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Only 8 months to get a stall ready...arrgghhh!!! ;) Andy Jukes is off to an early start getting organised! Book it in your diaries folks. March 2nd, 2019. Dr Sarah Pierce Dr sarah henshall Pebo Wilson Dipterists Forum BWARS RSPB Coombes Valley and Consall Woods British Dragonfly Society Bumblebee Conservation Trust DUMP x.com/SISF_2019/stat…

Come and meet Staffs Invert Group members at the Trentham Gardens Bioblitz this weekend. Dave Skingsley @SISF_2019 @BiosocStaffs Staffs Ecology @WestMidlands_BC Andy Jukes

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Chalcosyrphus eunotus, a Staffordshire speciality hoverfly. Find out the best places to find it if you come along to @SISF_2019 on March 2nd. Dipterists Forum StaffsInvertGroup #YearoftheFly

Staffs Newsletter Friends of Stafford StokeonTrentLive BBC Stoke & Staffordshire South West Peak South Staffordshire College South Staffordshire Council UKScouting Staffordshire Scouts Staffordshire Libraries Staffordshire NEU feel free to direct message for info or see facebook.com/staffsbugfest/

The Children's University mini-passports have been compiled and ready for printing. There are so many existing activities to do that we can't get them all on the mini-passport! Luckily, there are is a cafe at the fair to keep you fuelled up and hydrated! Andy Jukes Dave Skingsley

We also have five talks for you to come and listen to ranging from 'bees and wasps of brownfield sites' to 'Bugs, bees, carbon and trees: investigating the effect of elevated carbon dioxide on woodland insects'. Full itinerary, coming soon. @entoarron Liam Crowley Andy Jukes

Anyone else been lucky yet ? Nothing here yet in north staffs ☹️

This is such a sad week for Staffordshire conservation. Roger was an enormous figure and knew the county like no other. He will be missed not only for his vaste knowledge but his charm and witt. I’ll miss him greatly. @SISF_2020 StaffsInvertGroup

Whats on and just some of the activities you can do @SISF_2020. Dave Skingsley @entoarron Liam Crowley Andy Jukes StaffsInvertGroup FSC Publications @WestMidlands_BC @EntoMasters Bangor Uni Entomology Society sem nada Nick Mott Ashley Riverfly Partnership Nature is Amazing StaffsUni Bioscience

You may have seen the news earlier this month about our secretary, Craig Slawson who passed away eirlier this month. His funeral will be held at 2pm on Thursday 5th March at Carmountside Crematorium, and then afterwards at Trent Country Club, for anyone who wishes to attend.

Car packed, cakes baked and decorated with buggy toppings. See you all tomorrow. First talk at 11.00! Activities throughout the day. Andy Jukes Dave Skingsley British Dragonfly Society Dipterists Forum StaffsInvertGroup @entoarron BAS National Longhorn Beetle Recording Scheme Nick Mott Meg Skinner (British Harvestmen) (she/her) Tanyptera Project

StaffsInvertGroup will again be hosting an ID stand. This year focusing on true bugs and beetles. Come and say hello and have a go with one of our microscopes. Andy Jukes #staffsbugfest

Thanks for coming, and the positive comments @JDRowe0!

Morning all, @entoarron has produced this Hemiptera colouring in sheet. So you can learn about some true bugs and do some colouring in at the same time. StaffsInvertGroup Andy Jukes Dave Skingsley StaffsUni Bioscience Staffs Ecology AES - amentsoc.org Tristan Bantock facebook.com/pg/staffsbugfe…

Hi Folks, The SIG AGM is on Saturday April 1st. 10am and will be at the Gatehouse as usual at The Wolseley Centre. Survey around the reserve after, weather permitting. Any agenda items, please message myself (Andy Jukes) and Dave Skingsley direct. Cheers A

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We quickly need two more people to make my @BlencathraFSC bee ID course viable. Anybody want a bespoke training course by author of the 2015 field guide to bees of Britain and Ireland? Fantastic location. Details here: field-studies-council.org/individuals-an…