Ben Hawthorne
@bensjhawthorne.bsky.social
PhD Student @ Newcastle University | he/him | Entomologist
#Ecology #LGBwiththeT #PrideInEnto
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#Ecology #LGBwiththeT #PrideInEnto
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Time to rethink nature conservation? 🌍
Senior ecologists, including our own @dmevans.bsky.social, are calling for an ecosystem approach as the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife and protect the ecosystem services that nature provides 🌱
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/time-to-reth...
Senior ecologists, including our own @dmevans.bsky.social, are calling for an ecosystem approach as the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife and protect the ecosystem services that nature provides 🌱
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/time-to-reth...
Time to rethink nature conservation? - BES
Time to rethink nature conservation? - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Time to rethink nature conservation? 🌍
Senior ecologists, including our own @dmevans.bsky.social, are calling for an ecosystem approach as the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife and protect the ecosystem services that nature provides 🌱
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/time-to-reth...
Senior ecologists, including our own @dmevans.bsky.social, are calling for an ecosystem approach as the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife and protect the ecosystem services that nature provides 🌱
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/time-to-reth...
Join our group @nclneg.bsky.social for this cool PhD project! 🔊🐦🌿🪰
Looking for impactful research, opportunities for personal and professional development, and a great research culture? Consider applying! ⬇️
Looking for impactful research, opportunities for personal and professional development, and a great research culture? Consider applying! ⬇️
PhD opportunity - Listening to Food Webs: Ecoacoustic insights into Bird Predator–Prey Networks in Changing Landscapes, with @btobirds.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk and @sciencesncl.bsky.social
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Join our group @nclneg.bsky.social for this cool PhD project! 🔊🐦🌿🪰
Looking for impactful research, opportunities for personal and professional development, and a great research culture? Consider applying! ⬇️
Looking for impactful research, opportunities for personal and professional development, and a great research culture? Consider applying! ⬇️
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⏰ Abstract deadline extended - join the programme by submitting your research by Friday 24 October 🦋
Join us at our Outreach, Culture & Education SIG to network with like-minded people and plan your next outreach venture.
📍 National Museum Scotland
📅 22 Nov 2025
Register now 🔽
Join us at our Outreach, Culture & Education SIG to network with like-minded people and plan your next outreach venture.
📍 National Museum Scotland
📅 22 Nov 2025
Register now 🔽
Outreach, Culture & Education SIG Event 2025
Submit your abstracts on insect outreach and citizen science for a chance to share your research at the event.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
⏰ Abstract deadline extended - join the programme by submitting your research by Friday 24 October 🦋
Join us at our Outreach, Culture & Education SIG to network with like-minded people and plan your next outreach venture.
📍 National Museum Scotland
📅 22 Nov 2025
Register now 🔽
Join us at our Outreach, Culture & Education SIG to network with like-minded people and plan your next outreach venture.
📍 National Museum Scotland
📅 22 Nov 2025
Register now 🔽
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📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Student Representative vacancy 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
The Royal Entomological Society is recruiting one new volunteer to be a Student Representative. The 1-2 year role includes helping to organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, and providing up...
www.royensoc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
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Not only will you be getting first hand experience in how societies are run behind the scenes but all the connections and opportunities that come will the role are unmatched!
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Student Representative vacancy 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
The Royal Entomological Society is recruiting one new volunteer to be a Student Representative. The 1-2 year role includes helping to organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, and providing up...
www.royensoc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not only will you be getting first hand experience in how societies are run behind the scenes but all the connections and opportunities that come will the role are unmatched!
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Student Representative vacancy 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
The Royal Entomological Society is recruiting one new volunteer to be a Student Representative. The 1-2 year role includes helping to organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, and providing up...
www.royensoc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
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It’s the end of #EcoNet2025 and what better way to celebrate than an exploration of Bamburgh Castle and walk on the beach
September 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It’s the end of #EcoNet2025 and what better way to celebrate than an exploration of Bamburgh Castle and walk on the beach
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Back home after a wonderful week! Learning so much about metabarcoding 🧬thanks to the workshop organized by @nclneg.bsky.social, followed by inspiring plenaries, talks & posters! Loved catching up with 🫶🏼friends & meeting new generation of net ecologists. Already looking forward to the next one in 🇧🇷!
September 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Back home after a wonderful week! Learning so much about metabarcoding 🧬thanks to the workshop organized by @nclneg.bsky.social, followed by inspiring plenaries, talks & posters! Loved catching up with 🫶🏼friends & meeting new generation of net ecologists. Already looking forward to the next one in 🇧🇷!
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Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
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The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera!
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...
Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca
August 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera!
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...
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Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society
The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…
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June 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
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North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
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We’re pleased to see the interp board that we produced with @dmevans.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social installed at Palace Leas!
3 weeks ago, we visited the site & witnessed a student poster go up. Thanks to Made By Landmark & #nclfarms staff.
bit.ly/PalaceLeas @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social 🌎
3 weeks ago, we visited the site & witnessed a student poster go up. Thanks to Made By Landmark & #nclfarms staff.
bit.ly/PalaceLeas @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social 🌎
June 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We’re pleased to see the interp board that we produced with @dmevans.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social installed at Palace Leas!
3 weeks ago, we visited the site & witnessed a student poster go up. Thanks to Made By Landmark & #nclfarms staff.
bit.ly/PalaceLeas @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social 🌎
3 weeks ago, we visited the site & witnessed a student poster go up. Thanks to Made By Landmark & #nclfarms staff.
bit.ly/PalaceLeas @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social 🌎
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Come and join us in Newcastle for a wonderful gathering of network ecologists! This year our theme is 'Network Ecology in the Anthropocene' and our plenary speakers include Jane Memmott and Paulo Guimarães. Symposium tickets are an absolute bargain, especially for students.
EcoNet2025: VII Symposium on Ecological Networks 3-5 September 2025
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: ncl.ac.uk/.../events/e...
PLACES ARE LIMITED TO 150 SO BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
Call for talks and posters closes 20th June.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: ncl.ac.uk/.../events/e...
PLACES ARE LIMITED TO 150 SO BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
Call for talks and posters closes 20th June.
June 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Come and join us in Newcastle for a wonderful gathering of network ecologists! This year our theme is 'Network Ecology in the Anthropocene' and our plenary speakers include Jane Memmott and Paulo Guimarães. Symposium tickets are an absolute bargain, especially for students.
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Having had time to digest the new BNG consultation, I am *astounded* at the proposed changes to the small sites metric (SSM). If the changes are implemented, the SSM could apply to developments up to 49 dwellings/1ha - affecting a lot of developments! 1/ consult.defra.gov.uk/defra-biodiv...
consult.defra.gov.uk
June 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Having had time to digest the new BNG consultation, I am *astounded* at the proposed changes to the small sites metric (SSM). If the changes are implemented, the SSM could apply to developments up to 49 dwellings/1ha - affecting a lot of developments! 1/ consult.defra.gov.uk/defra-biodiv...
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🚨WHERE ARE THE CRAB SPIDERS?🚨
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
Hi everyone, I am launching a community science scheme "Spider Spies" where we are asking you, to send us pictures and if you're keen and able samples of Misumena vatia, the Flower Crab Spider to investigate their interactions with their host flowers and the invertebrate community around them.
May 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨WHERE ARE THE CRAB SPIDERS?🚨
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
Seen a Flower Crab Spider? Get that camera out! 📸
By taking a few pics (potentially sending a sample), you could contribute to some really cool science, led by @envirosyment.bsky.social! And if you’ve never seen one, now is the time! Check out the handy thread below for ID help 🔍
#SpiderSpies 🌼🕷️🌿🕵️
By taking a few pics (potentially sending a sample), you could contribute to some really cool science, led by @envirosyment.bsky.social! And if you’ve never seen one, now is the time! Check out the handy thread below for ID help 🔍
#SpiderSpies 🌼🕷️🌿🕵️
Hi everyone, I am launching a community science scheme "Spider Spies" where we are asking you, to send us pictures and if you're keen and able samples of Misumena vatia, the Flower Crab Spider to investigate their interactions with their host flowers and the invertebrate community around them.
May 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Seen a Flower Crab Spider? Get that camera out! 📸
By taking a few pics (potentially sending a sample), you could contribute to some really cool science, led by @envirosyment.bsky.social! And if you’ve never seen one, now is the time! Check out the handy thread below for ID help 🔍
#SpiderSpies 🌼🕷️🌿🕵️
By taking a few pics (potentially sending a sample), you could contribute to some really cool science, led by @envirosyment.bsky.social! And if you’ve never seen one, now is the time! Check out the handy thread below for ID help 🔍
#SpiderSpies 🌼🕷️🌿🕵️
It is such an impressive experimental design - I’m glad I could help with setting up! 💡🪲🌿 I’m already looking forward to seeing the results!
My lighting rigs are up! Ready for the first round of data collection soon
April 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It is such an impressive experimental design - I’m glad I could help with setting up! 💡🪲🌿 I’m already looking forward to seeing the results!
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We had a great time last week putting up experimental lamp posts at one of the university's experimental farms for @miacroftento.bsky.social's upcoming artificial light experiments! We even had a mining bee digging its hole near ours - perhaps setting up their own lamp posts! 💡🐝
April 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We had a great time last week putting up experimental lamp posts at one of the university's experimental farms for @miacroftento.bsky.social's upcoming artificial light experiments! We even had a mining bee digging its hole near ours - perhaps setting up their own lamp posts! 💡🐝
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There's still time to show your support for insect #ConservationScience with #BigGive. Your generous donations will support the next generations of the #LargeBlue in the UK & beyond 🦋
Double your impact before midday 29 April 🔽
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@gloswildlife.bsky.social @biggive.bsky.social
Double your impact before midday 29 April 🔽
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@gloswildlife.bsky.social @biggive.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There's still time to show your support for insect #ConservationScience with #BigGive. Your generous donations will support the next generations of the #LargeBlue in the UK & beyond 🦋
Double your impact before midday 29 April 🔽
buff.ly/lyGUtQ7
@gloswildlife.bsky.social @biggive.bsky.social
Double your impact before midday 29 April 🔽
buff.ly/lyGUtQ7
@gloswildlife.bsky.social @biggive.bsky.social
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Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025
Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025
Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisis
* Voting is now open! Vote for your favourite here
“We are following the “invertebrate of the year” series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in the Guardian’s inbox last week.
Mark Blaxter leads the Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life programme, a project that sequences species’ DNA to understand the diversity and origins of life on Earth. But far more importantly, Blaxter and his team are superfans of our invertebrate of the year competition and have offered to map the genome sequence of whoever wins this year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025
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So excited to be joining the RES in this position, and looking forward to meeting and working with so many people at conferences and beyond!
Warmest welcome to @envirosyment.bsky.social, our newest Student Rep 🦋
Read more about Rosy 🔽
www.royensoc.co.uk/about-us/peo...
Read more about Rosy 🔽
www.royensoc.co.uk/about-us/peo...
Rosy Christopher - Royal Entomological Society
Running feral on a farm in the countryside throughout my childhood guided by my horticulturist mum set the stage for a captivation with the natural world around me. My pursuit to study invertebrates a...
www.royensoc.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So excited to be joining the RES in this position, and looking forward to meeting and working with so many people at conferences and beyond!
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And just like that, my final PhD student conference is over! So glad I finally got to present at the @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Forum as a delegate—and thrilled to receive a prize for my talk (as the cheesy smile shows). Huge thanks to everyone who made it such a great event 🐝
#SF25
#SF25
April 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
And just like that, my final PhD student conference is over! So glad I finally got to present at the @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Forum as a delegate—and thrilled to receive a prize for my talk (as the cheesy smile shows). Huge thanks to everyone who made it such a great event 🐝
#SF25
#SF25
RES Student Forum 2025 over and out!
Plenty of great science and great people 🕺🏼 we couldn’t have done it without the help from the @royentsoc.bsky.social, the plenary speakers, and of course the delegates
#SF25 🦋
Plenty of great science and great people 🕺🏼 we couldn’t have done it without the help from the @royentsoc.bsky.social, the plenary speakers, and of course the delegates
#SF25 🦋
Huge thanks to our terrific student reps - @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social, @idrisadams.bsky.social and Vera Kaunath - for organising another great RES Student Forum #SF25 🦋
Read more about our student reps 🔽
Read more about our student reps 🔽
Student Representatives - Royal Entomological Society
The Student Representatives organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, provide updates to the Society’s Meetings Committee, act as a voice for students within any consultations of the…
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April 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
RES Student Forum 2025 over and out!
Plenty of great science and great people 🕺🏼 we couldn’t have done it without the help from the @royentsoc.bsky.social, the plenary speakers, and of course the delegates
#SF25 🦋
Plenty of great science and great people 🕺🏼 we couldn’t have done it without the help from the @royentsoc.bsky.social, the plenary speakers, and of course the delegates
#SF25 🦋
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Will, @envirosyment.bsky.social and @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social are having a great time at the @royentsoc.bsky.social #SF25 this week! Be sure to say hello if you're there! 🪱🕷️🐝 #StudentForum2025Squad
March 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Will, @envirosyment.bsky.social and @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social are having a great time at the @royentsoc.bsky.social #SF25 this week! Be sure to say hello if you're there! 🪱🕷️🐝 #StudentForum2025Squad