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Idris Adams
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PhD student in the Sumner Lab at UCL CBER, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
RES Student Representative
Lover of all things Hymenoptera!
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waspwoman.bsky.social
@idrisadams.bsky.social's 1st wasp paper! Although written for & reviewed by kids, it's good for wasp-wary adults too!
And a perfect companion for a visit to the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social #WorldOfWasps free exhibition www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
idrisadams.bsky.social
My first wasp publication is out! @waspwoman.bsky.social and I have written a piece highlighting why wasps are so cool in Frontiers for Young Minds... perfect for children but equally as fascinating for all ages!
The Wonderful World of Wasps
When you hear the word “wasp”, you probably imagine a stripey yellow-and-black insect that you see flying about at your summer picnic. You would be right! But there is much more to wasps than you thin...
kids.frontiersin.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
idrisadams.bsky.social
Submit your research or join to make the most of the networking opportunities at this great @royentsoc.bsky.social event!
royentsoc.bsky.social Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 25d
⏰ 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 🔽
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 5:09 PM
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waspwoman.bsky.social
When a world-class zoology museum says: "We'd like to make an exhibition all about wasps; will you help us?" you have to pinch yourself to know it's real!

#WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social

www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
@uclcber.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
Interview: UCL’s wasp experts talk about the research behind the Grant Museum’s latest exhibition
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed the Grant Museum of Zoology’s latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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tannisdavidson.bsky.social
It has been an enormous pleasure to work with @uclcber.bsky.social wasp dream team @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social and @idrisadams.bsky.social to highlight their amazing research in this world first exhibition on #wasps!
uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Oct 13
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
Cintia Akemi Oi and Serian Sumner on a research trip to Japan.
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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cintiaoi.bsky.social
Check out our interview to UCL!! @idrisadams.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
idrisadams.bsky.social
Nice article by @willwiles.bsky.social in @apollo-magazine.com on the #WorldOfWasps! Be sure to visit @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social!
apollo-magazine.com/wasps-nests-...
If we liked wasps more, we could learn from them
Wasps have a terrible image problem but, after seeing an exhibition that highlights their design abilities, Will Wiles thinks we could learn from them
apollo-magazine.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Starring @idrisadams.bsky.social, on BBC Breakfast - PhD student @londonnercdtp.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social

We are so proud of you Idris - a media natural spreading the #WaspLove!

@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
ucllifesciences.bsky.social UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · Jul 29
Wasps on BBC Breakfast 🐝
Our expert joined BBC Breakfast to talk all things wasps - why they're essential, misunderstood, and worth celebrating.

Discover the Grant Museum’s fascinating new exhibition on wasp diversity.
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

#UCL #GrantMuseum #BBCBreakfast #Wasps
July 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Wasps on BBC Breakfast 🐝
Our expert joined BBC Breakfast to talk all things wasps - why they're essential, misunderstood, and worth celebrating.

Discover the Grant Museum’s fascinating new exhibition on wasp diversity.
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

#UCL #GrantMuseum #BBCBreakfast #Wasps
July 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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waspwoman.bsky.social
It's a bumper-wasp year: here are my top tips on how to dine alongside wasps, without getting stung.

GET INVOLVED! Tell us what wasps want at YOUR picnic: www.sumnerlab.co.uk/wasp-picnic-...

theconversation.com/what-to-do-w...

@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
What to do when wasps crash your picnic – a scientist’s guide to dining safely with these insects
Did you know wasps switch from ham to jam foraging during the late summer?
theconversation.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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waspwoman.bsky.social
Super proud of my PhD student, @idrisadams.bsky.social who 100% rocked #WaspLove messaging on #BBCBreakfast yesterday! 🥳🥳
Look out for more wasp media from Idris, as wasps flourish in our #climate-change driven hot summer!
@uclcber.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
idrisadams.bsky.social Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · Jul 24
Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with BBC Breakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @waspwoman.bsky.social for trusting me with this opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for the props!
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
idrisadams.bsky.social
Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with BBC Breakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @waspwoman.bsky.social for trusting me with this opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for the props!
July 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
idrisadams.bsky.social
Very happy to be part of this and can't wait to visit!
#WorldOfWasps
waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · Jun 25
Huge thanks to @tannisdavidson.bsky.social and team for making the impossible dream come true:

THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION!
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social...

@cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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World of Wasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social is open! Over a year in the making by this incredible team, the exhibition features displays, virtual reality, projections and paper sculptures drawing upon @uclcber.bsky.social research @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
A rewilded Grant Museum of Zoology with wildflowers and wasps. Still image from VR experience created by Datascape Realities. World of Wasps exhibition dream team pictured in front of paper nest sculptures by Peter Ayres. Lourenco Viveiros, Sylvia Kluczewski, George Paris, Tannis Davidson, John Zhang, Hannah Cornish, Peter Ayres, Seirian Sumner, Cintia Oi.
June 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
idrisadams.bsky.social
Did you know that wasps purr? Or that they wag their bodies and tap their antennae to communicate? Find out more about these fascinating animals and discover the delightfully relatable social goings-on inside our virtual nest in ‘World of Wasps’.
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
Take a wasp’s eye journey through a rewilded Grant Museum in a new VR exhibition
Visitors are invited to enter a scientifically accurate virtual nest and experience the hidden, intimate world of wasps in a new virtual reality exhibition at the Grant Museum of Zoology.
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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This Monday, another of our CBERians, @idrisadams.bsky.social shared a sneak peek of his fascinating PhD work on the evolution of solitary wasps 🧠🐝. He walked us through the evolutionary traits and behaviours that make these insects so unique. A big thank you for such a insightful talk!
May 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Looking forward to reading @robinince.bsky.social new book after his wonderful talk today in St Albans. Highly recommend catching him on tour if you can!
May 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
idrisadams.bsky.social
Very uplifting to be part of #BringScienceToPolitics in Parliament Square this morning. Thank you to @tristramwyatt.bsky.social for spreading the word!
@sciencetopolitics.bsky.social
📸 Denise Laura Baker
Group photo of scientists demonstrating in Parliament Square
May 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Support #ConservationScience this April and help @royentsoc.bsky.social to ensure the best possible future for
the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly. Every £1 donated will be doubled by the #BigGive.
Read more and donate to the cause 🔽
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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royentsoc.bsky.social
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 🔽
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 3:30 PM
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Do you know of a researcher working in the field of zoology and/or conservation who you think has made an outstanding contribution that deserves recognition? Nominations are due on Feb 25th for the ZSL awards program, which spans all career levels from UG onwards www.zsl.org/about-zsl/aw...
Awards | ZSL
ZSL's programme of science and conservation awards recognises outstanding contributions
www.zsl.org
February 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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waspwoman.bsky.social
Waspy people - welcome to BSKY!

The list of wasp people to follow is growing! Let me know if you want to be added! Recommend feeds to add too!

#WaspLove

go.bsky.app/3u5XkrS
November 15, 2024 at 9:30 AM