Just 2 days until the #BigButterflyCount! 🦋 The Large White butterfly was the 2nd most counted butterfly in last year’s Big Butterfly Count with 139,666 counts, down -9.4% from 2021. Where will it place this year? Get ready for the Count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org

Very proud of Dr Kerry-Lyn McD-Howard graduating with her PhD on Monday. We'll done Kerry. Supervised by Dr Robbie Rae, with co-supervisors me and Hayley Jones with advice and collaboration from Rory Mc Donnell.

Are you a molecular biologist? We've looking for a molecular ecology project lead to help us describe population genetic patterns for Oak Processionary Moth in the UK and Europe - check out our vacancy! forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/caree…

The RHS Nocturnal Pollinator Experience by Sharon Hockenhull and Georgia Tucker is a wildlife haven for ‘night shift’ pollinators 🐛 While we wait to discover more at #RHSTattonPark this week, here are the best plants to help our nocturnal pollinators 🌛 rhs.org.uk/wildlife/plant…

Wake up routine for a meadow brown butterfly :) The butterfly uses it's labial palps to remove the dew from it's eyes! I had to record about 20 mins of footage this morning to get this 8 seconds! Canon R5 and MP-E 65mm Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @ukbutterflies

The RHS nocturnal pollinators experience garden at #RHSTattonPark showcases flowering plants that produce heady scents at night to attract moths, which a 2020 study found were crucial but “invisible” pollinators 🦋 theguardian.com/environment/20… Hayley Jones #MothsMatter

Slugs helpfully tidying the duck poop RHS Garden Wisley this morning 🐌💩♻️ #recycling

Always fun putting my insect setting skills to the test! This moth raised from a caterpillar that Hayley Jones found on cut flowers didn't turn out too badly. 😅 #Entomology #insects

Interested in helping to safeguard the future of UK's cultivated plants? We have two biosecurity posts, based RHS Garden Wisley The RHS in the fabulous Plant Health team rhsocli.webitrent.com/rhsocli_webrec…

Unleash your inner #entomologist with the #IncredibleInsects challenge badge! Open to all ages, whether you're a member of #Guiding or #Scouting, or curious at home 🐞 Made with love by Hayley Jones and GG Surrey West insectweek.org/learning-resou… #InsectWeek #Entomology #Science

🚨 SAVE-the-DATE 🚨 2024 AAB IPM meeting 'Biocontrol and IPM in Uncertain Climatic and Economic Environments' 📅 Nov 12-13 in Leicester - Robert Finger - Catherine Bradshaw Dr Catherine Bradshaw - Tom Allen-Stevens @BofinFarmers Abstract submission is OPEN! 🕸️ cvent.me/zQAWxw

There are still spaces on our free Plant Health garden walks RHS Garden Wisley at 10.30 or 13.30 tomorrow! Sign up here or turn up at Hilltop shortly before: rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley… 📷Currant blister aphid, Cryptomyzus ribis #PlantHealthWeek #planthealthday #aphid

Unleash your inner #entomologist with the #IncredibleInsects challenge badge! Open to all ages, whether you're a member of #Guiding or #Scouting, or curious at home 🐞 Made with love by Hayley Jones and GG Surrey West insectweek.org/learning-resou… #InsectWeek #Entomology #Science

Who's excited for #InsectWeek? Insect Week #thelittlethingsthatruntheworld

Double moth trap for #InsectWeek RHS Garden Wisley. We'll be admiring moths and running a series of talks all week. #littlethingsthatruntheworld INSECT

#DYK the UK is home to over 24,000 species of insect, which play an important role as pollinators, predators, prey and parasites in our gardens 🦗 Celebrate Insect Week with a whole range of activities and talks at RHS Hilltop at RHS Garden Wisley: rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley… #InsectWeek

Unleash your inner #entomologist with the #IncredibleInsects challenge badge! Open to all ages, whether you're a member of #Guiding or #Scouting, or curious at home 🐞 Made with love by Hayley Jones and GG Surrey West insectweek.org/learning-resou… #InsectWeek #Entomology #Science

My summer student Jools has been studying bean aphids with us The RHS and would like to hear about your own experiences in your gardens and allotments! If you’ve ever grown beans please can you fill in her short survey before the end of tomorrow: surveymonkey.com/r/HRZ6LRS