Starting off here with a last spring snapshot of Sitodiplosis mosellana—the orange wheat blossom midge. This #cecidomyiidae may not form #galls, but it’s a major pest of cereals 🌾. #diptera #entomology

📢 1/6 Our latest paper is out in @PLOSONE!
We investigate how to improve trapping of jewel beetles, crucial for early detection of non-native species. 🌳🪲Brief summary in this thread ⤵️
#Buprestidae #ForestHealth #InvasiveSpecies

tinyurl.com/nhkm4y23

Attended the #Cecidomyiidae meeting organised by @iteipmai a few weeks ago in Avignon
🪰Gall midges cause trouble in lavender there and in other plantations in Europe (pears, cabbages, douglas firs,...)
Great people, strange maggots and ladybirds in action (I couldn't resist)🐞📸

We analyzed how Members of the European Parliament voted on 12 key votes concerning #pollinators policies. Check our interactive dashboard developed with #rstats #flexdashboard:See also @BeeLifeEU MEPs Scoreboard :

bee-life.mepwatch.eu tinyurl.com/y4am8nhf

How reliable is the identification of pollen by #metabarcoding ? 🌼 How to improve the accuracy of these identifications? We explore these questions in our last paper @peerJ#Bioinformatics #Pollinators Brief summary in this thread ⤵️

peerj.com/articles/16567/

🐝 We released the results of #COLOSS survey for #HoneyBee winter mortality in Belgium as an interactive dashboard. 😢17% of colonies lost last winter❄️

Dive in!🔍👉So easy with #rstats #flexdashboard #echarts #plotly #leaflet
@HoneybeeValley #beekeeping

tinyurl.com/2htnn6z4

In our ongoing experiment, we are exposing Douglas firs 🌲 to varying densities of the #invasive gall midge Contarinia pseudotsugae 🪰 within insect-proof tunnels and measuring the impact on tree growth. Measurements in progress, results coming soon! 📈🌿
#foresthealth

But why on earth are they called "longhorn beetles"? I wonder... 🪲🦌 #cerambycidae #monochamus #coleoptera #macrophotography

🌲🔍 Non-European #BarkBeetle Pityophthorus solus spotted in the wild in Belgium (found previously in Spain & Hawaii outside its native range).🙏Thanks to T.Atkinson,& other #scolytinae experts for ID help.

M.Kn tinyurl.com/bdct58tx

🪲🪵Wood borers spotted during @IUFROdivision7 conference in Bordeaux:
1️⃣Monochamus galloprovincialis, gorgeous #Cerambycidae but vector of the Pine wood nematode😱
2️⃣Six-toothed #BarkBeetle, Ips sexdentatus. Smaller but very harmful🌲
3️⃣Ergates faber: Beware of its mandibles!🪚

At the @IUFROdivision7 conference on bark and wood borers in Bordeaux. @Alex_Kuhn presented our work on Ips typographus management. 🪲Very interesting talks, super nice people and the occasion to look for insects in the urban environment (found Coccoidea 😍

🌲🪲When a #BarkBeetle challenges Donald Trump's hairstyle... Or is it more BoJo? These female Pityokteines spinidens are amazing anyway💃🔥! Fancy more diversity of bark beetle heads and butts? Check out @JiriHulcr and @MarcAbrahams' fantastic book

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🪲Can #pheromone traps really make a difference against the spruce #BarkBeetle (Ips typographus)?🌲 Our 2-year experimental study reveals some surprising insights🔬!

Read all about it in our recent paper.📚via @PeerJLife
Quick summary in this thread ⤵️

shorturl.at/enFOP

😍Holidays in Italy: met rare ladybird Ceratomegilla rufocincta🐞! Waited 15 years to meet this endemic from the Southern Alps. Spotted its buddies too: C.alpina and C.notata. Documented lifecycle through rearing & 📸.
More pics on @inaturalist

shorturl.at/bryDO

🌼🐝 Curious about bees' favourite flowers for collecting pollen? #Metabarcoding is the way to go. But first, you’ll need a sturdy DNA reference database🧬Find out how we build such databases at CRA-W in our recent paper #bioinformaticsvia @BioMedCentral

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