BugNet

We have moved our account to Bluesky ( and will be happy to see you there!

[BugNet @BugNet_research]

This is the new twitter account of The Bug-Network #BugNet, a global research network aiming to better understand the impact of invertebrate herbivores and pathogens on plant communities. Follow us if you are interested in consumer-effects on ecosystems! https://t.co/RuFoWhDRrz

[Kadri Koorem @KKoorem]

Tähelepanu, orhitee! 🤭 This week, we were introducing teabags to our blooming @BugNet_research sites. Beautiful tea time! 😍

[BugNet @BugNet_research]

BugNet family meeting at the @WorldBioForum in Davos with @annekempel @AllanEcology @loveyou_leafyou @Bota_JB @serasmann #WBG2024 🌱🐛🐌

[annekempel @annekempel]

🫖 Teatime in @BugNet_research! Lots of green an roibos tea is packed and shipped to our collaborators to test the importance of aboveground insect🐛 , fungal pathogens🦠 and molluscs🐌 for decomposition 🍵

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

My old greenhouse tub (from experiments run way back in 2017-2018) has found new scientific exploration and of course, come full circle in @BugNet_research 😍

[BugNet @BugNet_research]

Since science-twitter is gradually switching to bluesky, we‘d be happy to also meet you there: https://t.co/40fw7PJf2b 🐛🐌🦠🌱

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

At #BES2023 🎉 finally made it in person after missing 3 years in a row! Still my favourite ecology conference - well organised, thought-through and inclusive. I’m presenting this afternoon in community ecology (studio hall) at 4pm - of course about @BugNet_research

[annekempel @annekempel]

You work on global change effects on plant-consumer interactions? Or on the context-dependency of plant-consumer interactions? Then we welcome your abstract submissions to our session at the @WorldBioForum in Davos. Deadline already 26th of November! @SLFDavos @AllanEcology

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

Agreed! Our @BugNet_research co-authors spend hours collecting data AND work harmoniously at online meetings for our research/publications. Without this WHOLE team, we would not have the level of research excellence. This is the way forward in science @Clarivate #BugNet

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

@BugNet_research is here at #gfoe23 🪲 Come to see our #BugNet research and for collaborators - what your data has contributed - to some exciting results at our two posters (Andrés García and @Bota_JB) and my talk - *** Wednesday 12.30pm HS7 ***

[Mountain Ecosystems Group SLF / CERC @SLF_MountEcosys]

We welcome Beatrix Junghard as a new Masterstudent! She will work on our highest @BugNet_research site, assessing herbivore and pathogen damage of fast/slow and rare/common species

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

The truth of a global collaborative research network - not always such glamorous work! Today with the help of @vishwathiga our amazing visiting masters student, we are finally cataloging and archiving the ~1100 ground biomass samples from @BugNet_research #BugNet 🥵

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

Another beautiful @BugNet_research site from Aus! SO great to have you on board team UNSW BEES!

[BugNet @BugNet_research]

Learn more about our phytometer add-on here: https://t.co/Qr22xIDbCp

[Suz Everingham @SuzEveringham]

Summer in full swing and fieldwork is ramping up! Our visiting masters student Vishwathiga on a #ThinkSwiss scholarship is helping measure damage on our @BugNet_research phytometers - as well as leaf traits and light availability 🌿🌱 #BugNet

[BugNet @BugNet_research]

Thanks to our BugNet Phd student @Bota_JB for creating this great map and redesigning the webpage!

[BugNet @BugNet_research]

The #BugNet collaborator list is growing! https://t.co/RuFoWhDRrz got a new look, and a map with experimental and comparative sites! Thanks to all our collaborators for making this network so inspiring! Interested to join? Contact us!