David Stanford-Beale
@Thripidave
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R&D @ Flybox . Black Soldierfly & revolutionizing insect farming is my job. Entomology PhD. Thrips researcher at heart.
Peters Green, Luton
Joined March 2013
Looks like the farmers are taking things very seriously. Forget bringing your wellies, body armour might be more appropriate.
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Come and study a fully funded MRes in Entomology and Agroecology with us @HarperAdamsUni - Please share, repost and send on to any prospective students. Application deadline 2nd September.
! Funded MRes opportunity ! "The Biodiversity Impacts of an Autonomous Robotic Polyculture Strip Cropping System" Please repost, share, and let any potential students know! Application deadline 2nd September https://t.co/fPOcb3uHuz
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English version of my website on plant damage caused by #thrips is published. Largest collection of damage patterns assigned to specific thrips! ☺️ https://t.co/Y23IDv47cY Note: I am not a nativespeaker. If you find any typos, mistakes or strange expressions, please let me know!
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Some giant thrips (>10 mm?) from Papua New Guinea. I had no idea they could grow that large!
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📍🪲 Yes, we are happy to announce that pins with nylon heads are now available @ecologysupplies! 🪲📍 📌 Known for their quality and durability, these pins are made in the Czech Republic and come in stainless steel or black enamel and in various sizes📌
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Very #proud of my mother who today receives an MBE at Windsor for her ongoing work at @autismberkshire after many years.
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The fact this got into press makes me realise I spend far too long umming and erring in caution before going for publication. There are absolutely wild theoretical errors here.
Nature research paper: Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution
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We had a special visitor studying special creatures… lice that live on sea lions 🦭 Yes that’s right! Our historical slide collection is invaluable to our understanding of ecological interactions. This group of lice (Echinophthiriids) are the only true marine insects!
@NHM_London @MCZHarvard Mi visita a la colección de Entomología del Museo fue para revisar el material depositado de 3 de las especies, tomar fotos y analizar características morfológicas para combinar morfometría, molecular y taxonomía clásica y resolver la cuestión
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Making great progress with slides today and just mounted a beautiful Neurothrips apache from Utah. A stunning species from a stunning place!
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Fingers very crossed after a fun interview process. Very hopeful for a win.
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At the NHM today going through some comparisons for the material we collected in Utah and the Midwest. Can’t wait to get confirmation of a few more species.
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I've only just been introduced to the new @NHM_London logo. Who signed off on this and how much did it cost? Looks like something knocked up on illustrator in 5 mins, and even less time spent considering if it was a good idea. 🤢🤮
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$30 a month to play a VTT? GMs you now have a baseline to charge your players $15 a month to play on a different VTT or even in meatspace. $5 discount if they own a PHB $5 off if they know their character's spells/abilities. $5 off if they're on time. Make lemonade outta this
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Has anyone looked for Rafflesia thrips? That would be a very fun distribution study.
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Excited to be giving a lecture today at Bucks New University. Always fun to get students enthusiastic to play and learn with bugs and grubs! 🐜🔬🪲🪰🪳🦟
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“Metabarcoding is magic, but you have to play by the rules and now we know the rules” great talk by @JordanCuff and these papers are on my “must read” list. https://t.co/OcuiyC9qrI
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The construction of increasingly detailed species interaction networks is extending the potential applications of network ecology, providing an opportunity to understand complex eco-evolutionary i...
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🐜🔬🥼🥽Need a postdoc or researcher with experience in evolution, ecology, fieldwork, phylogenetics, taxonomy, HPC computing, R, mitochondrial genomics, general genomics? I’m your guy. Reach out via twitter or say hello at #Ento22
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