Mark Patterson (Apicultural) discusses how the honeybee may be impacting local wild bee populations in the densely urban environment that is London.
Category Archives: entoLIVE Blog
Unlocking Invertebrate Genomes: Trying to Sequence Every Species
Dr Liam Crowley (University of Oxford) explains how an aspirational project is trying to sequence every species in Britain and Ireland.
Crawfish: Trending in South-west Britain
Delve into the mysterious reappearance of the Crawfish is the southwest of England with Dr Angus Jackson from Seasearch.
Celebrating Ladybirds: Developing Our Knowledge Through Citizen Science
Prof Helen Roy (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) explains how our understanding of the ecology of these beautiful beetles is partly due to an army of citizen scientists.
Weird But Wonderful World of Worms: Tales From The Museum Collections
Emma Sherlock (Natural History Museum) provides a tour of some of the weirder worms from the museum’s collections.
The Pine Hoverfly: Bringing Them Back From The Brink Of Extinction
Dr Helen Taylor (Royal Zoological Society of Scotland) discusses the captive breeding and Cairngorms release programme for the Pine Hoverfly.
Hop of Hope: Restoring the Large Marsh Grasshopper Through Citizen Keepers
Stuart Green (Citizen Zoo) presents an innovative invertebrate reintroduction project trialling the use of ‘citizen keepers’ to rear Large Marsh Grasshoppers.
Flying Squids: Their Life Story and Relationships With Each Other
Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez delves into the mysterious world of flying squids and explores about their life histories.
The Most Remarkable Migrants of All: The Fascinating World of Fly Migration
Dr Wil Leo Hawkes(University of Exeter) presents work from his PhD on insect migrations and the pollinator services they provide.
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Insects
Climate change is an issue that we are all too familiar with, but what is the impact on our aquatic invertebrates? Craig Macadam (Buglife) presents recent research on riverflies.