Rosie Gibbs
@rosiegibbs.bsky.social
Ecologist, entomologist and all-round nature lover
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Rosie Gibbs
@rosiegibbs.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello Bluesky!
I’ve finally jumped ship from Twitter. I’m looking forward to re-discovering a welcoming community of science nerds and nature-appreciators. I’m looking to (re)connect with any people engaged with nature, but particularly if you share my interest in entomology!
I’ve finally jumped ship from Twitter. I’m looking forward to re-discovering a welcoming community of science nerds and nature-appreciators. I’m looking to (re)connect with any people engaged with nature, but particularly if you share my interest in entomology!
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Say hi to Micropathus ditto and M. zubat, two #NewSpecies of cave cricket from forests in southern Tasmania! These crickets are threatened by climate change, land clearing, and logging. Giving them names is an important step towards their conservation. But why did we choose these ones? #bugsky 🧵 1/6
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Say hi to Micropathus ditto and M. zubat, two #NewSpecies of cave cricket from forests in southern Tasmania! These crickets are threatened by climate change, land clearing, and logging. Giving them names is an important step towards their conservation. But why did we choose these ones? #bugsky 🧵 1/6
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Has anyone else noticed it?
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Has anyone else noticed it?
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
After years of waiting, it looks like we’re going to have a mast year with our native oaks!!!
I’ll be collecting acorns from veteran and ancient trees around Liverpool later this year for anyone or nurseries who would like some and would like to get in touch 🌱❤️
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Rare sightings: In the South Gobi, WCS Mongolia is monitoring how wildlife uses crossing structures at a newly built railway. This is important to improve vital connectivity for these nomadic species.
Recently, they caught clips of a rare Eurasian lynx. 🌏
Recently, they caught clips of a rare Eurasian lynx. 🌏
June 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Rare sightings: In the South Gobi, WCS Mongolia is monitoring how wildlife uses crossing structures at a newly built railway. This is important to improve vital connectivity for these nomadic species.
Recently, they caught clips of a rare Eurasian lynx. 🌏
Recently, they caught clips of a rare Eurasian lynx. 🌏
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Wild About Gardens Workshop in #InsectWeek - Be a hoverfly hero!
Join me and experts from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), and Buzz Club as we dive into the fascinating world of hoverflies & how to help them- #WildAboutGardens events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44559f...
Join me and experts from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), and Buzz Club as we dive into the fascinating world of hoverflies & how to help them- #WildAboutGardens events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44559f...
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June 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wild About Gardens Workshop in #InsectWeek - Be a hoverfly hero!
Join me and experts from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), and Buzz Club as we dive into the fascinating world of hoverflies & how to help them- #WildAboutGardens events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44559f...
Join me and experts from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), and Buzz Club as we dive into the fascinating world of hoverflies & how to help them- #WildAboutGardens events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44559f...
Orange-tip caterpillars on garlic mustard and ladybird larvae munching blackfly @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social this week, lots of butterflies and damselflies out too!
May 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Orange-tip caterpillars on garlic mustard and ladybird larvae munching blackfly @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social this week, lots of butterflies and damselflies out too!
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The area with Bee Orchids that I spotted back in February and contacted the council about has been roped off to allow them a chance to flower. A quick count reveals a minimum of 129 spikes that look like they'll flower in the next couple of weeks.
May 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The area with Bee Orchids that I spotted back in February and contacted the council about has been roped off to allow them a chance to flower. A quick count reveals a minimum of 129 spikes that look like they'll flower in the next couple of weeks.
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Make something good come of the moronic felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, with the culprits now convicted.
The Woodland Trust is calling on Ministers to bring in new legislation so that important trees are listed for protection like historical buildings are:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Woodland Trust is calling on Ministers to bring in new legislation so that important trees are listed for protection like historical buildings are:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
May 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Make something good come of the moronic felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, with the culprits now convicted.
The Woodland Trust is calling on Ministers to bring in new legislation so that important trees are listed for protection like historical buildings are:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Woodland Trust is calling on Ministers to bring in new legislation so that important trees are listed for protection like historical buildings are:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Repeat after me: There’s no such thing as ‘weeds’.
Example no. 1: Dandelions.
In the U.K., they are native #wildflowers, that provide vital pollen and nectar sources for more than 170 species of insect!
#NoMowMay #WildflowerHour
Example no. 1: Dandelions.
In the U.K., they are native #wildflowers, that provide vital pollen and nectar sources for more than 170 species of insect!
#NoMowMay #WildflowerHour
May 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Repeat after me: There’s no such thing as ‘weeds’.
Example no. 1: Dandelions.
In the U.K., they are native #wildflowers, that provide vital pollen and nectar sources for more than 170 species of insect!
#NoMowMay #WildflowerHour
Example no. 1: Dandelions.
In the U.K., they are native #wildflowers, that provide vital pollen and nectar sources for more than 170 species of insect!
#NoMowMay #WildflowerHour
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One of the nice points that I often raise is that mosquitoes are not always problematic - although research is limited, many species now are highlighted as #pollinators
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
April 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
One of the nice points that I often raise is that mosquitoes are not always problematic - although research is limited, many species now are highlighted as #pollinators
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
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Dandelions. Not weeds but wildflowers, and vitally important at this time of year for all pollinators. Please don't kill your Dandelions, enjoy them, they are beautiful little blobs of sunshine.
April 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dandelions. Not weeds but wildflowers, and vitally important at this time of year for all pollinators. Please don't kill your Dandelions, enjoy them, they are beautiful little blobs of sunshine.
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Petition to end the Badger cull stands at 81,055
6 weeks to hit the 100k goal! Keep sharing and signing people!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
6 weeks to hit the 100k goal! Keep sharing and signing people!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.”
W...
petition.parliament.uk
April 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Petition to end the Badger cull stands at 81,055
6 weeks to hit the 100k goal! Keep sharing and signing people!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
6 weeks to hit the 100k goal! Keep sharing and signing people!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Wood Anenomies sparkling in undisturbed woodland.
Seeds of the Wood Anenome are rarely viable so they spread mostly through their rhizomes. A process that can take them one century for every single meter gained.
Seeds of the Wood Anenome are rarely viable so they spread mostly through their rhizomes. A process that can take them one century for every single meter gained.
April 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wood Anenomies sparkling in undisturbed woodland.
Seeds of the Wood Anenome are rarely viable so they spread mostly through their rhizomes. A process that can take them one century for every single meter gained.
Seeds of the Wood Anenome are rarely viable so they spread mostly through their rhizomes. A process that can take them one century for every single meter gained.
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Undersea rewilding initiative to restore a kelp forest in West Sussex is celebrating amazing results for marine biodiversity.
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kelp forest project in West Sussex having 'remarkable results'
The rewilding project off the West Sussex coast is celebrating its fourth anniversary.
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Undersea rewilding initiative to restore a kelp forest in West Sussex is celebrating amazing results for marine biodiversity.
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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IT’S THE BEST Season!
Beefly season is upon us folks #BeeflyWatch
Yesterday they were spotted at @kneppwilding.bsky.social Tomorrow, my garden 🤓
Please go spotting these little beauties & add your records to either dipterists.org.uk/bee-fly-watch or #IRecord
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Beefly season is upon us folks #BeeflyWatch
Yesterday they were spotted at @kneppwilding.bsky.social Tomorrow, my garden 🤓
Please go spotting these little beauties & add your records to either dipterists.org.uk/bee-fly-watch or #IRecord
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
IT’S THE BEST Season!
Beefly season is upon us folks #BeeflyWatch
Yesterday they were spotted at @kneppwilding.bsky.social Tomorrow, my garden 🤓
Please go spotting these little beauties & add your records to either dipterists.org.uk/bee-fly-watch or #IRecord
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Beefly season is upon us folks #BeeflyWatch
Yesterday they were spotted at @kneppwilding.bsky.social Tomorrow, my garden 🤓
Please go spotting these little beauties & add your records to either dipterists.org.uk/bee-fly-watch or #IRecord
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
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It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy
March 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy
Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy
Fabulous to see the Hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) enjoying the sunshine at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Fabulous to see the Hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) enjoying the sunshine at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
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Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that - as Bob Vickery found - bees prefer yellow!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Within-species floral evolution reveals convergence in adaptive walks during incipient pollinator shift - Nature Communications
During evolution, how adaptive walks cross fitness valleys remains unclear. This integrative study on monkeyflowers reveals that convergence in large steps (floral color and gene expression) drives a ...
www.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that - as Bob Vickery found - bees prefer yellow!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Residents of Brighton & Hove can now opt out of having their streets sprayed with weedkiller: find out more below. How about the rest of us, please....
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/rubbish-recy...
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/rubbish-recy...
Opt out scheme for weeds
Find out about the opt out scheme we're offering for weed treatment this year, and how to apply.
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Residents of Brighton & Hove can now opt out of having their streets sprayed with weedkiller: find out more below. How about the rest of us, please....
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/rubbish-recy...
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/rubbish-recy...
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Know a budding insect lover? Here's a new fund from @royentsoc.bsky.social and family of the great moth expert Douglas Boyes. For 14-18 year old persons who would benefit from funding to support their entomological interest? Please encourage them to apply www.royensoc.co.uk/douglas-boye...
Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society
The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access t...
www.royensoc.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Know a budding insect lover? Here's a new fund from @royentsoc.bsky.social and family of the great moth expert Douglas Boyes. For 14-18 year old persons who would benefit from funding to support their entomological interest? Please encourage them to apply www.royensoc.co.uk/douglas-boye...
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Unusual extrafloral nectaries in Pyrenacantha sp. (Icacinaceae, a small Old world family) #botany #plantscience #ants
March 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Unusual extrafloral nectaries in Pyrenacantha sp. (Icacinaceae, a small Old world family) #botany #plantscience #ants
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One of the coolest articles I've read lately, and testament to the creative lengths #conservationists will go to help #EndangeredSpecies: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #lichens #fungi #fungifriends #extinction #GoodNews #scicomm 🌿
Rare lichen brought back to East Anglia with help of bookbinding glue
Small patches of scrambled egg lichen moved from Cornwall to Breckland region, where it was last seen in 1994
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
One of the coolest articles I've read lately, and testament to the creative lengths #conservationists will go to help #EndangeredSpecies: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #lichens #fungi #fungifriends #extinction #GoodNews #scicomm 🌿
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Some welcome spring sunshine in Norwich today. Quick visit to Earlham Cemetery and spotted my first Anthophora plumipes of the year. Spent about half an hour watching at least four males whizzing about patrolling patches of Primrose flowers until one finally settled. #SolitaryBees #Bees
March 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Some welcome spring sunshine in Norwich today. Quick visit to Earlham Cemetery and spotted my first Anthophora plumipes of the year. Spent about half an hour watching at least four males whizzing about patrolling patches of Primrose flowers until one finally settled. #SolitaryBees #Bees
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We have been talking moths & butterflies for 2 days to an enthusiastic audience including a high percentage of children. It gives us confidence that future of the natural world is a positive one in their hands. We look forward to more conversations today. #NorwichSciFest
February 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We have been talking moths & butterflies for 2 days to an enthusiastic audience including a high percentage of children. It gives us confidence that future of the natural world is a positive one in their hands. We look forward to more conversations today. #NorwichSciFest
Fancy sharing the love for some of the best creatures on the planet? 🪱🪰
Come on people - cast your vote for the invertebrate of the year....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nominate your invertebrate species of the year
We’re asking readers from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our second Invertebrate of the Year competition
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Fancy sharing the love for some of the best creatures on the planet? 🪱🪰
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Come on people - cast your vote for the invertebrate of the year....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nominate your invertebrate species of the year
We’re asking readers from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our second Invertebrate of the Year competition
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Come on people - cast your vote for the invertebrate of the year....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...