Raphael Didham

in my pupa I was lost*to administrivia and sloth*translucent shell of 'success'*cut from metricised cloth*now I emerge*to join*survival of the fitter*on twitter

[Raphael Didham @entoRaph]

Hi ENTO twitterati, @entoprof @RoyEntSoc and friends...a new #poem intended for my 'bio' on twitter....the 160 character limit be damned! Here's the full version.😀

[Rob Davis @Dr_Rob_Davis]

Today I went all the way to Parliament House in Canberra to discuss why we need to better regulate rodenticides. We met with Senator David Pocock. Pictured here in his suite with @MikeLohrinPerth from ECU along with @LettsGetSnakes and @JWhiteWildlife

[Amanda Ridley @mandy_ridley]

Many congrats to @LizzieSpeechley for this important paper in Biol Revs using meta-analyses to reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis as an explanation for cognitive variation! @Ben_Ashton9 @YongZhiFoo @BiolSci_UWA https://t.co/Y5JK7FPQSy This paper revealed that:

[Jon Evans @1jonevans]

End of an era: after 27 years working on the critters, this is the final experiment (and replicate) on guppies. Happy to share the moment with ⁦@lu_fitz⁩, visiting from UTas. Next stop for the fish is Monash with ⁦@BBM_Wong⁩

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

New #OpenAccess work by D. Sikes et al. reports on patterns of aerial #arthropod #biomass and diversity from three regions of #boreal Alaska: https://t.co/mu3u0GuN5n #Biodiversity @WileyEcolEvol

Photo: Canopy insect trap used in the study (credit J. Hagelin)

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

#FreeAccess weekend reading continues with The Ecology and Conservation of #UrbanInsects Special Issue!

Nest aggregations of wild bees & apoid wasps in urban pavements: A street life to promote in urban planning - https://t.co/jJ534hOjfH

Watch this video for an author summary!

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

More #OpenAccess work from The Ecology and Conservation of #UrbanInsects Special Issue!

Functional traits drive the fate of #Orthoptera in urban areas: https://t.co/iU4PrlxhJh #Ecomorphology #UrbanEcology #FunctionalTraits

[Gregor Kalinkat @[email protected] @gkalinkat]

'The state of academic publishing in 3 graphs, 6 trends, and 4 thoughts' by Brian McGill @DynamicEcology (not necessarily agreeing with 100% of it but still worth a read)

https://t.co/tLe1FYOmwZ

#openaccess
#AcademicTwitter
#academicpublishing

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

More weekend reading from The Ecology and Conservation of #UrbanInsects Special Issue!

First multitaxon assessment of #arthropod responses to #urbanisation in a widely distributed native & ruderal plant of Brazil: https://t.co/RRsTPEpbFw #SpeciesRichness #Abundance #Biodiversity

[Mark Wong @MarkKLWong]

A few takeaways from our recent @NatureComms study on diel patterns in insect communities. Pls share with any folks working on #insect #biodiversity #ecology 🌎🦋🌘🌞🐜

Open Access paper: https://t.co/64yXJg8ej8

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

New #OpenAccess research from M.Becher et al. at the @UniofExeter & @UniofOxford finds resource gaps pose the greatest threat for #bumblebees during the colony establishment phase: https://t.co/A1DVUPnyEg

@WileyEcolEvol

Photos: #Bombus terrestris & pascuorum (credit: M. Becher)

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

New #OpenAccess work by @JanikaKerner et al. finds that transect walks and malaise traps differ in temperature sensitivity but reveal consistent drivers of #pollinator richness: https://t.co/V88rVM20y5 #Biodiversity #InsectMonitoring

@Zoo3_Wuerzburg @WileyEcolEvol

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

Area and configuration of both semi-natural habitats and #vineyards influence #arthropods in South African and central European agricultural landscapes: https://t.co/rq38MTd54I #OpenAccess #Biodiversity #Conservation #Viticulture #LandscapeHeterogeneity

@WileyEcolEvol

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

Entomologists expect that more insects are active at night than day. Wong & Didham use a meta-analysis of insect community diel patterns to show variable & context-dependent but overall higher nocturnal activity of insects.
@markklwong @entoraph @uwanews
https://t.co/BvAZaOJsBs

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Sometimes it seems the night is just buzzing with insects, but are there really more insects out at night?

In a global study, @markklwong + Raphael Didham (@uwanews) analysed all the evidence on insect activity across the day–night cycle to find out. https://t.co/BLyb74ggM0

[Mark Wong @MarkKLWong]

Finally, thanks to my brilliant co-author @entoRaph and funding from @ForrestResearch which made this passion project possible.

Link to article: https://t.co/64yXJg8ej8

[Mark Wong @MarkKLWong]

Are there REALLY more insects out at night?🌞🌘🦋

Our global study @NatureComms empirically tackles this "simple question a child may ask, the answer to which is important, unknown, and subject to various ecological hypotheses"–Reviewer 1😆

Open Access:
https://t.co/TWUMEAZY2o

[Mark Wong @MarkKLWong]

More on the discovery: https://t.co/lmfEoIyuRf

[Mark Wong @MarkKLWong]

Introducing 𝑳𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕, a newly discovered ghostly and slender ant species with sharp jaws. Like the Dark Lord, 𝑳. 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕 ants thrive in the shadows. They live exclusively underground and are fearsome predators. https://t.co/wIkFreoYZY

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

New work by @SnellRoodLab et al. finds diversity of #BumbleBees & #butterflies in Minnesota roadsides depends on floral diversity & abundance, not native status: https://t.co/pJUy67b45L #OpenAccess @fuzzybumblebee

Photos: B. affinis (credit A.Darst); surveys (credit T.Mitchell)

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered saproxylic beetle L. cervus in a fragmented landscape: https://t.co/FsKUKmCQUD
#Lucanus #StagBeetles #PopulationGenetics #Fragmentation @WileyEcolEvol

Photo: Lucanus cervus (credit E. Baraniak)