Insect Collections Managers Group

The ICMG consists of exactly that, the specialist collections managers of the major insect collections in Britain and Ireland. 🦗🐝🐜🦟🐞

[Insect Collections Managers Group @InsectManagers]

The Insect Collection Managers Group have finally got a twitter account - please tag us and follow us for interesting ento collections posts @EntCollNet @Nat_SCA @AshWhiffin @Pselaphacus @EntoAmo @MusingMollusc @miloedwardzeus @Coleopterist @flygirlNHM @RhianRowson @BroadGavin

[Entomological Collections Network @EntCollNet]

Ahead of #ECN2024 later this year, please help us understand how outreach drawers are conceived, used, and assessed in entomological collections.

Fill out this very brief survey:
https://t.co/yyY5SLcOXJ

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

When a loan of undescribed material comes back looking like this!

Red - Holotype
Yellow - Paratype

Excellent work by Tiago Krolow and colleagues, and good news for Tabanidae - 4 new species to science

@NHM_Diptera @NHM_Science

[Natural Sciences NMS @NatSciNMS]

We're hosting an exciting selection of events next month for @InsectWeek 2024! Come and join us to celebrate the 'Little things that run the word'... 🐛🦋

➡️ https://t.co/nhTqKI7SK3

#MothsMatter #InsectWeek

[Justin Gerlach @jstgerlach]

Our Darwin's beetle paper just published, great fun to work on @ZoologyMuseum & @HomeofDarwin. Started as undergrad projects @Peterhouse_Cam and @TrinityHallCamb.
Charles Darwin's early beetle collections: ‘Darwin’s beetle box’ and the Down House box https://t.co/GEIrkJ9O4m

[Natural Sciences NMS @NatSciNMS]

Principal Curator of Invertebrates, Dr Vladimir Blagoderov, has recently been on expedition to Northern Peru.

This species discovery mission was to document the diversity of Fungus gnats - an ecologically important but understudied group of flies 🪰

#NameItToSaveIt #Taxonomy

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

10 stories of insects, entomologists and the inspiration they provided

@RagsandRuby & I raided the @NHM_London collections as well exploring other collections & high tech labs (thanks @Entocycle)

[Natural Sciences NMS @NatSciNMS]

On #InternationalDayForBiodiversity, let's hear it for all the museums working hard to curate & preserve these libraries of #biodiversity! 👏

Collections are ESSENTIAL for understanding our biodiversity & supporting conservation 🪲🔬🧬

#IDB2024 #BiodiversityDay #MuseumsMatter

[DiSSCo @DiSSCoEU]

Scientists of the world accessing data about millions of natural collection specimens at the click of a button. Not a dream anymore! @NHM_Digitise has secured £155 mill for digitisation across the UK! Big victory for @DiSSCoUK and the @DiSSCoEU community: https://t.co/HdKadcyWcX

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

The digitisation of butterflies and other historic specimens @NHM_London could help scientists prevent future pandemics and support biodiversity 🦋

Our £473 million investment into research will allow our brightest minds to thrive & build a more prosperous UK 🇬🇧

[NatSCA @Nat_SCA]

Great news! @NHM_Digitise to lead new national programme to digitise UK’s natural science collections. @Nat_SCA will collaborate with NHM & project partners to support organisations to engage with digitisation opportunities. https://t.co/IItzCSjNzR

[Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo]

Still time to apply for our 2024 Undergraduate Bursary Scheme! Receive £3000 stipend + free accommodation + hands-on experience at a museum of natural history. Open to UK students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Applications close at noon on 22 Feb. https://t.co/psJYmSl5Vz

[Insect Week @insectweek]

Your biological records can help ‘measure the health’ of insects in the UK. Get involved in biological recording to help scientists better understand insects and where they live.

Learn more about #BiologicalRecording:
https://t.co/9pvF3A3mcL

@iRecordWildlife

[Natural Sciences NMS @NatSciNMS]

It’s been buzzing in entomology this week! The team hosted the Insect Collection Managers group for their annual meeting and a tour of the collections. 🪲🐝🪰

Find out more about the group
➡️ @InsectManagers

[NHM Small Orders @NHM_SmallOrders]

Kingdonella wardi Uvarov, 1933 feeling a little upside down! Digital image for a taxonomic research loan. #Orthoptera

[Dr. Corrie Moreau @CorrieMoreau]

Do you know a kid interested in nature, science, or natural history museums? @meganbarkdull_ @ColleenEcology @MoniquePipkin and I wrote a fun paper for @FrontiersIn Young Minds titled "Natural History Collections: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?"
https://t.co/ukV8ngXWrP

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

Anyone want to help transcribing this label??

Need knowledge of Iranian places and terrible writing

[Natural Sciences NMS @NatSciNMS]

This week, Science #Barbie came to visit the Natural Sciences team @NtlMuseumsScot

We discussed the importance of museum collections and shared some of our precious pink specimens with her! 💕

#Barbenheimer #BarbieMovie 🧵[1/9]

[Digitising the NHM @NHM_Digitise]

The entomologist Richard Siddoway Bagnall was born #OnThisDay in 1884
Our digitiser, Louise became interested in Bagnall while taking pictures of his Thrips or Thysanoptera slides – he has very distinctive handwriting so his labels are easy to pick out.

[NHM Small Orders @NHM_SmallOrders]

Demonstrating the benefits of providing access to our #InsectCollections A returned loan from Acrididae expert Charles Rowell. Newly identified specimens and a bonus new species awaiting publication! #SmallOrders #taxonomy #MuseumCollections