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

"Well-managed solar farms could help boost declining bumblebee populations in the UK, new study finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower

Could the UK’s solar farms provide a refuge for bumblebees?
Solar farms could provide a habitat for bumblebees, study shows.

"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.

🦗 Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds
#insects

Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that insect populations are rapidly declining even in relatively undisturbed landscapes, raising concerns about the health of ecosystems that depend on them.

Was able to get up close for a pic of this fine looking katydid.
#Insects

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

🦗 Organic Edible Insects --- What Would It Take?
#insects #food

"As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours"
#Butterflies #Insects #Environment

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.

"Scientists to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in nitrogen"
#Butterflies #Insects #Animals

🐝 Hidden honey bee viruses alter flight distance and speed in different ways
#insects

Hidden honey bee viruses alter flight distance and speed in different ways
Montana State University-led research finds that bees with deformed wing virus flew shorter distances, whereas bees with sacbrood virus flew greater distances at higher speeds.

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

"Top 10 most-sighted butterflies in 2025’s Big Butterfly Count – in pictures"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #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.

"Wild bees visit different flowers to balance diet, study shows"
#Bees #Insects
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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.

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

"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 […]

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

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

"Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025"
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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