Are you an #undergrad at a UK University? Do you like insects and being outside? Do you like getting paid? If so, this summer studentship could be for you iapetus.ac.uk/wp-content/u... feat #insects #fieldwork #trees #scotland for more details and to apply: iapetus.ac.uk/new-rep-sche...
To celebrate #internationalwomensday Stirling Uni alumni hosted a panel discussion with some women academics and let me talk about some of my favourite research (and other) topics #wasps and #TaylorSwift. Watch online here www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBRv...
happy #waspwednesday - anyone eager to enjoy a mashup of #taylorswift and #wasps should come along to the Stand in Edinburgh on 21st April for the next Bright Club. Tickets available here www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...
Happy #waspwednesday everyone! Here's the latest article from wasp HQ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a nutshell - controlling crop pests using parasitoid wasps is evolutionarily resilient to resistance evolution in pests because parasitoids are cool #science #evolution #parasitoid
Badger culling in the UK: an unnecessary evil of the hellscape that is factory farming.
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happy belated #waspwednesday - here's a belated wasp update from wasp HQ from *Dr* Mia McGowan. #Biocontrol of #whitefly with #parasitoids is evolutionarily resilient because resistant whitefly lay fewer eggs with lower hatching success academic.oup.com/jee/advance-...
These guides are a fantastic resource - I provide to all new grad students 🙏
Once they are done mating the male deposits the female somewhere she can burrow in the ground to find beetle larvae which she lays her eggs on and the baby wasps eat. Big legs and wings and stuff would just get in the way when she's burrowing. So hitchhiking is a tidy solution.
These wasps are pretty weird. The male is the normal waspy looking one and the female is the blob attached to his abdomen. She doesn't need wings because the male carries her round to find food and hosts while they are in copula.
Happy #waspwednesday from me and the @evomob.bsky.social. Here is a picture of a mating pair of thynnid flower wasps I saw on my holiday to #TorresdelPaine national park in #Patagonia #Chile
interested in learning about #wasps, #Scottishenlightenment and #pedagogy and being mildly amused - come to Bright club in Glasgow on Monday 10th November www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...
PhD project on the evolution of animal memory now available in my research group, through the TREES DLA: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo.... Come and join us if you're interested in the evolution of animal minds and you want to do some cool experimental evolution!
I've signed up to swim 20km in August to raise money for @wwf.org.uk. If anyone is able to sponsor me it would be much appreciated - link is here
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During our spring field courses, we had some excellent luck with camera trap sightings. This beautiful Roe Deer doe and her fawn were recorded by our visitors from @stir.ac.uk and we couldn’t be happier to get a glimpse of this little family @bb-phd.bsky.social @zarahpattison.bsky.social
A group of twelve people smiling at the camera. They are viewed slightly from above and there is an old Mediterranean building in the background with an open courtyard.
We spent a fantastic week hosting @stir.ac.uk for their Mediterranean field course. We’d like to say thank you to all involved, especially the students for their engagement and enthusiasm with their projects. Good luck with the rest of your studies! @bb-phd.bsky.social @zarahpattison.bsky.social
Too poor to science: how wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
Thought-provoking read, especially in these times of questioning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
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Staff and students standing a long a river, holding a tape measure used to measure out a transect line.
A Speckled Wood butterfly.
A Common Swallowtail butterfly.
Students surveying butterflies along a transect line following a row of lavender.
With the warm weather, there were many butterflies on the wing and students from @stir.ac.uk designed projects to survey their habitat preferences. Shady and sunlit meadows, plus an avenue of lavender in flower. They saw a real variety of species. @bb-phd.bsky.social @zarahpattison.bsky.social
Three students stood on a river bank, looking into the water. One is wading in.
A student in shallow water at the edge of a river, deploying a weighted camera next to a Pumpkinseed Sunfish nest.
A Pumpkinseed Sunfish nest viewed from above. There is an underwater camera aimed at it, and a fake Pumpkinseed Sunfish stimulus made of a printed and laminated cutout is being presented to it.
A male Pumpkinseed Sunfish inspecting a printed and laminated cutout of a Pumpkinseed Sunfish.
One student project from @stir.ac.uk involved assessing the behaviour of Pumpkinseed Sunfish in response to intrusion. Larger and smaller “males” approached the nest and the students monitored the nest-owner's response using our underwater cameras. @bb-phd.bsky.social @zarahpattison.bsky.social
Always exciting to see the delicate first moments of emerging adult cicadas.
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We have a fully-funded PhD position on animal migration. If interested, please apply by 27 July. More about us: shawanchowdhury.com. @idiv-research.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @uq-cbcs.bsky.social
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Wonderful week on the @stir.ac.uk field biology course at the amazing @meropsfieldcentre.bsky.social. Good bugs, good chat and good food. Students and staff all agree 10/10. Massive thanks to @sophiemowles.bsky.social and Fabrizio!
A group of people examining something on the ground in a pine forest.
A Black Arches moth perched on a tree branch with green leaves in the background.
A newly emerged cicada sitting on its exuvium.
A group of people examining wild animal footprints at the edge of a river.
Day 1 with staff and students from @stir.ac.uk and we’ve fitted a lot in. We’ve toured the habitats, and trialled project ideas. Highlights were Black Arches moths in our moth trap, and newly emerging cicadas. It’s starting to get loud out here!
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A student looking through a telescope in a reedbed.
A Squacco Heron on a fallen tree in a pond.
A European Pond Terrapin.
A student taking photos of Greater Flamingos with their mobile phone.
We spent day 2 with @stir.ac.uk exploring the Camargue. We were lucky to see 7 species of heron including Squacco Herons and even Little Bitterns in the reedbeds. Further south, we saw the famous flamingos and had great views of a European Pond Terrapin @bb-phd.bsky.social @zarahpattison.bsky.social
A Booted Eagle carrying a Western Green Lizard.
Students and staff examining flowers in a short meadow.
Staff and students looking through telescopes and binoculars on a viewing platform. There is a cliff rising in the background.
A male Przewalski's Horse with some grass in its mouth.
We took staff and students from @stir.ac.uk to the Causse Méjean to experience this unique site. We had an impressive vulture fly-by as well as seeing a Booted Eagle carrying a lizard. On to the Przewalski Horse breeding area, where we had great views. @bb-phd.bsky.social @zarahpattison.bsky.social
and instead of doing my work, on Wednesday afternoon I made an album cover for Reputation: Wasp's Version. The #wasps are in their #reputationera
