350- entoLIVE webinar series are virtual talks exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates.
The first 5 webinars feature 5 invertebrate scientists and cover a varied range of subjects.
- Wriggling Into Recording: 10 Years of the National Earthworm Recording Scheme will feature Keiron Brown from the Earthworm Society of Britain and his work to improve our understanding of earthworm research biases, habitat preferences, ecology, behaviour and his current project to assess the conservation status of all British earthworm species.
- No Brain, No Problem? 20 Years of the National Jellyfish Survey will present the results of an army of jellyfish spotters and how the Marine Conservation Society is using this data to better understand our marine life.
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: The Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Insects will explore the work of Buglife's Craig Macadam to investigate how climate change may be impacting on his favourite group of invertebrates - mayflies.
- The Most Remarkable Migrants of All: The Fascinating World of Fly Migration will delve into the PhD of Will Hawkes (Exeter University) and blow your mind with the wonders of fly migration.
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Flying Squids: Their Life Story and Relationships With Each Other will look at the life histories of these majestic and commercially important marine invertebrates with Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez.
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Feb 02
Wriggling Into Recording: 10 Yrs of the National Earthworm Recording Scheme
Earthworms are widely-regarded as ecologically important and recognised as ecosystem engineers (i.e. responsible for creating the habitats in which they live). However, they remain hugely under-studied and we have little species-specific information on the 31 species that inhabit the British Isles. The National Earthworm Recording Scheme aims to address this knowledge gap. This free webinar will explore how earthworm researchers are using the 20,000+ earthworm records generated over the last 10 years to improve our understanding of the ecology, behaviour, populations, distributions and habitat associations of different species of earthworm, as well as a current project to assess the provisional conservation status of all British earthworm species.
Mar 13
The Most Remarkable Migrants of All: The Fascinating World of Fly Migration
1-4 billion hoverflies migrate into and out of southern Britain each year. Despite the fact that these migratory insects help control pest species (such as aphids) and provide important pollination ecosystem services, migratory flies do not receive anywhere close to the same attention within research as migratory vertebrates such as birds, whales and turtles. An Exeter University study on insect migration is addressing this knowledge gap.
Will Hawkes is an insect migration scientist from North Wales, based at the University of Exeter. He travels to insect migration hotspots around the world to study this most remarkable of natural phenomena.
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Feb 09
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Insects
Climate change is widely recognised as being one of the major long term threats to biodiversity. Freshwater ecosystems are particularly at risk from the impacts of climate change. This talk will explore the vulnerability of freshwater invertebrates to climate change, and what mitigation measures can be used to minimise the impacts on their populations.
As Conservation Director, Craig Macadam heads up the Conservation team at Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust. He leads on Buglife’s freshwater work and is particularly interested in developing conservation action for less well-known species and overlooked freshwater habitats. For the past decade Craig has been studying the Upland Summer Mayfly (Ameletus inopinatus) and the potential impacts of climate change on this montane species.
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Feb 06 No Brain, No Problem? 20 Years of the National Jellyfish Survey
Every year, as spring creeps in, jellyfish arrive around the UK coastline. Since 2003, the Marine Conservation Society, along with thousands of citizen scientists all around the country, has been taking a deeper dive into their movements and how they might influence UK turtle populations. 20 years on, we explore what the data can tell us about these weird and wonderful marine invertebrates.
Amy Pilsbury runs the national jellyfish survey at the Marine Conservation Society alongside Peter Richardson (Head of Ocean Recovery) and research partners from Plymouth and Exeter universities. Amy's background spans science communication and marine research, mostly surrounding micro/macroalgae and phytoplankton. With experience in both worlds, she now works as a citizen science professional to better connect people with science using engaging, interactive projects, like the National Jellyfish Survey.
Willow Emeralds in the Winter – Extending Dragonfly Recording To Every Season!
Ian Merrill (BDS County Dragonfly Recorder for Leicestershire with Rutland)
As BDS recorder for VC 55 (Leicestershire & Rutland), Ian Merrill will recount his personal experience of the colonisation of VC 55 by Willow Emerald Damselfly since 2019. The presentation will focus on the benefits of searching for evidence of the species during the winter months and the huge value which can be added to our knowledge of the spread of this often-elusive species by the adoption of this tactic. The richly illustrated talk will describe how best to focus winter recording efforts, exactly where best to search and, importantly, exactly what the clues of its presence look like in the field.
Mating Blue-tailed Damselflies by Erik Svensson
A common endosymbiotic bacterium led to reduced genetic diversity in the Common Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Junchen Deng (Lund University)
Population genetic diversity is closely linked with the ability of species to colonize new habitats. Although both abiotic and biotic factors can shape the genetic diversity of a population, the effects of biotic factors are often unexplored. One of these biotic factors could be Wolbachia, a common endosymbiotic bacterium found in >40% of insect species. Wolbachia can manipulate host reproduction in many ways and thus influence the genetic diversity of a population. Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans), or Common Bluetail, is a species expanding northward under global climate change. Although several studies have looked at the population genetics of I. elegans, no one has investigated Wolbachia and its potential effects on the genetic diversity of this damselfly species. In our study, we characterized Wolbachia diversity and genetic diversity of I. elegans populations across Europe by sequencing various Wolbachia and host genetic markers. Our results linked the reduction of genetic diversity of I. elegans populations to the infection of a Wolbachia strain. These findings provided an example of how endosymbiont infections can shape spatial variation in the genetic diversity of their host populations during range expansion.
Variable Damselflies by Keith Noble
Dragonflies of Llangorse Lake
Keith Noble (County Dragonfly Recorder for Breconshire)
Llangorse Lake is the largest natural water body in south/mid-Wales and is important for a wide range of wildlife. In recent years the number of dragonfly species has increased and this summer the Lake was recognised as a Dragonfly Hotspot, with good support from local organisations and the community. I shall illustrate the talk with my own photographs.
Reshaping the Coastline for our Future
Alys Laver, Steart Marshes Site Manager
The history of the site’s creation, changes as it’s developed, the management, and how WWT uses it as a site of inspiration for wetland creation.
Biological control of Floating pennywort using the South American weevil, Listronotus elongatus
Djami Djeddour, senior research scientist, CABI
Floating pennywort, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, is an invasive non-native plant that can dominate still and slow-flowing water bodies. Since its establishment in the wild in the late 1980s, the plant has spread rapidly throughout England and has the potential to out-compete native plants and reduce oxygen levels by forming dense mats, which can also exacerbate flood risk. With restrictions on chemical use near water, management tends to largely rely on sustained and labour intensive mechanical and manual clearance which can exacerbate spread if the plant is fragmented. Costs linked to its management and impacts on tourism and recreational activities are estimated to exceed £25.5 million per year. Furthermore, adverse effects on biodiversity and habitats, through degradation of important wetland ecosystems and competition with native species make this one of the most damaging aquatic invaders in the country. In 2010, CABI was commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to investigate the potential of biocontrol for floating pennywort. Over a decade of research into the suitability and safety of a suite of natural enemies from its centre of origin in South America culminated in the prioritisation of a weevil, Listronotus elongatus. This insect was approved for release into the environment in late 2021. This presentation will review the project history and provide an update on progress to date.
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entoL!VE is coming!
27/10/2022
The entoLIVE webinar series is an upcoming programme of virtual talks exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates.
All events are free to attend and are suitable for adults of all abilities – a passion for invertebrates is all that’s required!
The first round of talks is listed below.
You can find full details on the entoL!VE website.
https://biologicalrecording.co.uk/entolive/
The entoLIVE webinar series is an upcoming programme of virtual talks exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates.
All events are free to attend and are suitable for adults of all abilities – a passion for invertebrates is all that’s required!
Season 1 of entoLIVE will take place during February to May of 2023 and will consist of 20 invertebrate science webinars. The programme is finalised and all webinars are now open for bookings. you can see the full programme on our entoLIVE Season 1 webpage.
We’ll cover invertebrate subjects across all environments, including:
- terrestrial – e.g. the impact of honeybees on wild bee foraging habitat availability in London.
- freshwater – e.g. the impact of climate change on mayflies.
- marine – e.g. the life history of flying squids.
We’ll also look a wide taxonomic range of subjects, including annelids, molluscs, crustaceans, jellyfish and a whole range of insect groups!
And don’t miss out on our cross-taxa talks on museum collections and genome sequencing!
The entoLIVE webinar series is an upcoming programme of virtual talks exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates.
All events are free to attend and are suitable for adults of all abilities – a passion for invertebrates is all that’s required!
The first round of talks is listed below.
You can find full details on the entoL!VE website.
| Date | Title | Speaker |
| 02/02/23 | Wriggling Into Recording: 10 Years of the National Earthworm Recording Scheme | Keiron Brown |
| 06/02/23 | No Brain, No Problem? 20 Years of the National Jellyfish Survey | Amy Pilsbury |
| 09/02/23 | Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: The Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Insects | Craig Macadam |
| 13/03/23 | The Most Remarkable Migrants of All: The Fascinating World of Fly Migration | Will Hawkes |
| 16/03/23 | Flying Squids: Their Life Story and Relationships With Each Other | Fernando Á. Fernández-Álvarez |
| 20/03/23 | Hop of Hope: Restoring the Large Marsh Grasshopper Through Citizen Keepers | Citizen Zoo |
| 23/03/23 | The Pine Hoverfly: Bringing Them Back From The Brink Of Extinction | Dr Helen Taylor |
| 27/03/23 | Streams To Spiders: How Aquatic Insects Interconnect Our Ecosystems | Liam Nash |
| 30/03/23 | Weird But Wonderful World of Worms: Tales From The Museum Collections | Emma Sherlock |
| 03/04/23 | Celebrating Ladybirds: Developing Our Knowledge Through Citizen Science | Helen Roy |
| 06/04/23 | Crawfish: Trending in South-west Britain | Dr Angus Jackson |
| 13/04/23 | Unlocking Invertebrate Genomes: How & Why Are Scientists Trying To Sequence Every Species? | Dr Liam Crowley |
| 17/04/23 | The London Bee Situation: How Sustainable Is Beekeeping in London? | Mark Patterson |
| 24/04/23 | Slipping Under the Radar: Recording Slugs in British Gardens | Imogen Cavadino |
| 27/04/23 | DragonflyWatch: The National Dragonfly Recording Scheme | Eleanor Clover |
| 04/05/23 | Big Wasp Survey: Investigating Social Wasp Populations Through Citizen Science | Prof. Seirian Sumner |
| 11/05/23 | Restoration, Rearing & Reintroductions: Saving the Freshwater Pearl Mussel | Dr Louise Lavictoire |
| 15/05/23 | The Marine Mollusc Recording Scheme: Discoveries from the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland | Simon Taylor |
| 18/05/23 | Bees, Flowers & Pesticides: Using The National Honey Monitoring Scheme to Understand the Risks Posed to Bees in Farmlands | Ben Woodcock |
| 25/05/23 | Bumblebees & Their Differing Habitats: How a Decade of Citizen Science Has Increased Our Knowledge | Dr Penelope Whitehorn |
You can find full details on the entoL!VE website.
350- entoLIVE webinar series are virtual talks exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates.
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You can find full details on the entoL!VE website.
https://ebb.nhgl.nl/home Euregionale Botanische Bijeenkomst
De Euregio Maas-Rijn is een gebied met allerlei verschillende bodems, landschappen en milieu´s. Deze variëren van kalkrijk tot zuur, van droog tot nat, van zandgrond tot klei en van hoog tot laag. De rijkdom aan planten in zo´n beperkt gebied is hierdoor aanzienlijk.
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349- British Dragonfly Symposium, This event is free
350- entoLIVE webinar series are virtual talks exploring the science of insects and other invertebrates.
