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Category Archives: entoLIVE Blog
American Signal Crayfish: A Losing Battle?
Dr Nicky Green discusses her work trialling new and innovative techniques to control the invasive American Signal Crayfish.
The State of the UK’s Butterflies: Are Conservation Efforts To Save Our Butterflies Working?
Dr Richard Fox (Butterfly conservation) presents the latest information coming from decades of monitoring the UK’s butterfly populations.
The Downland and Dung Beetle Project: The Story of Onthophagus joannae
Sally-Ann Spence discusses the accidental restoration of a large area of downland due to a personal obsession to conserve one particular species of dung beetle.
Slipping Under the Radar: Recording Slugs in British Gardens
Dr Imogen Cavadino (Newcastle University and Royal Horticultural Society) showcases how citizen scientists have helped further our knowledge of slugs in British gardens.
Team PollinATE: Feeding People and Pollinators
Dr Beth Nicholls (University of Sussex) discusses a citizen science project that worked with allotment holders and investigated pollination and urban food production.
The Rothamsted Insect Survey NBRI: From Microscopes to Machine Learning
Dr James Bell (Rothamsted Research) explores the Rothamsted Insect Survey and how their 50+ year aphid and moth datasets inform scientists, policy makers and conservationists.
Riverflies: The Canary of Our Rivers
Trine Bregstein (Freshwater Biological Association) provides an overview of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative methodology, sharing the progress of the project, looks at some case studies and what’s in store for the future.
Water Beetles: Recording & Atlases of Britain & Ireland
Prof Garth Foster (Balfour-Browne Club) explains the history (and future) of recording water beetles in Britain and Ireland.
Ant Navigation: How To Be A Champion Navigator With A Small Brain
Prof Paul Graham (University of Sussex) explores how the neural and sensory mechanisms of ants facilitate their remarkable foraging skills.
Biological Recording 