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Bob Brown

@dr-bob-brown.bsky.social

76 followers 102 following 5 posts

Biologist mostly working with natural enemies of social wasps. Based in Canterbury New Zealand.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

One year ago.

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Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Here is a third instar Volucella inanis larva emerging from gyne comb in a Vespula vulgaris nest! You’re welcome!

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Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Here is a first person view (fpv?) of the first stages of collecting a pretty frisky German wasp nest from yesterday.

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Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

German and common wasps are still after protein here in Silwood Park! @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social

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Mike Lush 🐜🪲🪰🐝 @sifolinia.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands

DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking

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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

What do wasps eat? First molecular data for native zone Vespula Yellowjackets. So happy to see this out, finally! Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Does anyone in the South of England have a wasp nest in their garden they would wish removed anytime in the next five weeks? This research led by Dr Bob Brown @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social, is helping with control of invasive wasps in New Zealand.

Entomologist, wearing protective clothing, excavates the nest of a social wasp.

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