Breaking news- #Usutu virus has been detected in Scotland for the first time, in 2 Blackbirds from the Isle of Arran in 2025. Detection confirmed by #SRUC & #APHA, with our project conducting follow up surveillance. Public Health risk considered very low
More info
⏬️ www.gov.uk/government/n...
Starting off the conference with our first keynote speaker, Professor @baylism.bsky.social, discussing “The changing risk of VBDs in the UK.” #UKVBD2026
I've been at the excellent #UKVBD2026 this week representing @royentsoc.bsky.social Thoroughly enjoying catching up with the huge breadth of research being undertaken across the UK, across species and across academia and policy.
📢 Abstract deadline: 23 March - Submit your research now!
Register to join the Infection, Immunity & Microbionts SIG at @uniofbath.bsky.social & hear from our great keynote speakers.
📅 16-17 April
🔬 Day 1: Symbionts and Microbiomes
🦠 Day 2: Pathogens and Immunity
Register today 🔽
A screenshot of the invertopia.ie website showing a wolf spider image behind the text and graphics.
Something new, big and never-before-seen is coming.
Have you ever wanted to camp in a field with your family and spend a weekend learning about insects? Me too!!!
Well, now you can...
invertopia.ie
Please share wide and far.
The first round of microgrants for 2026 is open! Apply here : https://opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective.
Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running!
Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
#Ento26 is in Cardiff 8-10th September and 2026 & abstracts are now open 🎉
www.royensoc.co.uk/event/ento26/
If you are a fellow (or thinking of applying) you have the opportunity to sign the @royentsoc.bsky.social book of fellows at #Ento26! 🪲🪰✍️
Phengaris teleius (Scarce Large Blue) in a French meadow. One of the 17 species in the European Grassland Butterfly Index. Photo: Martin Warren)
The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...
🏥 Join us next week with stakeholders from govt, business & academia for our @lshtm.bsky.social #healthecon symposium
We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare
📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
The deadline to apply to join our team as Editor-in-Chief is today!⏰
Are you an active researcher in the field? Ever considered joining the #RESAgForestEnt team? Learn more here ⬇️
buff.ly/UMdkvBs
Deadline: 31 January 2026
@royentsoc.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
First use of the 's' word in 2026 with spring usher joining pale brindled beauty at Boilton Wood alongside bank vole and long-tailed tit at Brockholes
✨ LAST CALL - Don't forget to nominate an entomologist for RES Awards and Recognition 🐝
⏰ Deadline: 31 December
Some open awards include:
🦋 Insect Conservation Award
🐝 Eleanor Ormerod Award
🪲 Higher Education Teaching Award
Nominate or apply now 🔽
Ever considered joining the #RESAgForestEnt team?
We are seeking an active researcher in the field to join our team as Editor-in-Chief.
Think you might fit the bill? Learn more ⬇️
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunities/eic-afe-2026/
Deadline: 15 January 2026
@royentsoc.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
Not long to register for @royentsoc.bsky.social Behaviour conference! 🪲
Covering novel sensing and detecting from both academic and industry perspectives
www.royensoc.co.uk/event/behavi...
#CallForAbstracts Deadline next week!
Submit your abstracts soon for a chance to share your research and present at the #BehaviourSIG in February 🔽
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📅 Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 December
@rothamsted.bsky.social @ipmmark.bsky.social @basf.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Looking forward to giving this talk later today @naturerecovery.bsky.social!
What better way to end the week than with a dose of #WaspLove!
@uclcber.bsky.social
🎃 Halloween Special: The insect world has inspired some of the most terrifying stories. Parasitoid larvae growing inside live hosts, fungi turning ants into zombies, cannibalism and necrophagy… 🐜🐛🪳💀
Curious? Join us 👉https://www.ece2026.org/
#ECE2026 #Entomology #Science #Tours #Biodiversity
Promotional poster for the Royal Entomological Society’s Outreach, Culture & Education Special Interest Group 2025 meeting. It will be held on Saturday, 22 November 2025, at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The theme is improving communication and perception of insect science through education, media, and society. Speakers include Dr Sarah Beynon, Nick Baker, Ashleigh Whiffin, Ed Harrison, and Jessica Symons. The poster shows the National Museums Scotland and Royal Entomological Society logos, icons of insects, and a background image of people examining something in a grassy field. A QR code directs viewers to register or submit an abstract
Join me in Edinburgh on the 22nd of November for the @royentsoc.bsky.social Outreach, Culture & Education SIG meeting at the National Museum of Scotland!
If you missed the abstract deadline, you can still submit a poster until 10 Nov. 🧪
#bugsky #entomology
Interested in communicating your science to a wider audience? 🔍🐝
Then this is for you!
@royentsoc.bsky.social Outreach Special Interest Group meeting is in beautiful #Edinburgh 22nd Nov
With workshops by @ashwhiffin.bsky.social, the bug farm, TVs Nick Baker & many more 🎉
(& the Xmas markets on!)
We are keen to get views on what identification workshops would be of interest which we might offer in 2026. Please contact us at robszsz@yahoo.co.uk by 10th November with any suggestions
Interested in insects and/or outreach? Join @royentsoc.bsky.social in #Edinburgh at the National museum 22nd November 🥳
Great for #students and #ECRs that want to learn how to engage
www.royensoc.co.uk/event/outrea...
📅 Abstract Deadline Extended!
Join the programme by submitting your research by Friday 31 October 🦋
📍 National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
📅 22 Nov 2025
Register now 🔽
www.royensoc.co.uk/event/outrea...
Today has been @royentsoc.bsky.social annual #insects as food and feed conference 🦗🐛
As always it has been a fascinating day covering everything from entomophagy, to insects as a sustainable alternative feed source, ethics with sentience, to the nutritional breakdown of different insects.
📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
📢 Have you seen a mosquito in Scotland? The
@MosquitoScot
team want to hear about it!
You can report your sighting and submit a photo here ⬇️
mosquito-scotland.com
Please help us fill in the mosquito map for Scotland and understand future vector-borne disease risk!
Close up picture of a plastic tube with a single Culex pipiens mosquito caught inside it. It has a brownish body, six legs, and a long needle-like proboscis on its head
Moving into Oct with temperatures & daylight hours falling in Scotland, the "peak" mosquito activity season is passing. However, some species like Culex pipiens can still be found 'overwintering'; like this one our team found on #Arran yesterday. Let us know if you see any
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mosquito-scotland.com
Our paper on the flower import industry as a route for Culicoides (and their diseases) into Europe is now out 🙌🏽🦟🌹✈️🌍
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This is all thanks to @baylism.bsky.social persistence 🙌🏽
@royentsoc.bsky.social @globalvectorhub.bsky.social
#VBD #midges #BTV
Aedes albopictus Is Rapidly Invading Its Climatic Niche in France: Wider Implications for Biting Nuisance and Arbovirus Control in Western Europe
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv
Long-term population changes for the UK #StagBeetle #Lucanus cervus - Evidence from #CitizenScience surveys and museum collections
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70022
#Conservation #MuseumCollection
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
