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Fran and Jim, our Senior Outreach and Learning Officer and Resident Entomologist, had a brilliant time at #AESfair @kemptonparkrace π¦
Thank you to them, our helpers & everyone who visited for a chat about RES work & our publications.
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Fran and Jim are ready on the RES stand at #AESfair. Come chat about membership and publications. #insects #entomology #AmEntSoc @amentsoc
Did you miss @BuryingBeetle's fab Young Verrall lecture with @RoyEntSoc at the @SISF_2024? It's now available on the #amentsoc @YouTube channel, check out the amazing world of carrion beetles! https://t.co/qS1kNhk9Pl
We are not sure an #amentsoc representative can make it even with the strikes called off π but we hope a good entomological time is had!
Reminder to anyone able to travel to Holborn on Saturday, the BENHS Annual Exhibition will be going ahead as planned. Good deals on books, on-site refreshments, entomological exhibits and interesting people to talk to ππ¦πhttps://t.co/WxpCA4GZP5
Why does Rudolph the reindeer have a red, shiny nose? Perhaps they have Reindeer Botfly babies up there?! The larvae of Cephenemyia trompe feed on blood & mucus in reindeer airways π· PΓ€ivi Korhonen CC BY-NC-SA via @inaturalist Happy Holidays from #insectoftheweek #amentsoc
Our #amentsoc #InsectOfTheWeek are the Anoplognathus Christmas beetles - the adults emerge in Australia this time of year, and with their shiny, colourful wing cases they are rather like Christmas baubles! π· Shantoo CC0 1.0 via @WikiCommons
Yesterday was #UKFungusDay & #WorldFungusDay. Many insects have special relationships with fungi. Our #amentsoc #InsectOfTheWeek are the Macrotermes fungi-farming termites. These social insects cultivate Termitomyces fungi in their mounds. π· budak CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via @Flickr
Reminder for #amentsoc members! Our online AGM
is next Sat 25 Sep 2pm BST. For joining details please refer to the notice in your latest mailing or email [email protected]. The AGM will be followed by a talk from Steve Trim from @VetInverteSoc
Pointless, annoying BBQ thief or caring big sister collecting food for her larval siblings? What do you think about wasps? Find out more about them at our online talk with @AdamHartScience on the 18 September: https://t.co/rxvE1nExQJ #amentsoc #InsectOfTheWeek π· @NearwildHelen
Many bats eat insects but bat flies feed on bats! The strange, wingless Nycteribiidae spend their whole life on bats - often one specific species - feeding on their blood #InsectOfTheWeek #amentsoc #InternationalBatNight π· Gilles San Martin CC BY-SA 2.0 via @WikiCommons
Look out for our #amentsoc #InsectOfTheWeek in open sandy places over the next month! Beewolves (Philanthus triangulum) are large solitary wasps that hunt honeybees. Once extremely rare in the UK, this species has rapidly increased since the 1980s.π· by @NearWildHelen
It's high summer in the northern hemisphere, an ideal time to look & listen for grasshoppers & crickets! Our #insectoftheweek Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) is common in grassy areas, identified by it's 'hairy chest'. π· hedera.baltica CC BY-SA 2.0 via @Flickr #amentsoc
Have you seen our #amentsoc #insectoftheweek this summer? Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa cardui) have a huge range - occuring on all continents except South America and Antarctica. This one could have flown from Africa to be π· by @NearwildHelen in West Sussex, UK!
Our Treasurer's #FavouriteMoth is the Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) because of its striking pink colour and it's caterpillar which looks like an elephantβs trunk! π· nagyrudi1 via Pixabay #MothWeek #amentsoc
Unsurprisingly our President, @flygirlNHM's #FavouriteMoth are ones that feed flies! Including the Oak Eggar (Lasiocampa quercus) whose caterpillars host the parasite fly Tachina grossa π· Bernard Dupont CC BY-SA 2.0 via @WikiCommons #MothWeek #amentsoc
The #FavouriteMoth of our webmaster (@kierenpitts) is the Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) as it has fantastic camouflage. When resting, the wings curl up along their length and look like a dry leaf. #MothWeed #amentsoc π·by Kieren Pitts
#amentsoc trustee Elisa's #FavouriteMoth is the hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum) "These enchanting fluffy moths look like their namesake & hover over flowers, sucking nectar through their long proboscis" π· Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 via @WikiCommons #MothWeek
The #amentsoc Secretary's #FavouriteMoth is The Drinker (Euthrix potatoria). It was the first moth he reared from caterpillars which he caught in wasteland around his childhood home in north west Wales. π· Donald Hobern CC BY 2.0 via @WikiCommons #MothWeek
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