Bob Brown
@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social
Biologist mostly working with natural enemies of social wasps. Based in Canterbury New Zealand.
Here is a third instar Volucella inanis larva emerging from gyne comb in a Vespula vulgaris nest! You’re welcome!
September 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Here is a third instar Volucella inanis larva emerging from gyne comb in a Vespula vulgaris nest! You’re welcome!
Here is a first person view (fpv?) of the first stages of collecting a pretty frisky German wasp nest from yesterday.
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Here is a first person view (fpv?) of the first stages of collecting a pretty frisky German wasp nest from yesterday.
German and common wasps are still after protein here in Silwood Park! @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
German and common wasps are still after protein here in Silwood Park! @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social
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Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Bob Brown
What do wasps eat? First molecular data for native zone Vespula Yellowjackets.
So happy to see this out, finally!
Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social
So happy to see this out, finally!
Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social
New short communication! 📄
Drinkwater, @waspwoman.bsky.social et al. used metabarcoding to analyze the gut contents of 554 wasp larvae, revealing their diverse diet and their role as predators 🐝
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #WaspEcology #ArthropodRegulation #NativeEcosystems #Vespula
Drinkwater, @waspwoman.bsky.social et al. used metabarcoding to analyze the gut contents of 554 wasp larvae, revealing their diverse diet and their role as predators 🐝
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #WaspEcology #ArthropodRegulation #NativeEcosystems #Vespula
August 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What do wasps eat? First molecular data for native zone Vespula Yellowjackets.
So happy to see this out, finally!
Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social
So happy to see this out, finally!
Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social
Reposted by Bob Brown
Does anyone in the South of England have a wasp nest in their garden they would wish removed anytime in the next five weeks? This research led by Dr Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social, is helping with control of invasive wasps in New Zealand.
August 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Does anyone in the South of England have a wasp nest in their garden they would wish removed anytime in the next five weeks? This research led by Dr Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social, is helping with control of invasive wasps in New Zealand.