@InsectGroup

Insect Ecology Group @CamZoology @Cambridge_Uni. We study invertebrate diversity in the UK @ZoologyMuseum 🦋🐛 & in oil palm plantations @BEFTAprogramme 🐜🕷🌴

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zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/insect-ecology
Joined February 2020
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We had a brilliant time @CambsCountyDay last week, presenting the work of 🦋🐛 researchers @esme_ashe @MatthewPHayes @Andrew_Bladon with @wildlifebcn #BankingOnButterflies & @Evie_Crouch #ButterfliesThroughTime with @EsmeeFairbairn! Thank you to @CambridgeZero for hosting us!
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Our 🦋🐛 researchers had a wonderful day at @wildlifebcn Pegsdon on the weekend talking about the #BankingOnButterflies project! Thanks to @Andrew_Bladon @MatthewPHayes @esme_ashe @omylouse! And to @Evie_Crouch for the beautiful poster! 🎨
Gwen H 🦇🦋🌼🐾@omylouse30 May 2022
Lovely Saturday afternoon celebrating 30 years of Pegsdon NR & we also got to share the innovative Banking on Butterflies project with visitors with the help of researchers from @InsectGroup 🦋 wildlifebcn.org/banking-butt…

Banking on Butterflies project | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants

We are carrying out innovative work to assess how we can create microclimates on our reserves to help species buffer against climate change

wildlifebcn.org
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Thank you to @MatthewPHayes for a fascinating first talk in the #ButterfliesThroughTime series + to @Evie_Crouch for chairing the session! If you missed it, it will be available on @ZoologyMuseum's YouTube channel soon. Don't forget to sign up for the rest of the talks!
Insect Ecology Group@InsectGroup4 May 2022
Tune in to hear the first of our talks in the #ButterfliesThroughTime series - free to register! Hear @MatthewPHayes give an overview of the #ButterfliesThroughTime project in half an hour’s time 🦋➡️⏰
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📣New blog post alert!📣 This month, PhD student @_JakeStone_ tells us all about his three-month @BBSRC placement with @wildlifebcn, which he spent creating a habitat-based data set for reserves! zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…
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Group members @MatthewPHayes, @esme_ashe, @Andrew_Bladon (📸 credit) & @EdgarCTurner have a new paper out on the Duke of Burgundy butterfly 🦋🐛 Read the #OpenAccess paper here: link.springer.com/article/10… And Matt’s helpful summary on our blog here: zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…
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Did you know that the Small Heath butterfly is in decline? Read all about @matthewlewis896 research on this charming, charismatic species, and why he thinks we have a moral duty to conserve it. zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group… 📸 @matthewlewis896
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Did you know the word ‘Lepidoptera’ comes from the Greek words for ’scale’ and ‘wing’? 🦋 Read our new blog by MPhil student Tate Lavitt to discover even more reasons why studying insects is fascinating 👇 zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…
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Did you know that museum insect collections are helping us understand the effects of climate + land-use change? Read all about the research of @Biologybethan at @ZoologyMuseum 🦋 #MuseumFromHome zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…
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Astonishing transformation of @Kings_College wildlife meadow! MPhil student @Biologybethan took the first photo on the 13th May and the second yesterday 😮 This will be supporting lots of insects and it looks absolutely beautiful 🐝🕷🐞 Well done King’s! 👏🏻 #WildlifeFromHome
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I hope you enjoyed my takeover today and keep on following @InsectGroup for more about the fascinating world of insects! #InsectTakeover @EdgarCTurner
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