☄️ Ecologist focusing on aquatic-terrestrial ecosystems (temporary ponds). Fascinated by ants and other tiny creatures 🐜🪲🐛🦋🐞
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Now live! Learn about how we can use predatory insects to control mosquito populations @GlobalYaadie
🦟 Can bugs beat the bite? Dr. Gavin Campbell talks mosquito control through “back swimmers”, tiny predators with big potential. Tune in for a fresh take on public health and climate threats. 🎧
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The world’s most beautiful bee? 🤯🐝💙
Metallic blue with a rainbow butt, the GLORIOUS Mixed Orchid Bee (Euglossa mixta) brightens the rainforest canopy of the Amazon as it buzzes in search of orchids! 🌳🌈
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Until the April 4th is opened the registration of our international workshop Conserving and Restoring temporary pond landscapes in Europe, which will be held in La Rabida (28-30th May). You are more than welcome to present a poster communication. All the info here
These are the arboreal traps taped to trees and secured with thumb tacks. The bait is in the lid of the jar
This morning I put out some baited traps to collect ants underground and in trees.
For the underground traps I use these microcentrifuge tubes with neat holes at the top and bait in the lid
The bait is a delicious mixture of peanut butter, sardines and honey
ALT Empty microcentrifuge tubes with circular holes at the top
ALT Aerial view of microcentrifuge tubes with bait in the lid
ALT Baited microcentrifuge trap in hole
After digging, the tube (with a preservative) is gently placed in the hole and covered with soil
I use whatever is around to make an arrangement over the trap so I can locate it in 2 days
ALT Arrangement of stones
ALT Arrangement of sticks in the shape of an "X"
ALT Crude arrangement of sticks in the shape of an "X"
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New paper out in Oecologia on ants and fire 🐜 🔥. In « Large-scale pyrodiversity is not needed to beget ant diversity in an Australian tropical savanna » we show that fire, but not pyrodiversity, is key to preserve ant diversity.
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
I hope that my arboreal and subterranean ant traps are safe and that they have caught species I haven't collected before 🥺
Interview with @GlobalYaadie complete. Stay tuned for the full episode
A reminder that backswimmers are cool bugs that eat mosquitoes 😁
New paper is finally out 🥳
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We looked at the life history of the backswimmer Notonecta indica in Jamaica and assessed its mosquito consumption ability throughout development and at different densities 1/3
New paper is finally out 🥳
academic.oup.com/jinsectscie…
We looked at the life history of the backswimmer Notonecta indica in Jamaica and assessed its mosquito consumption ability throughout development and at different densities 1/3
We found that mosquito consumption by N. indica was dependent on age and mosquito density, with greater consumption among older individuals and at higher densities.
An isolated adult can consume up to 117 mosquito larvae per day at high density
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