1/3 Ragwort is a much maligned plant yet it is really important to a whole range of insects who benefit from its nectar and pollen and for other insects it provides food for their early stages. Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Looking for a FREE activity for the kids this afternoon? Join us at Holyrood Park to discover some Magnificent Minibeasts! 🪲 ➡️ historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/… Historic Environment Scotland BuglifeScotland What's On Edinburgh #Edinburgh

More members for the Bugbie team since I am planning on making a new vertical stick sheet of it! 💕

Registration is now OPEN for #ECN2024! ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/2024-ecn-pho… We’re currently calling for talks for this hybrid meeting… [1/2]

The 2024 #BigButterflyCount is here! Will you help Butterfly Conservation 🦋 to monitor the health of our butterflies & moths? Download the app & get out for the count! 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

Nothing like someone calling you lazy + lecturing you on not killing all the 'pests' on your bee hotel (which is a colony 100+ strong BTW) - I politely explained its a wildlife habitat not a bee farm...

Presentation with Ashleigh Whiffin about the insect collections of National Museums Scotland and how they are used in science BENHS Royal Entomological Society Environmentjob.co.uk Field Studies Council AES - amentsoc.org Buglife #entomology #insectcollections #insects youtu.be/bccjnTpGbs8

🚨Job Alert 🚨 We're recruiting an Entomology Curator Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales to join our Natural Sciences team developing the collection to ensure it continues to be a valuable biodiversity resource that can be used to monitor environmental changes 🐞🪲🐜🐝🦗🪰 nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vac…

An absolute pleasure to meet fellow Burying beetle lover Kumari Riya Pati today! 🥰 Riya visited the collection to verify some IDs and we had a wonderful chat. #CarrionClub

My adoring worldwide minion-adjacent community. It. Is. Time. Within the next few hours I shall open, spreading my pungency far and wide to attract pollinators! Well... mostly horticulturists and botanists if I'm honest but those are acceptable substitutes.

But the really important question is, which #CarrionBeetles will visit Titan Arum Edinburgh this time?! We had Nicrophorus investigator in 2017 and Necrodes littoralis in 2019. Come on old friend - spread that STINK! 👃🏻💀#CarrionClub

#InsectCollections are a vital resource for understanding how species are related to one another & how they are changing over time. Watch Ashleigh Whiffin showcase how National Museums Scotland's collections are contributing to scientific research ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=bccjnT…

Ban the sale of Artificial Grass: a toxic unrecyclable biodiversity desert exacerbating climate change, flooding and urban heat islands - Sign the Petition! chng.it/T9gBMHcVfs via Change.org UK

WHAT A BEETLE!! Julodis sp. An absolute unit of a beetle. I didn't get as long as i'd have liked with this beauty before it disappeared into the tall grass. The metallic blues and purples really popped in the sun! An encounter I'll never forget.

We often say humans are destroying species before they're even discovered! Well, it seems the undiscovered species are even more vulnerable than the known ones! Nice write up by Emma Caton . Natural History Museum Science Natural History Museum nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Presentation with Ashleigh Whiffin about the insect collections of National Museums Scotland and how they are used in science BENHS Royal Entomological Society Environmentjob.co.uk Field Studies Council AES - amentsoc.org Buglife #entomology #insectcollections #insects youtu.be/bccjnTpGbs8

If anyone tells you species-rich hay meadows can’t be productive, show them this. Nine years into our restoration and we’ve had a record hay cut - 519 small bales from 3 acres (equivalent to about 43 big round bales) 🧵

My latest writing on wasps.. putting some facts behind the headlines. "Where the UK’s wasps have gone and why they need your help" theconversation.com/where-the-uks-… via The Conversation UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research UCL News Royal Entomological Society Prof Adam Hart 🦏 Big Wasp Survey

We are disappointed to learn of the decision to reallocate £5 million from Nature Restoration Fund. It's essential for Scotland to be part of the solution when tackling the twin nature and climate crises. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Predators routinely slaughtered so that rich toffs can spend over £10k for a day of sipping prosecco while blasting away at the hundreds of grouse that are driven right past them. Hardly sport. There is no place for this shite in a crowded world suffering a biodiversity crisis.