Ben Hawthorne
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PhD Student @NCLNEG @UniofNewcastle @FeraScience 🪲🧬 | 24 | he/him 🏳️🌈 #Ecology #Entomology #Metabarcoding #LGBWithTheT 🏳️⚧️ #PrideInEnto
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Elated to share that I’ll be joining
@NCLNEG
, starting a PhD at
@UniofNewcastle
in October!
The project involves using insect eDNA metabarcoding for biomonitoring and assessment of Environmental Land Management Schemes w/
@FeraScience
@DarrenMarkEvans
@CollinsLarissa
@JordanCuff
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Very proud boyfriend! ❤️
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📢 New Preprint!! 📢
Are you interested in:
• invertebrate biomonitoring? 🪲🔍
• metabarcoding? 🧬
• agroecosystem functioning? 🌸🐝
Check out our preprint where we review how metabarcoding can advance agricultural invertebrate biomonitoring:
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Delighted to announce I will be the newest RES Student Representative!! 🪲
I am so grateful to have this opportunity, and looking forward to the adventure ahead 😄
Warmest welcome to
@BenSJHawthorne
, the newest RES Student Representative 🦋 🎉
Read more about our Student Reps:
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Drop a cool photo that someone took of you doing your job.
Drop a cool photo that someone took of you doing your job.
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Happy Easter! 🐣
IMO bee-flies are like the Easter bunnies of the insect world, delivering eggs to the nests of solitary mining bees! 🐰🥚🐝
(…they’re brood parasites so their larvae eat the bee grubs, but that’s just a technicality)
#BeeflyWatch
@SoldierfliesRS
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Just when you think it can’t get any worse… 😒 you can’t separate people and politics from science and research, and they can’t stop us being inclusive
They must really hate that I have a pride flag on my office desk, where I study for my PhD in biology 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
NEW: Conservatives are safeguarding scientific research from the denial of biology and the steady creep of political correctness.
@michelledonelan
announces plans to depoliticise science at
#CPC23
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Had a great day at
@The_RHS
#ChelseaFlowerShow
with the spectacular
@RoyEntSoc
Garden! Very encouraging to meet so many gardeners keen to talk about
#insects
and how we can help them!
🦋🪲🐝🐞
You can vote for the RES Garden in the People’s Choice Award:
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New poster just dropped! Outlining the fieldwork I conducted this summer - metabarcoding and results to follow next year 🕺🏼
Bonus points if you get the reference ⭐️
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Delighted to announce that I’ve accepted an
@The_RHS
MRes Studentship at
@HarperAdamsUni
, researching the use of nematodes to control vine weevil infections in peat-free growing media, working with
@ipm_tom
and
@AndrewSalisbur2
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As my first time attending a conference,
@RoyEntSoc
#Ento22
has been brilliant! I’ve met so many amazing people and listened to some great talks about entomology! 🪲
This experience has been incredibly valuable for someone who is just getting started in their career!
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Finally… my first official publication in press!! 🥳✨ What an amazing team to have collaborated with too!
Check out our chapter, and this fantastic summary by
@JordanCuff
:
🎊📖New chapter in Advances in Ecological Research from
@NCLNEG
! 📖🎊
A roadmap for biomonitoring in the 21st century: Merging methods into metrics via ecological networks
Summary below! 🧵
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I went to Manchester pride and all I got was this lousy Tshirt (and he didn’t even let me keep the Tshirt)
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So much can happen in one week…
I graduated from my MRes with a distinction, celebrating with all the people who helped me along the way! 🌟
@HarperAdamsUni
And now moved up to Newcastle, to embark on an exciting new journey as a PhD student 🧬🪲
@UniofNewcastle
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Poster presentations at conferences shouldn’t be during lunch, they should have their own time slot in the programme 👀
What unpopular academia opinion would get you in this situation?
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This is a surreal moment - the first manuscript I’ve been a named author on is out as a preprint! 🥳
🎊New preprint!🎊
Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks
🕸️📊🍽️🕷️🤔
@JordanCuff
@MaximumInsect
@Fred_Windsor
@BenSJHawthorne
@PeterHamback
@Rothamsted_RIS
@IanVaughan21
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Got to see some peaty peaks today 🥰
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Very excited to be volunteering at the (insect approved 👍)
@RoyEntSoc
#RESGarden
next week at Chelsea Flower Show!
🪲🐝🌿🌼
#RHSChelsea
Wildlife already joining us on the
#RESGarden
, a fantastic result 🪲🐝
Huge thanks to
@ProjGivingBack
for such an incredible opportunity to showcase these creatures & what they do for humankind & the environment around us
#CountdownToChelsea
#RHSChelsea
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@samfrowe
@PrideinSTEM
@OpenAcademics
@TheSTEMvillage
Hey! This is me, and a project I’ve worked on for Pride month 😄
For the final
#PrideInEnto
, I thought I’d introduce myself
@BenSJHawthorne
from Harper Adams, UK📍
Hi! I'm Ben (he/him), I am an entomologist & I identify as gay or queer. I'm currently an MRes IPM student, researching nematode control of vine weevil in peat-free compost.
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Rhubarb ‘Victoria’ July 2021 vs May 2022
Started off from seed in
#PeatFree
compost in 2020 - now ready for harvest! I think rhubarb crumble is finally on the menu 🤩
@pumpkin_beth
@jackwallington
#PeatFreeApril
#PeatFreeAllYear
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Delighted to have been selected for one of the
@eDNAcollab
and
@Physacourses
microgrants! This will aid my PhD research on how Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMs) impact invertebrate communities.
#eDNA
#metabarcoding
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It’s been a great few days at
@FeraScience
for the annual symposium!
I got to present my IAFRI PhD project, for which I was awarded the High Potential Prize. It was a great opportunity to meet new people and hear about some groundbreaking science!
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And that has been my live updates of the
@RoyEntSoc
#StudentForum23
!
It’s been a great few days networking with other students and hearing from all the speakers! Can’t wait for the next one!
🐞🐝🪲🦋
Hello! I’m
@BenSJHawthorne
, PhD Student in the
@NCLNEG
I’ll be live tweeting from the
@RoyEntSoc
#StudentForum23
in Cardiff over the next 2 days, so stay tuned!
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Had an incredible time last week attending
#ECONET23
at
@bengurionu
! ☀️ Great to meet so many other network ecologists, and hear about lots of cool science!
Thanks to
@shaipilo
and team for organising the event - looking forward to hosting
#ECONET25
here at
@UniofNewcastle
🇬🇧
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Great talk tonight by
@DaveGoulson
, discussing topics very relevant to my PhD 🐝
I feel very fortunate to be able to attend these weekly talks organised by
@NEE_Naturalist
👏
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Happy
#PrideMonth
! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
It’s been a year since these amazing LGBTQIA+ entomologists gave their time and energy for the
#PrideInEnto
series! 😄 Why not check them out and see what they’re up to a year later:
During this pride month, we are going to feature LGBTQIA+ entomologists in a series called
#PrideInEnto
🐞🪳🐝🪲🦋 🧬
There'll be entomologists from all over globe, including some from Harper! If you are LGBTQIA+, reply and tell us about your research!
#Pride2022
#QueerInSTEM
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Cool entomology find in the antique shop round the corner from my house! (Although some had seen better days) 🪲 Is there anything remarkable
@Coleopterist
?
#Entomology
#Coleoptera
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Came across this cool charity shop find: 'Animals in Art' by
@NationalGallery
... zero insects 😐
So I thought I'd create an 'Insects in Art' Twitter thread version, in the spirit of
#InsectWeek
and
#InsectArt
🪲
@insectweek
@RoyEntSoc
🧵
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Our vine weevils are hatching! (Not something most gardeners would be happy about)
They’re ready to join the
@HarperAdamsUni
vine weevil population, for mine and
@eugeniafezza
’s research projects
#IPM
#Coleoptera
#Weevils
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It’s the Invertebrate Research Showcase and Networking Event here at
@UniofNewcastle
!
🪲🪱🐝🦋🪰
@SciencesNCL
@ecology_ncl
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Very proud of the outreach event our group created as part of the
@GNM_Hancock
Great North Night! We managed to bring art, fun, and science together, and people really seemed to enjoy it 😄
Fantastic team work at Great North Nights: Wonder and the Wild
@GNM_Hancock
this evening. Fabulous outreach and science communication
@ecology_ncl
@SciencesNCL
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🚨It’s happening!!🚨
Come to Newcastle for the next
@RoyEntSoc
#StudentForum
! 🪲🐝🦋🐞Whether you join in person or online, it’s a great way to share your research and make some life-long connections 🌟
(I highly recommend the location too)
We are delighted to announce details of our 2024
#StudentForum
!
This annual two-day, hybrid
#event
is aimed at
#undergraduate
and
#postgraduate
#students
studying insects and will be held on 25 - 26 March at
@UniofNewcastle
.
#SF24
#InsectScience
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Mite-y Mating Carrion Beetles!
Ran a light trap last night and found these underneath - Nicrophorus humator
@AshWhiffin
?
@SilphidaeUk
@ColSocBI
#CarrionBeetles
#MothByCatch
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Found this cool solitary wasp nest in my parents garden! 🪵 Did this belong to a Polistes
@WaspWoman
?
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Great day presenting a poster for my PhD project at the
#SAgEConf23
🧬
Our students presented posters today at the
#SAgEConf23
! Thanks to everyone who came along
@SAgE_PGRDP
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Note the inspirational
@JordanCuff
shortlisted for the Robert May Prize in
@MethodsEcolEvol
👀👏🎉
#BESAwards
🎉It is time to celebrate the outstanding contributions of early career ecologists!
Our journals have shortlisted outstanding research papers by early career authors. Join us in congratulating them!🌿👏
#BESAwards
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Such a great experience for my first Verrall Lecture and Supper! Fantastic to meet so many entomologists and (lots of) fellow
@EntoMasters
alumni 🪲
Had an exceptional time at
#VerrallLecture23
! Amazing science, food and company! Having been the last thing I went to pre-COVID it was so great to be back with such an entomologically excellent ensemble! 🐞🦋🦗🪲🦟🪳
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Had a great afternoon listening to
@stedunn_
, Director of
@northernprideuk
, and Dr
@EmilyYarrow1
talk about LGBTQIA+ experiences and inclusion in the workplace 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Thanks to the organisers
@NCLBusiness
for bringing together people from across the university for this!
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Highlighting 🏳️🌈
#PrideMonth
🏳️⚧️with some
#PrideInEcology
!
🦞🪸🐝🌿🦋🪻
Happy Pride Month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
One fundamental aspect of ecological research is the people who conduct it! Therefore, we’ve put together 🧵 of some useful links about what we can do to support and celebrate pride in both Ecology and STEM. Please add any more useful links in the comments:
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My contribution to
#BlueBugs
for
#BlueMonday
is the Lego Blue Morpho butterfly, Morpho peleides! 🦋
@AshWhiffin
The Lego Ideas insect collection now adorns my desk (thank you for the perfect Christmas present
@Jack_WJB
🩵)
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Another win for prospective PhD students interested in molecular ecology/entomology!! 🧬🕷️🌿
10’s across the board for project, supervisors, location, and research culture 🌟
Are YOU looking for a
#PhD
focused on molecular ecology and invertebrate interactions? 🧬🕷️🌿
Come study predator-plant interactions and their implications for ecosystem services with us
@JordanCuff
@Fred_Windsor
@DarrenMarkEvans
@VivekNityananda
! 🕸️🌼🕷️
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Nice representation of network ecology at a fruit and veg stall in the
@JesmondDeneOrg
market!
☀️🌱🍄🪱🪲🐦⬛🦔
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Some exciting news! 🥳 It was great to be a part of this collaborative piece about advances and the future of biomonitoring - stay tuned for the publication!
CHAPTER ACCEPTED: A roadmap for
#biomonitoring
in the 21st century: merging methods into metrics via ecological networks. In Advances in Ecological Research. A great Network Ecology Group joint effort!
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Alternatively…
Why DO you like sitting outside in the sunshine to eat?
Me (an entomologist):
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Is there a better suggestion than an odonate? 👀
if insects were large enough to ride (and they wouldn’t kill you) which one would be your mount??
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Great to see so many titans in horticulture and ecology support this statement!
#PeatFreeGardening
@pumpkin_beth
@PeatFreeApril
Full statement:
We urgently need the
#UKGov
to take faster more effective action to bring about the end of the retail sale of peat for
#horticulture
.
See the Joint Statement on Peat & discover how you can help, here:
#PeatFree
#PeatFreePeople
#PeatFreeGardening
#Garden
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Pretty fitting that I made a picnic table bird feeder on the day pub gardens opened 😂
@Natures_Voice
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Just arrived in Cardiff for the
#StudentForum23
! Really looking forward to the next few days of entomology!
🦋🪲🐝🐞
It's
#tomorrow
!
Interested in
#Insect
#Science
?
#Register
to join us & speakers
@AshWhiffin
@JordanCuff
@NStroeymeyt
@WaspWoman
and Peter Graystock at the
#StudentForum23
!
#Register
#online
now:
#Student
#Research
#Studying
#Ecology
#Entomology
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This is the equivalent of announcing the Glastonbury headliners 🤩
Lots of cool stuff happening for the
@RoyEntSoc
#StudentForum24
🪲🦋🐝🐞
Deadlines:
• Abstracts 9th Feb
• In-person registration 8th March
• Online registration 22nd March
@UniofNewcastle
We are delighted to announce the keynote speakers for our 2024 Student Forum. Join us
@UniofNewcastle
on 25 – 26 March and hear from
@CollinsLarissa
,
@kelly_jowett
and
@VivekNityananda
.
Registration and abstract submission are now open.
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Forbidden Reece’s Pieces
I love that our minds can take something as ordinary as sea snail shells, and translate our observation of them into awe. The variety of colours in Flat Periwinkles! Buttercups, marmalades, rusts and olives! Aren’t they gorgeous?
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Come and join the research group! Cool project and a really supportive environment
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
NERC-funded PhD opportunity in the group: Mitigating the impacts of artificial light at night on biodiversity and attractiveness to disease carrying insects (OP2427)
@ONEPlanetDTP
Deadline 11 January 2024
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This important research will help
@The_RHS
reach their target of being 100% peat-free by 2025! Preserving peatlands are vital to combating climate change and preventing biodiversity loss.
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'Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Common Hawthorn and Forget-Me-Not' by Jan van Kessel the Elder
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Looking forward to showcasing the research of
@NCLNEG
at the next Great North Night at
@GNM_Hancock
! 🪲 There may or may not be Giant Ecosystem Jenga involved … 🫨
Come along to 'Great North Nights: Wonder and the Wild'
@GNM_Hancock
on June 30th 6-8pm!
@ecology_ncl
will help you explore the fascinating world of insects and the benefits of rewilding and creating space for nature. Get your ticket now!
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'Birds, Butterflies and a Frog among Plants and Fungi' by Melchior d'Hondecoeter
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Another incredible PhD opportunity!! 🕷️ 🧬 🌱 🪲
Top-notch team of supervisors too!! 🌟
Are YOU looking for a
#PhD
in ecology, entomology or molecular diagnostics? 🌱🪲🧬
Come study the impact of artificial light at night on optimal foraging, trophic networks and ecosystem services with us! 💡🕸️🍽️
@Kath_Baldock
@DarrenMarkEvans
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Fasciation fascination!
Found this fasciated
#dandelion
this evening, which I have never seen before. Very cool!
@BSBIbotany
@joshual951
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'Butterflies, Moths and Insects with Sprays of Creeping Thistle and Borage' by Jan van Kassel the Elder
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First time taking part in the
@BSBIbotany
#NewYearPlantHunt
which was great fun!
Most common flowering plant by far was white dead-nettle (Lamium album)
Even had the company of a pair of Treecreepers!
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Find me on
@joinmastodon
as
@BenHawthorne
@ecoevo
.social
I’ll still be on Twitter, but it looks like now is a great time to explore other platforms 🦣
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And that was the Invertebrate Research Showcase and Networking Event! It has been a great day hearing about all the cool science being conducted at
@UniofNewcastle
, and meeting attendees and researchers from all over the North East of England.
🪲🪱🐝🦋🪰
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Next up is
@JordanCuff
introducing foraging ecology, molecular dietary analyses, and networks 🕷️ debuting the
@ForagingEcology
logo and Twitter handle!!
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Kicking off is
@DarrenMarkEvans
representing
@NCLNEG
, sharing the use of networks in entomology 🐝🕸️🪲
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@samfrowe
@PrideinSTEM
@OpenAcademics
@TheSTEMvillage
(The start of the thread of some amazing queer entomologists)
During this pride month, we are going to feature LGBTQIA+ entomologists in a series called
#PrideInEnto
🐞🪳🐝🪲🦋 🧬
There'll be entomologists from all over globe, including some from Harper! If you are LGBTQIA+, reply and tell us about your research!
#Pride2022
#QueerInSTEM
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@scienceheather
@RoyEntSoc
@amentsoc
@FieldStudiesC
@amma_simon
gave a talk at Ento22 about the number of entomology courses and modules in UK HEIs - not strictly ID skills, but hopefully a good connection!
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“No homo”
Male bottlenose dolphins call each other by name and touch frequently to reinforce friendships, which can last a lifetime
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Nominated for this paper 👇
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Any recs would be appreciated!
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Minutes after cleaning and refilling the bird feeders, my garden was flooded with long-tailed tits, blue tits, goldfinches and house sparrows 🙌🏼
I’ll take that as a win!
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Great to hear entomology is represented in UG teaching - relevant to
@amma_simon
’s article in the
@RoyEntSoc
Antenna magazine about the decline of entomology in HE, and a recent Twitter discussion about insect taxonomy led by
@scienceheather
:
We hear a lot (anecdotally/from employers) about the decline of identification skills in
#entomology
, also
#botany
& other fields, but does anybody have evidence of this? Are there research papers or other quantified reports of it?
@RoyEntSoc
@amentsoc
@FieldStudiesC
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David Thwaites is presenting research on transporter proteins and endosymbiosis in invertebrates
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@EntoMasters
@HarperAdamsUni
@Rothamsted_RIS
@scienceheather
@Dr_Joe_Roberts
@ipm_tom
@simonsegar
@benclunie
That looks cool!
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Inspired by
@Lucy_Lapwing
@BBCSpringwatch
I did some leaf litter shaking for invertebrates today 🕺🏼
Found beetles, spiders and 3 species of springtails, including this Entomobrya intermedia (hopefully the correct ID)📸
#Winterwatch
#Springtails
#Collembola
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