Edinburgh Entomology

*Reminder* - today at 5pm our speaker Craig Macadam @bugsymac1 (Buglife) will be presenting “The Mortons: Scotland's insect collecting couple”. This will be an online meeting held on zoom, please email edinburghentomologicalclub@gmail.com to join!

⚠️Please note the date of our next talk has changed to 5pm on Wednesday 26th February 2025.   Our speaker will be Sally Morris (Buglife) presenting “The Hunt for Oil Beetles in Scotland”. This will be held online on Zoom, email edinburghentomologicalclub@gmail.com

Our talk will be at 5pm on Wednesday 19th February 2025.   Our speaker will be Sally Morris (Buglife) presenting “The Hunt for Oil Beetles in Scotland”. This will be held online via Zoom, please email edinburghentimologicalclub@gmail.com to join

Our next talk will be at 5pm on Wednesday 11th December 2024.   Our speaker will be Dr Katty Baird (Butterfly Conservation) presenting a talk on “Underground adventures - In search of moths”. This will be held on Zoom, please email EdinburghEntomologicalClub@gmail.com to join

Our next talk will be tomorrow (weds 20th November) at 5pm. This week, Ashleigh Whiffin (Curator of Entomology at National Museums Scotland), will highlight the scientific value of insect collections and explain why insects are still collected for research (1/2)

Join us for the first talk of the season at 5pm on Weds 16th October! Our speaker Andy Jarman (BWARS) will be presenting “ An introduction to the ants of Scotland, including the recent discovery of an alpine species living in the heart of Edinburgh”.

The next Edinburgh Entomological Club talk will be at 5pm on Wednesday 17/4/24. Anthony McCluskey @anthonymcc85 from Butterfly Conservation Scotland will be presenting a talk on “Solitary bees: where to start?”. Please email edinburghentomologicalclub@gmail.com to join via Zoom

Our next talk will be on the 17th April by Anthony McCluskey (@anthonymcc85) titled Solitary bees: Where to start? It will take place at 5pm over Zoom - save the date! #bees #entomology #scicomm

Unfortunately the next EEC meeting and talk, due to be on Wednesday 21st February, is cancelled due to the scheduled speaker being ill. We hope you can join us for the next talk on 20th March 2024 (see the below programme for details) We look forward to seeing you soon.

Don’t forget to join us TODAY at 5pm to hear our speaker speaker Kyle Miller from Forest Research who will deliver a talk on: “Oak Processionary moth: the pest, the problem, the solution”. To attend on zoom, email EdinburghEntomologicalClub@gmail.com 🐛🦋

Don’t forget to tune in via Zoom tomorrow (Wednesday 13th) to hear Jacob Podesta from University of York, who will deliver a talk on: “Wood #ants in plantation #forests: unpicking a two-way interaction” 🐜 Please email edinburghentomologicalclub@gmail.com to join! #entomology