Ready to go Staffordshire invertebrate fair today! 🐝 StaffsInvertScience Lisa Williams

Busy busy StaffsInvertScience Graeme Lyons talking all things spidery to a packed room.

#CityNatureChallenge will be BACK this April from the 26th to the 29th. Last year all across #Staffordshire people reported wildlife sightings. In four days, we saw 810 different species. Can you help us break our record for records? More info on how to take part coming soon.

📢 We're recruiting a new EiC on Insect Molecular Biology. Women are less likely to put themselves forward for roles like these. Being #InternationalWomensDay, we'd like to encourage the fantastic female researchers in this area to apply 🪲 ⏰ Deadline: March 14 royensoc.co.uk/opportunities/…

Need help identifying an #insect? Why not ask one of our experts? Just fill in the form on our website and we'll tell you more about your little visitors 🐞 royensoc.co.uk/understanding-… #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification

I've posted a first draft of a key to the British families of beetles here: sites.google.com/view/mikes-ins…

With less than 150 days to go until I take on LEJoG for the Stroke Association #strokesurvivor #strokeawareness #strokeassociationI' Check out my JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/dave-skin…

New Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) science article: Oliver Longstaffe Phillipa B Romain Sarremejane et al. report collaborative Dept of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University Environment Agency research working out how long to kick for to represent macroinvertebrate communities in small streams tinyurl.com/32m3w4eh

#BugsMatter #CitizenScience survey shows further decreases in UK insect numbers 🪰The troubling extent of #InsectDeclines in the UK has been highlighted once again by the 2023 Bugs Matter citizen science survey published today. ℹ️ Read the full story 👇 buglife.org.uk/news/bugs-matt…

📉 The new data shows decreases in insect splat rates across all regions of the UK between 2004 & 2003: 🪰 England recorded the sharpest fall at 83%; 🪰 Scotland saw a 76% drop, 🪰 Wales experienced a 79% decrease & 🪰 Northern Ireland showed a 54% decline between 2021 and 2023.

👏Thank you to everyone who took part in the #BugsMatter survey in 2023. Without your help we wouldn't have this crucial data on the health of our insect populations & our environment. 2024's survey will launch in May, so save the date! 🔜 1 May - 30 September 2024

Shocking findings - bad news for insects is bad news for spiders - and for their predators.... and for us, in so many ways.

Day 2 of our 2024 #CityNatureChallenge was another huge success, we've surpassed our 2023 total observations in half the time with nearly 4000 observations, 2nd in the UK. Huge thanks to all taking part, there's still time to be involved:staffs-ecology.org.uk/city-nature-ch… StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇

Thank you to those people who have given me cash as well as added to the total (you are all stars and these donations will make a difference). Still not worked out how to simply add cash other than sponsoring myself 😂🚴‍♂️. Might have to drop it into the #strokeassociation shop

Latest updates to the Dipterists Digest now available at dipterists.org.uk/digest - join DF to receive the new issues in 2024

I am slowly moving the contents of the recording scheme website onto the Dipterists Forum site. This will take some time! 😳 To start with, the identification guides for soldierflies & allies have a new home: dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies-a… & see the new guide to awl-flies (Xylophagidae)

FYI ....a new recording group for invertebrates has been set up. Birmingham and Black Country Invertebrate Group (BIG) aimed at recording and monitoring invertebrates at key sites in Birmingham and the Black Country. ecorecord.org.uk/bbc-invertebra…

You may already have come across this useful website but in case not: britishandirishmoths.co.uk//index.htm SJ84Turner Ruth Newby Dominic Collins @LesEvansHillBC

Calling all #BiomedicalScientists and #ClinicalScientists - we are recruiting for a lecturer / senior lecturer in Biomedical Science to join our award winning Staffordshire Uni Biomedical Science team 👍 jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Only 2 days to go to the start of LEJoG. As I'm fundraising for Stroke Association please check out my JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/dave-skin…