Submitted my thesis corrections last week, which also gave me the opportunity to add this beautiful woodcut print of my study species to the front page, hand carved by my talented friend and flatmate Meirian โญ
Posts by Owen Corbett
#WorldOfWasps exhibition opens today @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. Delighted to talk about it on #BBCRadio4 #TodayProgramme today -7.22am. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
VR wasp experiences; wasp art; real wasp nests!
Embrace your inner #WaspLove!
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Today @owenrcorbett.bsky.social was crowned Dr Corbett, Doctor of Wasps!
Congrats Owen! We are all so proud of you!
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Huge thanks to @jimlabisko.bsky.social @chrisleduck.bsky.social for examining!
I'm eleven days late posting this, but thesis successfully submitted on 8th February 2025 ๐ฅณ
A ๐งต about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age...
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For my first post I thought I'd share this video of two hardworking Polistes lanio foragers returning to their nest with food (probably caterpillar) - they will then share it around, process it using their mouthparts, and feed it to the hungry larvae ๐
Video taken by me in Trinidad in 2019