and Dr Beynon's Bug Farm! Fantastic day - so much fun. Awesome talks of course from Rich and Sarah🐜🐜🐜🐝🪲🐞🦗🕷🪳🌻🌼🌺🌱

Reasonably good emergence of Strandline Beetles at Whiteford, Gower today BuglifeCymru

Insect Week's back for its annual celebration of all things #insect & #LittleThingsThatRunTheWorld🐞 What will you #Discover? insectweek.co.uk #Entomology #Science #BBCEarth #Education #InsectPhotography #RESfuture #InnovatingWithInsects #EnrichTheWorldWithInsectScience

Swansea University Biosciences Entomology Outreach will be the new home of @swanscience #unimothchallenge and other ento joys. Please give us a share and help us grow the outreach account. Hopefully more insect events coming soon! Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Royal Entomological Society BuglifeCymru SwanseaZoology @BiologySwansea

📢 The 2022 #BugsMatter survey is underway! Join in from now til the end of August... 🤔 How? Just download the app and register for your FREE splatometer! IOS: apps.apple.com/gb/app/bugs-ma… Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det… 🚗🪰👀📲

Another decent haul for #universitymothchallenge Swansea University. Finally the first hawk moths of the year and another spectacles. Will be sitting out with the trap hopefully this Friday to survey, weather permitting! #teammoth SwanseaZoology @BiologySwansea Butterfly Conservation 🦋

#Coleoptera pop quiz! This glorious hand drawn map was found in the SwanseaZoology museum, anyone that gets them all can have an average quality print copy! #gower

Would you like to improve your bee identification skills? Join Liam Olds of Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative for a bee-rilliant day of bee identification at Llyn Llech Owain Country Park on Saturday 13th August 2022, 10am - 3pm. To book a FREE space, visit ticketsource.co.uk/pembrey-countr…

Forgot the weekends trap! Low numbers but this shore wainscot was a nice surprise. Riband wave new for the year too! #teammoth #Swanseafieldwork

Good numbers in the trap! High temperatures and overcast = perfect conditions. No more hawk moths but all these four new for the year and this is the first green silver lines in the campus trap! #universitymothchallenge SwanseaZoology Butterfly Conservation 🦋

A couple of moth traps out since last post and some new to the gardens here at SwanseaZoology - Green silver lines a glorious surprise, and a Brussels lace by the looks of it! #teammoth #universitymothchallenge

Last nights trap saw 82 of 30 species! New record for the garden here. First privet hawk moth for the trap too! #teammoth #universitymothchallenge SwanseaZoology @BiologySwansea

Consistent traps! 85 moths, 35 species. First emerald and buff arches of the year, and a beautiful hook tip - new for the campus gardens! #teammoth #universitymothchallenge Butterfly Conservation 🦋 SwanseaZoology @BiologySwansea #InsectWeek22

Have you seen #FlyingAnts in the last few days? Take part in the @BiodarSurvey and help scientists understand their biology. Fill in the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Success with our 'borrow a moth trap' running this year as part of the #UniversityMothChallenge. First hawk moths for one of the department's technicians and family. Two stunning elephant hawk moths! SwanseaZoology Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @BiologySwansea

An unexpectedly extended hiatus but we're back with the trap! A few new for the year and a couple of hornet stowaways. #universitymothchallenge Butterfly Conservation 🦋 SwanseaZoology

Last nights moth trap was the night of the intruder. Chafers, shieldbugs, yellowjackets, hornets, caddisflies, carabids, honeybees, bumblebees, flies and then finally a few moths. Will have to seriously re-think trapping like this in this heat and location Swansea University Biosciences Entomology Outreach #moths