We had a brilliant time @CambsCountyDay last week, presenting the work of 🦋🐛 researchers @esme_ashe @MatthewPHayes @Andrew_Bladon with @wildlifebcn #BankingOnButterflies & @Evie_Crouch #ButterfliesThroughTime with @EsmeeFairbairn! Thank you to @CambridgeZero for hosting us!

Our 🦋🐛 researchers had a wonderful day at @wildlifebcn Pegsdon on the weekend talking about the #BankingOnButterflies project! Thanks to @Andrew_Bladon @MatthewPHayes @esme_ashe @omylouse! And to @Evie_Crouch for the beautiful poster! 🎨

Thank you to @MatthewPHayes for a fascinating first talk in the #ButterfliesThroughTime series + to @Evie_Crouch for chairing the session! If you missed it, it will be available on @ZoologyMuseum's YouTube channel soon. Don't forget to sign up for the rest of the talks!

📣New blog post alert!📣 This month, PhD student @_JakeStone_ tells us all about his three-month @BBSRC placement with @wildlifebcn, which he spent creating a habitat-based data set for reserves! zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…

Group members @MatthewPHayes, @esme_ashe, @Andrew_Bladon (📸 credit) & @EdgarCTurner have a new paper out on the Duke of Burgundy butterfly 🦋🐛 Read the #OpenAccess paper here: link.springer.com/article/10… And Matt’s helpful summary on our blog here: zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…

Did you know that the Small Heath butterfly is in decline? Read all about @matthewlewis896 research on this charming, charismatic species, and why he thinks we have a moral duty to conserve it. zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group… 📸 @matthewlewis896

Did you know the word ‘Lepidoptera’ comes from the Greek words for ’scale’ and ‘wing’? 🦋 Read our new blog by MPhil student Tate Lavitt to discover even more reasons why studying insects is fascinating 👇 zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…

Did you know that museum insect collections are helping us understand the effects of climate + land-use change? Read all about the research of @Biologybethan at @ZoologyMuseum 🦋 #MuseumFromHome zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/group…

Astonishing transformation of @Kings_College wildlife meadow! MPhil student @Biologybethan took the first photo on the 13th May and the second yesterday 😮 This will be supporting lots of insects and it looks absolutely beautiful 🐝🕷🐞 Well done King’s! 👏🏻 #WildlifeFromHome

I hope you enjoyed my takeover today and keep on following @InsectGroup for more about the fascinating world of insects! #InsectTakeover @EdgarCTurner

With the lockdown, I’m doing my @Cambridge_Uni teaching and lecturing from home. Luckily, I have some wonderful props to work with, such as this tray of UK butterflies on loan from @ZoologyMuseum #WorkingfromHome #InsectTakeover @EdgarCTurner

#insects and other minibeasts are a great way of engaging children with the natural world. After all, they are found everywhere! Here is some of the #biodiversity my four-year-old son and I have just found in our garden! #WildlifeFromHome #InsectTakeover @EdgarCTurner

A bright orange, orange tip butterfly egg in my garden. #WildlifeFromHome #InsectTakeover @EdgarCTurner

Lots of butterfly action in the garden this weekend – here is a female orange tip laying eggs on one of my garlic mustard plants! #WildlifeFromHome #InsectTakeover @EdgarCTurner