Ecological entomologist - research/teaching in forest, agricultural, horticultural and urban environments - don't forget the roundabouts http://t.co/uDjFJhJ3
Edgmond, Shropshire
Joined November 2012
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Simon Leather 🔶🇪🇺 retweeted
Britain's got a few shortages just now. Brexit, you know. But all we need is to let the EU truck drivers back in, right? ...
#BrexitFuelShortages #BrexitReality #petrolpanic #EU
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No idea with this one! Obscure beetle or inconspicuous ladybird? If the latter, could it be Coccidula rufa? Found on Common Reed #ladybirds🧐
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🇬🇧 'If you can eat this sausage sandwich and drink the mug of tea, you've passed'
My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph
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I am recruiting a Master's student to work on a project on vertebrate surveys. Vertebrate surveys using DNA extracted from mosquitoes. Much like Jurassic Park, but for biodiversity conservation and extant animals. Please share, and email for more info: [email protected]. #UFbugs
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The most difficult thing I have ever had to write – Insects – A Very Short Introduction simonleather.wordpress.com/2… via @Entoprof
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Cereal Aphids data for 7-day period ending 17th September 2021. Overall, cereal aphid activity has continued to increase significantly from last week. The principal BYDV vectors Rhopalosiphum padi are above the annual weekly average 2017-2020 (252 v 1472).
eservices.afbini.gov.uk/aphi…
Simon Leather 🔶🇪🇺 retweeted
Fine words from our PM - in sharp contrast to his actions: opening new oil & gas fields, maybe a new coal mine, cutting taxes on flying, scrapping green homes grants etc. Hot air will certainly not save our planet.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58657887
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Would you like to support vital conservation research whilst enjoying the outdoors? Then join us in teaming up with @ERN_Intersections and taking part in #EuroBioBlitz2021! Simply make observations using @inaturalist from 24th-25th September. ernintersections.org/bioblit…
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This is like pulling teeth. How hard can it be to find four @UKLabour MP’s to sign an EDM with wide cross party support to stop the Prime Minister lying in Parliament. Just four is all we now need to hit 100. Come on, let’s get this done!
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-…
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Gall of the week is caused by the fungus Taphrina tosquinetii on alder , Alnus glutinosa. Photo by Roelef Jan Koops.
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Rapid conservation evidence for the impact of sheep grazing on a threatened digger wasp onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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I'm with my MRes class on an island that is only reachable by boat, where the bunkhouse has no electricity and there are no showers or hot water.
"Have you seen the balsamic vinegar?" My prof asks.
"We have balsamic vinegar??"
"We're biologists," he replies. "Not savages."
Simon Leather 🔶🇪🇺 retweeted
As ever, good sense from @MattEAShardlow and thanks to the Guardian reporter Helena Horton for going with @Buzz_dont_tweet wise words. So positive articles from the Independent & Guardian, and scaremongering garbage from The Sxx and Telegraph- who’d have thunk it.
Reports of a ‘plague’ of crane flies after a cool, damp summer are untrue – and the gangly insects are harmless - @Buzz_dont_tweet puts the record straight on recent anti-insect DLL stories theguardian.com/environment/…
@vickihird @CRStipula @flygirlNHM @guardianeco @B_Strawbridge
Simon Leather 🔶🇪🇺 retweeted
Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Science, Dr Nicky Hunter @Wildlifehunter, is retiring from Harper after 28 years of service. In the blog below, she looks back at her time at the university and the moments she will remember most fondly.
harper.ac.uk/nickyhunterreti…
Simon Leather 🔶🇪🇺 retweeted
Got my Master’s grades yesterday and now I can officially say I am MSc. in Agroecology with distinction from @HarperAdamsUni. I’m super happy and excited! – at South West, England
Simon Leather 🔶🇪🇺 retweeted
Short-term entomology curator job opportunity @Forest_Research in Farnham, UK.
#entomology #insects #job #careers #curation #collections #forest
royensoc.co.uk/news/2021-09-…
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"I believe Brexit is one of the saddest moments in 21st century European history... in fact, sometimes I am even furious about it."
- Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, 2018
Retweet if you agree.
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Striders, Skaters, Tailors, Water Spiders and Measurers too – Gerrid Names Around the World simonleather.wordpress.com/2… via @Entoprof
