Insect Ecology NZ

We’re a team of scientists working @plantandfood to help protect agricultural and horticultural crops from insect pests. All views are our own.

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!!We have moved!!

The @Bugologists Insect Ecology NZ page is up and running on @LinkedIn.

We will be saying goodbye to Twitter in the next few weeks so we invite everyone to follow us here at:

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#Thrips (Thysanoptera) are major #insect pests in primary production systems. @Bugologists & @plantandfood engineers are developing an innovative system to deliver targeted selective pesticides while only using a fraction of active ingredients compared to spraying 🌻

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Dry, wet or something in-between🧐? @plantandfood @Bugologists testing soil moisture liking of the #Awatere #Marlborough ground wētā to understand its preference and population build-up in certain locations and potential link with irrigation systems @BragatoResearch🍇#entomology

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Always upskilling our teams' capabilities👌@Bugologists Lisa learning from other @plantandfood scientists the ins and outs of using Climex. The predictions of climate change on species distribution the program provides will be used in our @B3Director Diapause and Pathways project

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Looking Red hot 💅! @plantandfood @Bugologists back in #Awatere #Marlborough to undertake surveys on ground wētā to unlock sustainable management. PhD student from @MasseyUni tagged adults at night to look at movement within the vineyards over time @BragatoResearch🍇#entomology

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@PFR @Bugologists and experts around the world shared their research in #hemipteran #plantInteractions & #plantpathogen transmission at the International Hemipteran Plant Interactions Symposium #HPIS2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Held at the beautiful Deaken Edge @FedSquare

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It’s all in the legs🦵well maybe not, but that is all @plantandfood @Bugologists need to gain valuable information about the #molecular makeup of spittlebugs collected as part of the @B3Director project on potential #Xylella vectors in #NZ #entomology 🪲

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B3 win Biosecurity NZ Science Award 2022 - B3 | Science Solutions for Better Border Biosecurity (https://t.co/Zy3DzY43n2) 👏

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Informing stakeholders about new projects in the Better Border Biosecurity collaboration @B3director at the Science Partnership Forum in Wellington #NZ. The awesome critical science conducted in B3 recently won the @MPI_NZ Biosecurity NZ Science Award 2022!! 👏👍

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#Adorable video of newly hatched ground wētā snacking on some fish food at @plantandfood @Bugologists lab🥰#Awatere #Marlborough #NZ @BragatoResearch🍇 #entomology #EntomologyRocks

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@plantandfood scientists and researchers enjoyed discussing and sharing experiences working in sciences with Māori students in #STEM Pūhoro Wānanga @AraCanterbury

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Hunting by headlamps🧐@plantandfood @Bugologists on their second visit to the #Awatere #Marlborough #NZ area searching for ground wētā emerging from their burrows after dark. We aim to unlock sustainable management of Wētā @BragatoResearch 🍇 #entomology #EntomologyRocks

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It was a busy week last week hosting @plantandfood workshops for #strawberry growers and scouts across NZ to offer hands on experience identifying pests and beneficials. Australian #IPM expert Dr Paul Horne held discussions on improving #pestmanagement via IPM implementation.

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Our brilliant @plantandfood @Bugologists @JVereijssen secured a Margaret Hogg-Stec Scholarship providing her opportunities to undertake #taxonomy and #diagnostics training on #spittlebug species with experts at @mwlr_nz and @MPI_NZ in Auckland. #WomeninScience

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@plantandfood scientists and researchers enjoyed discussing and sharing experiences working in sciences with Māori students in Pūhoro #STEM Academy regional wānanga this week @AraCanterbury

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The hunt is on🧐!!! First field visit by @plantandfood @Bugologists and @MasseyUni scientists to the #Awatere area #Marlboroughtook took place this week searching for the Wētā @BragatoResearch 🍇

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Great start to the new Wētā project in the #Awatere area #Marlborough with over 20 local #wine growers turning up at Seddon hall for grower engagement with @plantandfood @Bugologists. The project is in collaboration with @MasseyUni and funded through @BragatoResearch.

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We had a great time at the 2022 NZPPS Symposium and #Conference in Canterbury last week with six posters presented by our very own @Bugologists! Happy 75th birthday @nzppsociety #NZPPS @plantandfood

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The last few weeks our @plantandfood @bugologists Jessica and Joanne presented at the Pukekohe and Canterbury Process #Vegetables #roadshow on some of their R&D projects and New Advances in #IPM. #vegetablesnz #horticulture @HortNZ

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Congratulations to Jessica and Vaughn (and team) for their successfully funded @Plantandfood #Bioprotection #Blueskies projects on #Nitrogen Effect on the Infection Process of a vectored #BacterialPathogen & Developing a #HarlequinLadybird Lure & Kill