Think you know your beetles from your bugs?

Take our online quiz to test your knowledge and let us know how you do in the comments below 👇 brnw.ch/21wEuRo

I'm looking for a PhD student (Sept 24) to investigate real time insect pollinator monitoring with acoustics! 🐝🎙️💐 Sensor design, ML, lab and field experiments, and more

For program details and how to apply see imperial.ac.uk/grantham/educa… or email me any qus. Please share!

Key to European genera of Syrphidae aka hoverflies aka flower flies aka cool pollinating/decomposing/predating/migrating buzzy things

Thread of every UK MP who abstained or voted against a ceasefire in Gaza.

Is your MP on this list? Don’t forget their name or face at the next election 🧵

We’re hosting out first ever Postgraduate Showcase! Come along to the NHM on 29 November to find out more about postgraduate study at the museum. More info and registration can be found here eventbrite.co.uk/e/nhm-postgrad…

Our latest ever Rhingia rostrata (Snout hoverfly) in our north Northants garden yesterday, 13th November - a gravid female. There were also still 7 other species of hoverflies around despite the very breezy conditions.

PhD opportunity ‼️
Insects, AI, novel sensors, cameras, bioacoustics, climate extremes. What’s not to like?
findaphd.com/phds/project/s…

Working with me Tom Oliver Mike Morecroft and Jenna Lawson. Please share with anyone who might be interested

Ever wonder how extinct insects communicated? Out now from my PhD! We found fully preserved hearing organs in an amber fossil!

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Say hello to Eomortoniellus handlirchi, a #fossil katydid from the Eocene!

InsectEars Lincoln School of Life Sciences
NHM Science 🧵

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 Jordan Cuff 🕸️🧬🕷️ Fredric Windsor Darren Evans 🇺🇦 Vivek Nityananda! 🕸️🌼🕷️

findaphd.com/phds/project/p…

Hello, I'm John Tweddle, the research lead for UK Nature Recovery at Natural History Museum. One of my favourite specimens is this Jersey Tiger moth from our teaching collection. As well as being strikingly beautiful, it exemplifies the value of observing and recording the UK’s wildlife.

Cool PhD opportunity!

Here’s a breakdown of how MSs voted in the Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ceasefire debate.

I’m Vince Smith, theme lead for Digital, Data and Informatics. NHM Data Portal from Digitising the NHM was downloaded every 3 minutes 24 seconds, and found its way into 2.2 scientific publications daily in 2022. Find out more this Research Theme at: nhm.ac.uk/our-science/re…

Dubbed 'The most interesting moth in the world,' the incredible Picasso moth (Baorisa hieroglyphica) is a rare beauty found in India and Asia.

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📢Our new report on Britain's endemic invertebrates has found that HALF of our most special species are at risk of global extinction. 📢
buglife.org.uk/news/new-revie…
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We are looking for a new DToL coordinator at Kew! If you are a fungi lover that's a plus! 😉 Deadline: November 19
Kew Mycology Kew Science Darwin Tree of Life #biodiversity #genomics
careers.kew.org/vacancy/darwin…

🎺 PhD alert 🎺
Moorland moths are in decline. Help us help find out why and what we can do about it.
PhD based at SRUC Craibstone and co-funded by Butterfly Conservation.
See: findaphd.com/phds/project/u… - deadline 14 January.

Louise Ross Lisbeth Hordley Jenni Stockan Patrick Cook

We are looking for 2 trainees to join our Glaswelltiroedd Gwydn (Resilient Grasslands) project in Wales. You'll develop skills and experience for a career in conservation. No experience is necessary – just enthusiasm and eagerness to work in conservation!
plantlife.org.uk/careers/projec…