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Karl Wotton
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Associate Professor in Migration Biology at the University of Exeter in Cornwall. https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/25877-karl-wotton
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It's not march of the penguins, but the great migration of flies is major force in ecosystems and economies.

In a new paper, scientists make a compelling case for preserving migration corridors for hundreds of species of tiny flies.
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It's not march of the penguins, but the great migration of flies is major force in ecosystems and economies
In a new paper, scientists make a compelling case for preserving migration corridors for hundreds of species of tiny flies.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Lords of the flies: the unsurpassed level of ecological diversity within dipteran migrants.

Read about it here news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... and in Biological Reviews here doi.org/10.1111/brv..... New research from @uniexecec.bsky.social with @willleohawkes.bsky.social & Myles Menz
Migrating flies vital for people and nature
Buzzing insects may be seen as pests – but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows. Bugs such as houseflies, fruitf...
news.exeter.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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It's published!
The largest research work I've ever undertaken:

Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important

Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz
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Screenshot from the cover page of the paper A map of the world showing fly migration study locations and estimated routes A close up photo of Eristalinus taeniops the stripey eyed hoverfly on a yellow flower in Cyprus A close up photo of the locust blowfly Stomorhina lunata on a rock. My favourite fly
April 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Our brief insect migration reccy to southern Spain is done now. Locations scouted and camera traps set up on Gibraltar to hopefully record fly migration as they arrive to Europe from Africa.
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March 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Currently down here in Tarifa, S Spain. Hoping to see insects migrating across the straits from Africa into Europe.
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A coastal landscape at sunset with two figures admiring it in the middle distance
March 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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New paper out today from our lab. doi.org/10.1098/rsob...

We unpick the morphological 🧑‍🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽

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Multiple factors contribute to female dominance in migratory bioflows | Open Biology
Migration is a widely observed phenomenon supported by morphological, physiological and behavioural traits that vary with season and sex in many species. Recently, the genetic components underpinning migration in the marmalade hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM