Juliet Turner
@juliet-turner.bsky.social
Ecologist & Evolutionary Biologist. GWCT.
DPhil @ the University of Oxford 👩🏼🎓 🐝
DPhil @ the University of Oxford 👩🏼🎓 🐝
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
I passed my viva! 🎊
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I passed my viva! 🎊
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
Back at the microscope! Identifying & recording tiny insects (<2 mm), mostly aphids at the moment.
Not quite as glamorous as my work on large pollinators but it’s part of our research on biodiversity & organic farming, so still very interesting🦋
Not quite as glamorous as my work on large pollinators but it’s part of our research on biodiversity & organic farming, so still very interesting🦋
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Back at the microscope! Identifying & recording tiny insects (<2 mm), mostly aphids at the moment.
Not quite as glamorous as my work on large pollinators but it’s part of our research on biodiversity & organic farming, so still very interesting🦋
Not quite as glamorous as my work on large pollinators but it’s part of our research on biodiversity & organic farming, so still very interesting🦋
I recently saw this amazing ichneumon wasp - she is a parasitoid, so the long ovipositor allows her to reach insects hiding deep in the wood
Even cooler, their ovipositors are apparently reinforced with metals!
📍 Oxford, UK
Even cooler, their ovipositors are apparently reinforced with metals!
📍 Oxford, UK
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I recently saw this amazing ichneumon wasp - she is a parasitoid, so the long ovipositor allows her to reach insects hiding deep in the wood
Even cooler, their ovipositors are apparently reinforced with metals!
📍 Oxford, UK
Even cooler, their ovipositors are apparently reinforced with metals!
📍 Oxford, UK
If you pass by an ivy plant any time soon, stop and take a closer look 🔍
If you are lucky, you might see an unusual autumnal pollinator - the lovely Ivy Cellophane Bee, Colletes hederae 🐝
Here are a few I saw today:
If you are lucky, you might see an unusual autumnal pollinator - the lovely Ivy Cellophane Bee, Colletes hederae 🐝
Here are a few I saw today:
September 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you pass by an ivy plant any time soon, stop and take a closer look 🔍
If you are lucky, you might see an unusual autumnal pollinator - the lovely Ivy Cellophane Bee, Colletes hederae 🐝
Here are a few I saw today:
If you are lucky, you might see an unusual autumnal pollinator - the lovely Ivy Cellophane Bee, Colletes hederae 🐝
Here are a few I saw today:
Curious how we're working with farmers to boost biodiversity in the countryside? 🌾🐝
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Curious how we're working with farmers to boost biodiversity in the countryside? 🌾🐝
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
I just wrote a blog post for @gwct.org.uk about my research on pollinators & wild plants in farmland this summer
Read it here 🌱👇
www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2... #conservation #ecology
I examined these bees as part of my identification & processing of bulk pan trap samples for Farmland Ecology, GWCT @gwct.org.uk
September 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I examined these bees as part of my identification & processing of bulk pan trap samples for Farmland Ecology, GWCT @gwct.org.uk
This is a Nomad Bee appreciation post! 🐝
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
September 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is a Nomad Bee appreciation post! 🐝
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
I was very excited to find this Paper Wasp in the garden of the UK’s oldest cathedral
Paper Wasps rarely seen in the UK, usually brought over accidentally with shipping and other international trade. The jury is still out on exactly which species this is!
📍 Canterbury
Paper Wasps rarely seen in the UK, usually brought over accidentally with shipping and other international trade. The jury is still out on exactly which species this is!
📍 Canterbury
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I was very excited to find this Paper Wasp in the garden of the UK’s oldest cathedral
Paper Wasps rarely seen in the UK, usually brought over accidentally with shipping and other international trade. The jury is still out on exactly which species this is!
📍 Canterbury
Paper Wasps rarely seen in the UK, usually brought over accidentally with shipping and other international trade. The jury is still out on exactly which species this is!
📍 Canterbury
Today’s insect highlight is this spectacular Cuckoo Wasp (species ID pending!)
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬
August 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Today’s insect highlight is this spectacular Cuckoo Wasp (species ID pending!)
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬
This tiny wasp was among pan trap samples I have been photographing & identifying for a farmland biodiversity monitoring project with the GWCT 🔬
I’m really into solitary wasps recently, especially Crabronids like this adorable Ectemnius sp. (continuus?) I photographed the other day
Would love some suggestions for UK/European solitary wasp identification guides!
Would love some suggestions for UK/European solitary wasp identification guides!
August 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m really into solitary wasps recently, especially Crabronids like this adorable Ectemnius sp. (continuus?) I photographed the other day
Would love some suggestions for UK/European solitary wasp identification guides!
Would love some suggestions for UK/European solitary wasp identification guides!
I found something cool while conducting pollinator & botanical surveys in S England - a rare bumblebee! 🐝
On the right is Bombus humilis/ the Brown-banded Carder (easily confused with B. pascuorum)
It’s the first time I’ve seen this species in the field. Always exciting to find new insects!
On the right is Bombus humilis/ the Brown-banded Carder (easily confused with B. pascuorum)
It’s the first time I’ve seen this species in the field. Always exciting to find new insects!
August 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I found something cool while conducting pollinator & botanical surveys in S England - a rare bumblebee! 🐝
On the right is Bombus humilis/ the Brown-banded Carder (easily confused with B. pascuorum)
It’s the first time I’ve seen this species in the field. Always exciting to find new insects!
On the right is Bombus humilis/ the Brown-banded Carder (easily confused with B. pascuorum)
It’s the first time I’ve seen this species in the field. Always exciting to find new insects!
I just submitted my DPhil thesis!
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
August 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I just submitted my DPhil thesis!
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
Title: The evolution of cooperation and division of labour in insects 🐜🐝
Now let’s hope it’s not just rejected immediately 🤞
Did you know there is probably at least one species of wasp for every other type of insect?
I didn’t really believe it until I started looking. I have been seeing some incredible diversity!
Here is a beautiful (2mm long!) Chalcidoid wasp I found
I didn’t really believe it until I started looking. I have been seeing some incredible diversity!
Here is a beautiful (2mm long!) Chalcidoid wasp I found
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Did you know there is probably at least one species of wasp for every other type of insect?
I didn’t really believe it until I started looking. I have been seeing some incredible diversity!
Here is a beautiful (2mm long!) Chalcidoid wasp I found
I didn’t really believe it until I started looking. I have been seeing some incredible diversity!
Here is a beautiful (2mm long!) Chalcidoid wasp I found
When I’m not roaming the countryside surveying plants & pollinators, I am in the lab identifying insects🔬
These were collected as part of biodiversity monitoring on farmland. I love fieldwork but I love this too: I never know what I will see in the next sample!
These were collected as part of biodiversity monitoring on farmland. I love fieldwork but I love this too: I never know what I will see in the next sample!
August 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
When I’m not roaming the countryside surveying plants & pollinators, I am in the lab identifying insects🔬
These were collected as part of biodiversity monitoring on farmland. I love fieldwork but I love this too: I never know what I will see in the next sample!
These were collected as part of biodiversity monitoring on farmland. I love fieldwork but I love this too: I never know what I will see in the next sample!
Want to learn to recognise some pollinators?
Here are some butterfly species you should look out for this summer! 🦋
Here are some butterfly species you should look out for this summer! 🦋
August 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Want to learn to recognise some pollinators?
Here are some butterfly species you should look out for this summer! 🦋
Here are some butterfly species you should look out for this summer! 🦋
I’ve had a great week in my new role surveying pollinators and plants across English farms🌾
The heat is challenging but I’m seeing lots of amazing insects- here’s a selection of butterflies I managed to photograph so far (I’ve seen many others but they were too fast!)
#Ecology
The heat is challenging but I’m seeing lots of amazing insects- here’s a selection of butterflies I managed to photograph so far (I’ve seen many others but they were too fast!)
#Ecology
July 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I’ve had a great week in my new role surveying pollinators and plants across English farms🌾
The heat is challenging but I’m seeing lots of amazing insects- here’s a selection of butterflies I managed to photograph so far (I’ve seen many others but they were too fast!)
#Ecology
The heat is challenging but I’m seeing lots of amazing insects- here’s a selection of butterflies I managed to photograph so far (I’ve seen many others but they were too fast!)
#Ecology
Excited to be starting the first field season of my new job. 🐝 Can’t wait to get out and start surveying some plants and pollinators! #Ecologist
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Excited to be starting the first field season of my new job. 🐝 Can’t wait to get out and start surveying some plants and pollinators! #Ecologist
In my new research position I am spending a lot of time developing my bee identification skills 🐝
At the end of a long day identifying dead bees I like to unwind by identifying some live bees, such as this - European Yellow Loosestrife Bee (Macropis europaea)
📍 Oxford
At the end of a long day identifying dead bees I like to unwind by identifying some live bees, such as this - European Yellow Loosestrife Bee (Macropis europaea)
📍 Oxford
July 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In my new research position I am spending a lot of time developing my bee identification skills 🐝
At the end of a long day identifying dead bees I like to unwind by identifying some live bees, such as this - European Yellow Loosestrife Bee (Macropis europaea)
📍 Oxford
At the end of a long day identifying dead bees I like to unwind by identifying some live bees, such as this - European Yellow Loosestrife Bee (Macropis europaea)
📍 Oxford
I was very happy to find two different species of carnivorous sundew today, and many of each!
On the right: Drosera rotundifolia; on the left Drosera anglica.
📍 the Scottish Highlands
On the right: Drosera rotundifolia; on the left Drosera anglica.
📍 the Scottish Highlands
June 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I was very happy to find two different species of carnivorous sundew today, and many of each!
On the right: Drosera rotundifolia; on the left Drosera anglica.
📍 the Scottish Highlands
On the right: Drosera rotundifolia; on the left Drosera anglica.
📍 the Scottish Highlands
I have a new job!
A research position in Farmland Ecology, GWCT 🐝🔬
I will be helping with insect identification & conducting pollinator surveys as part of long-term biodiversity monitoring in farmland.
I will share my time between this & my research on insect social evolution at Oxford.
A research position in Farmland Ecology, GWCT 🐝🔬
I will be helping with insect identification & conducting pollinator surveys as part of long-term biodiversity monitoring in farmland.
I will share my time between this & my research on insect social evolution at Oxford.
June 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I have a new job!
A research position in Farmland Ecology, GWCT 🐝🔬
I will be helping with insect identification & conducting pollinator surveys as part of long-term biodiversity monitoring in farmland.
I will share my time between this & my research on insect social evolution at Oxford.
A research position in Farmland Ecology, GWCT 🐝🔬
I will be helping with insect identification & conducting pollinator surveys as part of long-term biodiversity monitoring in farmland.
I will share my time between this & my research on insect social evolution at Oxford.
I have been teaching on the Oxford Biology undergraduate field course this week, and each morning begins with my moth class. Here are some of my personal faves from the week. Can anyone name all nine species?
📍 Devon, UK
@biology.ox.ac.uk
📍 Devon, UK
@biology.ox.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I have been teaching on the Oxford Biology undergraduate field course this week, and each morning begins with my moth class. Here are some of my personal faves from the week. Can anyone name all nine species?
📍 Devon, UK
@biology.ox.ac.uk
📍 Devon, UK
@biology.ox.ac.uk
After attending a talk on bee conservation by @davegoulson.bsky.social at @royentsoc.bsky.social I felt inspired to build some clay houses for solitary bees, specifically the Hairy-footed Flower Bees that often visit our garden. I will share updates if there is any nesting success!🐝
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
After attending a talk on bee conservation by @davegoulson.bsky.social at @royentsoc.bsky.social I felt inspired to build some clay houses for solitary bees, specifically the Hairy-footed Flower Bees that often visit our garden. I will share updates if there is any nesting success!🐝
I just presented my PhD research as part of this year’s @royentsoc.bsky.social forum
#SF25 🐜 Amazing to see Reading University’s campus alive with fritillaries and anemones.
Today brought together some of my favourite things: science, insects, wildflowers, and free wine. What more could I want?
#SF25 🐜 Amazing to see Reading University’s campus alive with fritillaries and anemones.
Today brought together some of my favourite things: science, insects, wildflowers, and free wine. What more could I want?
March 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I just presented my PhD research as part of this year’s @royentsoc.bsky.social forum
#SF25 🐜 Amazing to see Reading University’s campus alive with fritillaries and anemones.
Today brought together some of my favourite things: science, insects, wildflowers, and free wine. What more could I want?
#SF25 🐜 Amazing to see Reading University’s campus alive with fritillaries and anemones.
Today brought together some of my favourite things: science, insects, wildflowers, and free wine. What more could I want?