We are pleased to announce that registration & abstract submission for the 69th Ento Soc Conference is now open! 🎉 This will be held in Dunedin, 7-9th April 2021. Go to the website for further information and links to registration and abstract submission ento.org.nz/conferences/

Shelob, shorelines and sandy spiders. #Tolkien wrote a lot about spiders, not in a favorable way. He would be horrified to know how many species were found by Cor Vink at the beach! New EcologyLincoln University Tolkien-ish article at lincolnecology.org.nz/?p=6778 Happy #Darwin Day @LincolnUniNZ

Ever crunched on a cricket or munched on a maggot?? Please fill in this very short survey help Aisling collect data on Consumer Attitudes Towards Eating Insects. @EntoMasters @NZ_EntoSoc Dr Erica McAlister

Congratulations to Visheshni Chandra - first paper from her PhD work published in Austral Entomology!! @FNU The University of the South Pacific @HildaWaqa Australian Entomological Society doi.org/10.1111/aen.12…

Bicycle path density as posted by Steffen Berr on LinkedIn No wonder the Dutch cycle so much 🚲 If you build it they will come 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴 #Mobility #ClimateAction #SDGs

Congratulations to Sara Borkent for publishing research from her UCD Master in Environmental Resource Management project. Re-purposing waste from insect farming as part of a sustainable circular economy model. mdpi.com/1334604 Insects MDPI Hexafly UCD School Ag & Food

Congratulations to INJ Grant recipient Simon Hodge of University College Dublin who will use his grant to study Factors influencing the use of commercial “bee hotels” by Irish stem-nesting bees and wasps. For subscription details: irishnaturalistsjournal.org

Well done Simon Hodge - great to be continuing this work generating more evidence for All-Ireland Pollinator Plan recommendations! Stephanie Maher Saorla Kavanagh Dara Stanley PoshBee Project

Are you a 3rd/4th year undergrad at an Irish Uni interested in invert diversity? Check out these summer bursaries from @nuigalway @npwsBioData in honour of FARM_ECOS Karzan Sabah D.Ahmed... nuigalway.ie/scholarships/c…

Fabulous PhD opportunity, with super supervisory team Stephanie Maher Simon Hodge Daire O hUallachain and me! Designing effective agri-environment measures for solitary bees in Ireland Closing date: 13 May 2022 teagasc.ie/media/website/…

Six days left to apply for this exciting PhD project investigating agri-environment schemes and solitary bees!

New paper on stem nesting bees and wasps in Irish farms. We only found a few species, but different species use different size tubes. Implications for agri-environment schemes and design of garden 'bee hotels' Jane Stout Irene Bottero Stephanie Maher PoshBee Project

New paper by Neil Mahon (UCD; MWCM) describing how success of timed pollinator counts depends on where, when, and how long you look! Important considerations if comparing pollinators over multiple sites and/or performing long term monitoring. @N_E_Mahon Jane Stout UCD School Ag & Food

New paper with UCD AES student John Conway exploring how organic soil amendments, insect frass fertilizer and biochar, affect growth of forage plants chicory and plantain. mdpi.com/1876506 Agronomy MDPI UCD School Ag & Food

New research from UCD SAFS students Aaron Carroll and Mark Fitzpatrick describing how insect frass fertilizer increases growth and foliage nutrient content of Irish cereals. Sustainable agriculture based on food waste Aaron Carroll Hexafly UCDHort mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/5…

Teagasc are advertising a permanent Research Officer position in the hugely important area of “Farmland Biodiversity” topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/JobAp…

Curious to discover how #landscape and #climate impact on #insects in #agricultural #crops? 🦋🐝 We studied #honeybees, #bumblebees, solitary #bees, hover flies and #butterflies responses, across 128 sites in Europe PoshBee Project Trinity College Dublin Frontiers - Ecology & Evolution doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2…

Pan-European PoshBee Project study found pesticides in bumblebee pollen stores were linked with low colony-level performance @nature. Supportive local farmers meant Irish data were included in this important pollinator research Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton David Llewellyn Cornelius Traas @[email protected] FIBKA