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🦗 Genomics can help insect farmers avoid pitfalls of domestication
https://theconversation.com/genomics-can-help-insect-farmers-avoid-pitfalls-of-domestication-261357

Genomics can help insect farmers avoid pitfalls of domestication
Considering how easily bird flu swept through chicken farms, it’s clear that domestication has downsides. Lessons from the past paired with modern genomic technology can help with farming insects.

Spotted this tiny praying mantis peeping in our window. I think just under 2 centimeters long. I tried to get my index finger in for scale.
#prayingmantis #Insects #WildLife

"Bees have some ways to cope with a warming Earth, but researchers fear for their future"
#Bees #Insects

Bees have some ways to cope with a warming Earth, but researchers fear for their future
WILLIAMSPORT, Ohio (AP) — As global temperatures rise under climate change, the bees responsible for pollinating many crops are under increasing stress and scientists are trying to understand how they are affected. It’s an important question because the bees are critical to the fruit, vegetables, nuts and other foods that humans need. Scientists have found […]

"Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them"
#Insects #Gardning

grasshopper chilling in the sun
#photography #insects #grasshopper #bloomScrolling

Gorgeous freshly emerged peacock butterfly in the garden just now
#UKButterflies #insects #Nature

And ... some more #insects from the eastern #Sauerland, this time from the Blütengarten - #Bruchhausen Sunday. A paradise for insect photographers, even if you have only a simple smartphone at hand.

🐛 What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match its ideal diet
#insects

What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match its ideal diet
Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts of the ideal foods. A new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that what bumble bees choose to eat may not line up with their ideal nutritional needs.

"‘Magical’: butterfly sightings across the UK this summer"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #Insects

More #insects from that crowded common #hogweed (I think) in the German #Sauerland. IDing all the bugs will take time (and a larger screen, am on travel with just a cellphone).

Small copper butterfly obligingly perched yesterday
#UKButterflies #insects #Nature

"Climate-fuelled El Niño events are devastating butterflies, beetles and other tropical insect"
#Insects #Butterflies #Climate

Climate-fuelled El Niño events are devastating butterflies, beetles and other tropical insects
The research suggests the life-support system underpinning the tropics is at serious risk in a warmer world.

More #insects, this time with just a smartphone while hiking in the eastern #Hochsauerlandkreis in the #Sauerland near the small Silbersee - enormous traffic on just one plant.

more green grasshopper
#photography #bloomScrolling #insects #grasshopper

Want more #insectsofmastodon? Some more pictures of #insects on our balcony in #Bochum, Germany, seen yesterday during further experiments with macro gear.

"Violinist composes music from moth flight data to highlight insect decline"
#Music #Insects #Animals

Violinist composes music from moth flight data to highlight insect decline
Music and science collide in Moth x Human, a new composition by violinist Ellie Wilson that transforms moth flight data into a haunting tribute to these overlooked pollinators

Early experiments in catching #hoverflies in flight ... dunno why the wings are completely blurred in one picture but very sharp in the other, both were at 1/500 second with the flash fired. Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ300 with macro lens. #insectsofmastodon #insects

Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death
#insects

Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death - Energy Vanguard
The Mosquito Bucket of Death is a safe and environmentally sound way to rid your yard of mosquitoes. Here's how you make them.

"Gardeners urged to collaborate to help moths and hover flies thrive in cities"
#Insects #Moths #Gardens

Upside down butterfly in someone's front garden in collegetown
#photo #photography #insects #bugs

"Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #Insects

Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025
Following on from ‘the year without a butterfly’, 2025 has seen sightings soar in the UK and across Europe.

"Britons urged to count butterfly numbers amid hopes of ‘outstanding’ summers"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #Insects

my flowers bring all the bugs to the yard
#photography #bloomScrolling #insects #bugs

Bug crawls on the disc of a daisy family flower
#photo #photography #flowers #insects

"Butterflywatch: British populations thrive thanks to record sunny spring"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #Insects

"Scientists embark on crucial study to save Britain's bees"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Bees #Insects

Scientists embark on crucial study to save Britain's bees