Simon Leather 🔶🇪🇺
@EntoProf
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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
Interested in #MSc in #entomology, #forest protection, #conservation, #ecological #pest management, #agroecology, plant pathology, come to @HarperAdamsUni next PG Open Day
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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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Historical decrease in agricultural landscape diversity is associated with shifts in bumble bee species occurrence https://t.co/QVuJYdhTzg via @AFEntomology
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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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We’ve got to move away from promoting this fake unethical photography! This frog is posed with wire and then the wire is photoshopped out. @CanonUSAimaging please reconsider what you feature on your Instagram .
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This is false. The EU has no laws against issuing more visas.
The ability to issue more visas if and when our economy needs them is exactly what "taking back control" was about. Of course we should do it!
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Great choice
It is with both sadness and happiness that I pass the Presidents banner of the @amentsoc, after three wonderful years, to the amazing @thiswordistaken - excellent coleopterist, science communicator, and all round good egg 👍
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Days on the Claise: A Third of Species Threatened in Touraine
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The most difficult thing I have ever had to write – Insects – A Very Short Introduction https://t.co/VtWlAmAKSs via @Entoprof
simonleather.wordpress.com
The book! I have written a lot of papers (more than 220 according to Web of Science) and quite a few books, two real ones (Leather et al., 1993; Leather & Bland, 1996) and eight edited volumes,…
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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 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to receive my unseen cartoons: https://t.co/JNDhrYsbh7
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Cut It Out! Managing Southern Pine Beetle Infestations in a Changing Forest Environment https://t.co/f01hUnIAof via @EntsocAmerica
entomologytoday.org
A new guide reviews suppression methods for southern pine beetle, the most impactful pest of southern pines in the eastern U.S.
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The most difficult thing I have ever had to write – Insects – A Very Short Introduction https://t.co/IO01UnaHhL via @Entoprof
simonleather.wordpress.com
The book! I have written a lot of papers (more than 220 according to Web of Science) and quite a few books, two real ones (Leather et al., 1993; Leather & Bland, 1996) and eight edited volumes,…
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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). https://t.co/UnCOE9Bs9x
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The most difficult thing I have ever had to write – Insects – A Very Short Introduction
simonleather.wordpress.com
The book! I have written a lot of papers (more than 220 according to Web of Science) and quite a few books, two real ones (Leather et al., 1993; Leather & Bland, 1996) and eight edited volumes,…
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Days on the Claise: Millions of Spores and a Lacquered Cap
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The State of Integrated Pest Management for Spotted-Wing Drosophila https://t.co/sDZZ7ffKzj via @EntsocAmerica
entomologytoday.org
A decade of research has built a broad knowledge base—and promising future directions—for management of the invasive fruit fly spotted-wing drosophila.
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