Alex Smart

PhD student at Harper Adams University🪱🌱

[Matthew Back 🇺🇦 @DrMattBack]

News - International experts meet at University to discuss latest research on major crop pest | Harper Adams University https://t.co/eaoUo4bl69 @AABiologists @aab_nematology @DrKasiaDybal

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

Kicked off my first day as a PhD student! It was an enjoyable, albeit rainy, start. Excited for the journey ahead! #NewBeginnings

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

Some truly fantastic talks at #PCNSYM6 Really getting me fired up to start my PhD next month!
It was lovely to meet so many of you😊

[Matthew Bailey @MBailey_Eco]

Can anyone help me with this damselfly ID, found alongside a nymph exuviae? (I apologise for the poor picture quality). Also found lots of hairy shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum and the black and red frog hopper, Cercopis vulnerata.

All of these were found along Newport canal 🐛🪲

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

@MBailey_Eco This was great, couldn’t believe how much we found in the rain on an overcast afternoon! Amazing what you can find if you just get out there 🪲

[Mick Crawley @crawley_mick]

Identifying grasses. Let's revise the species that are in flower at the moment. It's been cold, so the season is progressing more slowly than usual for 1 May (I recon about 2 weeks late in Silwood). First, Anthoxanthum odoratum with its coumarin taste and hairy ligule.

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

For Week 10 of #CouchTo10Mosses we have a lovely little thing called Neat Feather-moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum). This one is just as happy in grassland as it is in woodland, so long as it’s nice and damp. So look for it in shady spots!

Three ID features below ⤵️

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[James Gilbert (now on Bluesky) @jamesgilbertmr]

A polite request to any homeowner planning extension work: please do consider designing-in e.g. bird boxes, bee bricks, bat boxes. The expense of such integrated features should be slight against the overall investment &, when there is success, you have great satisfaction & joy!

[Chentomology @czbugsart]

Carabidae, ie the ground beetles, is one of the most diverse insect groups and one of my favorites (I have too many favorites, I know) #insect #Entomology #sciart #DigitalArtist #digitalart #illustration #ArtistOnTwitter

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

@LMM_CH @EntoMasters @HarperAdamsUni You were brilliant, seriously enjoyed your talk!

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

This MITE be the most interesting practical we’ve had so far!

[Matthew Bailey @MBailey_Eco]

Biological control in action! Phytoseiulus persimilis (phyto) predating on it's favourite meal Tetranychus urticae (Two-spotted spider mite). Small yet MITEy 🌱🕷️

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

@flygirlNHM @DipteristsForum please help!! Is this Dolichopus ungulatus?!🪰

[Matthew Back 🇺🇦 @DrMattBack]

Great to see our @innovateuk project on PCN trap crops get wider coverage on the local news @BBCMidlandsRBX Great team work @JanineAcrops @CHAPAgriTech @ProduceSolution @HarperAdamsUni @GriffithRichard @Crop_Trials @DrAlexMcCormack and the legend, Ivan Grove

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

@Siggg_K This looks really good!!! Gutted it’s on the 25th :(

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

Great last day of the module, seriously enjoyed it and I’m going to miss all of the ento lot🥲. Thanks so much Ben!

[Dr Ben Clunie @benclunie]

All finished with the @EntoMasters MSc first insect module, Biology and Taxonomy of Insects. Really fun module for me to start with and hopefully the students too! Ended the module with sweets and a quiz - good to get an idea of the scale of info they've absorbed already!

[Dr Ben Clunie @benclunie]

@EntoMasters stuck with me for the last two days of the module! Our fabulous visiting lecturers and curators we'll hopefully see again during the course. #Lepidoptera this morning and reviewing ID skills learned so far, with mixed pan trap samples this afternoon

[Entomology @ Harper Adams University @HAU_Entomology]

It was all things Lepidoptera with
@benclunie today - green islands among the leaf litter, ghostly webbing to evade predation, and the hidden splendour of the 'grey' micro moths.

[Alex Smart @entoalexandra]

Amazing day with the @EntoMasters gang learning everything Coleoptera🪲 Thank you so much for today @Coleopterist it was super fun and useful!

[Entomology @ Harper Adams University @HAU_Entomology]

It's been an overview of taxonomy with @benclunie this morning - classification, species description, and naming covered.

Order: Confectionary
Family: Sweetidea
Genus: Jelly
Species: bean