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A fantastic series of talks on insects! Thanks everyone for participating and to Gauri Gharpure for co-chairing this with me :)

National Moth Week begins this Saturday! 🎉 If you have yet to register your moth night on our website, whether public or private, please head over and do so! nationalmothweek.org #nationalmothweek #mothweek2024 #moths #mothnight #citizenscience #nocturnalactivity

Earlier this month, at 2300m elevation in Central Himalayas, I saw an outbreak of the Spotted Grass Moth (Pygospila tyres). A widespread species usually found in higher numbers in rains, but the number of this species was outrageous! Do share if anyone has similar observations

A beautiful and simply explained account of how moths use stellar light to navigate, and how our street lamps and home-lights mess things up for them. Jonathan Gorard is a light worth following.

Career update 🚨: Starting today as the Scientist-in-charge of the Research Collections National Centre for Biological Sciences :) Looking forward to fostering research collaborations and expanding the role Natural History specimens in biodiversity research!!

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🦋 September is #BigButterflyMonth! 🦋 We kick off the celebrations with a visit from students of the Foundational School, Gunjur, to our Research Collections Facility. Experts Pritha & Tarun from the facility guided them through the fascinating world of butterflies. (1/3)🧵👇

This was fun! I personally learn a lot from interacting with kids

#Workshop Birds in Focus: An Introduction to Specimen-based Research by Museum and Field Station Facility at NCBS Register Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

What a fun group! Not only moths, we ended up speaking about food, culture and other wildlife too! Thank you for having me, I will go back motivated and inspired :)

In the stillness of the night in sub zero temperature we looked for the 'winter' moths, where the females are flightless and the males fly around looking for them as mates. Some experiences are impossible to forget! Two years ago in Finland, with Pasi Sihvonen

Our work in the latest issue of Ecological Entomology !

It was fun organizing this workshop!! I ended up learning so much

Several faculty of Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc have put together an online course on Fundamentals of Ecology, to be offerred via NPTEL platform from Jan 2025. Check here for more details: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/pre…

What is state of India’s insects? We organised to draw up a blueprint for their future. Taxonomy, technology, citizen science and building natural history are some of the dimensions which are becoming increasingly crucial to understand insect populations in India. #insects

An important article about the decline of Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology. Extinction of experience among ecologists: Trends in Ecology & Evolution cell.com/trends/ecology…

The 12th Forum Herbulot just concluded! I have known these people since I began studying moths, who taught me a lot, and now I can affectionately say they are friends :) A wonderful week spent amidst South African moths and hospitality!

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🪲Weaver ants, aphids, bugs and beetles. Today was all about observing the world around us. Snapshots from the nature walk as a part of the field ecology summer camp organized by the Science Education Office for the children of NCBS staff. Spiders And The Sea Museum and Field Station Facility at NCBS