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Madeleine Fabušová

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PhD researcher at Newcastle University to try and understand how we can mitigate the impacts of light pollution! 💡🦋 keen moth-er, naturalist and trainee bird ringer:) 📍North East, UK (mostly) 🐜Editor-In-Chief of @entobitescomms.bsky.social

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In the last 120 years, we have lost over 50 species of native moths, and suspect many others are now at risk of extinction 🔴 This autumn, we're taking on a ‘moth-umental’ task to create the first-ever Red List for Britain’s macro-moths, and we need your help 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moths-matter
A large orange-brown moth with leaf-shaped wings and a long snout, resting on a dead plant stem
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🍄‍🟫💻 Explore UKCEH’s new Fungi Explorer, an interactive tool revealing the hidden world of soil fungi across Great Britain using DNA data from 1,000+ Countryside Survey soil samples. Search species, map distributions, or match your own DNA sequences. connect-apps.ceh.ac.uk/fungal-explo…
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A few months later and lots more boxes installed. Help us map where swifts are, and see where the boxes already are, below! www.durhamwt.com/swifts-map
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Great North Run 2026! Yesterday I completed my first official half-marathon and raised over £300 for @savebutterflies.bsky.social 🦋 Huge thanks to everyone who donated! Now onto more PhD work to learn about our wonderful Lepidoptera!
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Rona Learmonth @rona-learmonth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New preprint! 🐛 doi.org/10.64898/202... We experimentally reared winter moths to show how plasticity to temperature affects phenology not just directly, but through carry-over effects across life stages With Lea Beaupere, @ellafcole.bsky.social @andreaestandia.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
Schematic of cross-temperature rearing experiment. For a single female’s clutch, eggs are split into sub-clutches in hot, warm, mean, cool and ambient treatments (labelled and illustrated by box colour) for hatching and rearing to pupation. The timing of individual pupation is recorded, and each pupa reassigned across the temperature treatments. This reassignment is shown for the cool treatment only. After adult emergence, individuals were mated within matching early- and late-life treatment combinations, and their clutches re-split between mean and hot treatments only. Again, the reassignment is shown for the cool treatment only. Ambient treatments shown here below the dashed line were not used in full analyses as their temperature regimes are more variable and so not comparable to experimental temperatures. Sample sizes for each life stage are therefore given only for the four experimental treatments included in full analyses.Late-instar winter moth caterpillar on oak leaf
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Learning how to count big flocks and all about WeBS with @btobirds.bsky.social , whilst sewing bags for our ringing efforts is an evening well spent! What a wonderful course and you you still have a chance to join too: www.bto.org/our-work/tra...
Picture shows a sewing machine and a laptop screen with course content for a course about counting birds.
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Laura Sharp @laurasharp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you're at the RES's #Ento26 conference in Cardiff this week and you'd like to hear how muirburn shapes moorland moth assemblages, or if you'd just like to see some lovely moths 🦋🐛 do come along to the Methods, Management & Monitoring session at 11am on Wednesday! #TeamMoth #Bugsky
Trap in the Cairngorms National ParkMale Emperor mothBrindled Beauty mothNorthern Eggar moth
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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BehaveAI can now measure orientation. So now you can work out the behaviour of your animal in each frame as well as its direction - e.g. tells you which way animals are pointing or whether they're turning. Video guide: youtu.be/FgmtHoardWg Install: github.com/troscianko/B...
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Network Ecology Group - Newcastle University @nclneg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NEW PREPRINT: The short-term effects of wildfire on heathland bird communities: a case study at Killarney National Park, Ireland' led by Tom Howells: doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
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The short-term effects of wildfire on heathland bird communities: a case study at Killarney National Park, Ireland
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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Delighted this huge team effort is out! By surveying >20,000 people from >100 countries, we used to butterflies to show that aesthetic biases distort scientific research & environmental policy. Understanding this bias is a key step towards more balanced decision-making 🦋 www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Ben Hawthorne @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We have finally launched our @royentsoc.bsky.social funded EDI project called ‘What is an Entomologist?’, to platform the diverse people who study insects and arthropods 🕷️🦗🐞🐝🪲🦋🐜 Consider yourself an entomologist? You can contribute too by submitting a bio on the website: what-is-an-entomologist.uk
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What is an Entomologist?
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Laura Sharp @laurasharp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Further good news after Dark Bordered Beauty was rediscovered in Northumberland. This morning I confirmed a new site for the species in Scotland. Last year I was surprised to find a single male in one of my traps, but we thought it could be a wanderer. Last night, I found 2 more males! #TeamMoth
A potted male Dark Bordered Beauty mothA male Dark Bordered Beauty moth sits amongst the heatherA moth trap surrounded by heather
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Rare moth makes a comeback after more than 70 years! For decades, the only site where the Dark Bordered Beauty could be found in England was Strensall Common in Yorkshire. Now a second population has been rediscovered at the National Trust's Wallington estate, providing new hope for the species.
A Dark Bordered Beauty moth, with yellow and brown patterned wings, resting on a green leaf amongst grass
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later... Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar
A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king"A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround itThe sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the backgroundA shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's the final weekend to get out for the #BigButterflyCount and help take nature's pulse 🦋 You don't need to be an expert to make a big difference for butterflies and moths. All you need is 15 mins, a spot of sunshine and patience! 👉 butrfli.es/3SVFepj Where will you be doing yours?
Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide for England with photos of each speciesButterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide in Welsh with photos of each speciesButterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide for Scotland with photos of each speciesButterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count identification guide in Irish with photos of each species
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New month, new butterflies and moths to look out for in your gardens and local green spaces! 🦋🌻 See how many you can spot in the Big Butterfly Count, running until 9 August 👉 butrfli.es/3SVFepj
Butterfly Conservation's Butterflies and Moths to see in August: Gatekeeper, Jersey Tiger moth, Large White, Green Carpet, Clouded Yellow, Red Underwing, White-letter Hairstreak, Magpie moth, Small Copper
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EntoBites @entobitescomms.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ever wondered what it's like to attend a scientific conference? Read our newest blog to learn about Caspian's experience of the @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Forum. #Entomology #Conference entobites.blog/2026/07/28/b...
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Blog: RES Student Forum
What Actually Happens at a Scientific Conference?  Growing up, the year was split into two seasons. During the cooler months of the year my dad, who works in horticulture, was usually home. However…
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In September, I’ll be running the Great North Run in aid of @savebutterflies.bsky.social . If you are able to, I would love if you could help me support BC at: ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/madeleine... 🦋 More on my why below! 1/
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Hi and thank you for visiting my page! 🦋 This September, I'm going to be running the Great North Run, a half-marathon set in Newcastle upon Tyne and my first official half-marathon. I've decided to f
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Big Butterfly Count 2026 is here and butterflies need our help! 🦋 From now until 9 August, spend just 15 minutes outside counting the butterflies you see and help us take nature's pulse. The best part? Anyone, anywhere can take part. Count yourself in 👉 butrfli.es/3SVFepj
Close-up of a Peacock butterfly feeding on purple buddleia flowers against a light pink and purple background. Large text at the top reads "Count me in". Logo for Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count at the bottom. Image by Gundula Vogal
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IUCN SSC Butterfly & Moth Specialist Group @iucnbutterflysg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📣EUROPEAN RED LIST OF MOTHS PUBLISHED!📣 A m(amm)oth task - huge congratulations to the team! Spoiler: >3000 species assessed at the European level, 704 of them endemic. Ca. 25% are listed as Data Deficient & 11% threatened with extinction. op.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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Catalan Butterfly Monitoring Scheme @catalanbms.org · 15/07/2026
🦋 The International Symposium Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies and Moths (ECBM 2027) is officially open! 🌍 Join the international butterfly and moth conservation community 📅 6–10 April 2027 📍 Girona, Spain
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Lovely Six-spot Burnets today and my first time seeing their chrysalis! Some wasted no time and mated straight away! #mothsmatter #teammoth
Pair of six spot burnet moths (dark diurnal moths with red spots)A chrysalis with a background of wildflowers Pair of six-spot burnets mating on a chrysalis Empty chrysalis
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In May, thanks to the Diarsia award from @savebutterflies.bsky.social, I had the pleasure of spending time in Cumbria, sampling for Lepidoptera larvae in gorgeous hedgerows to learn about light pollution mitigations. You can read more here: butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/sci....
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The wonderful editors and writers at EntoBites have been working on some amazing articles, and you don't want to miss them! Check out newest entomological science through easy to read articles at entobites.blog! @entobitescomms.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
When I started my PhD, I imagined I would do a lot of different things. But planting hundreds of plants wasn't on the list! Exciting experiments pending...🦋
White tray with orange pots being filled with soil.Many orange pots in white trays on a green background filled with soil.
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.
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Anupama Manel @manel-a-pama.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Stronger punishments get better results? Not for this hawkmoth 👀🚫 Check out our new paper where we link sensory ecology to colour discrimination learning in an insect pollinator. Shout out to co-authors @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social and @jjfosterlab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) @aria-research.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Introducing Mast-EER: a new Masters by Research at @exeter.ac.uk funded through our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space to develop interdisciplinary ecosystem researchers of the future. Apply by 31 July for a September start: ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/ma…
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Mast-EER Cohort | Ecology and Conservation | University of Exeter
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Final week to apply for our FREE Young Leaders Course➡️ www.bto.org/young-le... This residential course is for young people aged 18–25 who want to make a difference for the natural world & for people. 🌳🐦 📆 Monday 27 to Friday 31 July 2026. 📍 Cameron’s Cottage, Hampshire. 📝 Deadline: 22 June
A group of young people are gathered together outside and are looking through binoculars into the distance. Wording below reads: BTO Youth. Young Leaders Course. Applications Close Soon!
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Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to give an entoLIVE talk for the @biologicalrecording.co.uk, over 600 people signed up to listen to me talk about my work on commensalisms, their ecological importance, and how Flower Crab spiders fit into it all. biologicalrecording.co.uk/2026/06/02/f...
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Friend, Foe, or Freeloader? The Flower Crab Spider
The Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) is a camouflage expert when it comes to hiding out on flower heads to capture prey. In this talk, Rose will introduce the ecology of these spiders, why it is…
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BTO Scotland @btoscotland.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
An amazing find in Perthshire- an adult Robin repeatedly feeding a recently-fledged Dipper! Interspecific feeding is recorded from time-to-time, but it's rare and a phenomenal thing to witness first-hand. Huge thanks to James Clements for reporting it. #BirdingScotland
Adult Robin feeding a fledgling Dipper. Perthshire, 3/6/26Adult Robin feeding a fledgling Dipper. Perthshire, 3/6/26Adult Robin feeding a fledgling Dipper. Perthshire, 3/6/26. 
Check out the Dipper's nictitating membrane (over the eye)Adult Robin feeding a fledgling Dipper. Perthshire, 3/6/26
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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 03/06/2026
We're pleased to announce that our Outreach and Engagement Grant Scheme is now open to RSB members for applications! This grant is exclusively for funding of up to £1,000 to run a #CitizenScience survey, event, or activity. 📆 Apply by 6 July 2026 Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/oe-grants.html
Three hands gently holding leaves. Text says apply for a citizen science project grant, applications close on 6 July 2026
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EntoBites @entobitescomms.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The relationships between insects and plants can be complicated and messy. Find out about how some plants lure ants into a mutualistic relationship, but with a catch... 🐜🌿 #ChemicalEcology #Entomology #Insects #Science Read our latest article by Molly Walker here: entobites.blog/2026/06/04/a...
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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨We're hiring again, this time for a research assistant position 🚨 The position is to help with a project looking at learning and social behaviour in birds along an urban gradient Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆28th June deadline More info: shorturl.at/vBxiW #ringing #fieldwork
Great tit standing on a branch. 
Photo credit: Alizée Vernouillet
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Tom Timberlake @tomtimberlake.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Pollinators matter for human health!🐝 Our new @nature.com paper traces links from wild pollinators>crops>nutrient intake & income of families in rural Nepal—showing how pollinator declines threaten health & livelihoods, but also how farmers can help manage these risks doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎 @grahancock.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New paper out now! Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades
By mimicking the warning colours of animals that ward off birds, we can produce wind turbine patterns to which birds are averse, reducing the likelihood of
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Sophie Harris @sophiesww.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This morning I was interviewed on BBC Radio Gloucestershire and Newcastle on the BGB regarding the new guidance on birdfeeding and my favourite places to bird in the North East! You can listen on BBC sounds from 7am on Glocs and 8:20 on Newcastle 🐦‍⬛🪿🦆🦉
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Laura Sharp @laurasharp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It's #MothFaceFriday which means it's time for one of the cutest moth faces there is... The ewoch-mimicking Yellow Horned 🥹 Moths that look like sticks, dead leaves, or bird droppings are one thing. Moths with kitty cat ears are something else altogether! 🐱 #TeamMoth
The Yellow Horned moth
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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/h...
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Help us uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting bees
When most people think about pollinators, they picture bees visiting flowers. But for many species, a large part of life happens elsewhere: in the soil. Many pollinators do not just feed above grou…
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Look out for these seven hairy caterpillars found on our precious peatlands in the North of England 🐛🔍 Spotted a hairy caterpillar? Report your sighting to us through the ‘Peatland Caterpillars Recording Project’ on iRecord 👉 irecord.org.uk/join/peatland-caterp…
Butterfly Conservation's hairy caterpillars to see in spring & summer: Oak/Northern Eggar, Drinker, Dark Tussock, Vapourer, Emperor Moth, Fox Moth, Wood Tiger. Graphic of a pen and a checklist next to text which reads: "Spotted a hairy caterpillar? Report your sightings via the ‘Peatland Caterpillars Recording Project’ activity on the iRecord app or website: irecord.org.uk" Photo credits: Bob Eade, Russell Gomm, Iain Leach, Mark Parsons
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Kim L. Holzmann @kimholzmann.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Really happy that a moth made it to the cover of @nature.com! Thanks to my co-author Gunnar Brehm for this great photo 📸 Find our study on thermal limits in this week's issue: www.nature.com/nature/volum... @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
The photo shows the cover of the nature journal, displaying a colorful moth sitting on moss. The caption says: Heat Sensitive. Tropical insects show limited ability to cope with a warming world.
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Wonderful to be back to fieldwork, investigating how we can mitigate light pollution impacts on moths. Only a few weeks in and I've been treated to some amazing moths, sunsets and plenty of blue skies. Excited for the rest of the field season! #moths #ALAN #mitigations @nclneg.bsky.social
Lighting rig in situA sunset view of a field and hills Sunset over a fieldLighting rig in situ
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
New paper! Bird nests (Wood Warblers) are hubs of invertebrate biodiversity on forest floor, hosting more species/individuals than leaf litter. Probably due to heat & food detritus. Losing Wood Warblers = ecological networks lost. #ornithology resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Bird nests support a diverse, dynamic and distinctive macroarthropod community on the forest floor
Nests built by vertebrates, such as birds and mammals, constitute diverse microhabitats that are inhabited by many arthropod taxa and represent important hubs of local biodiversity. Compared to leaf...
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Nice few moths this morning, including Menophra japygiaria, Agrotis, Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua) and Aleucis distinctata! #teammoth #mothsmatter
Menophra japygiaria Aleucis distinctata

AgrotisSpodoptera exigua
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A beautiful Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) caterpillar found in south Portugal 🦋 @europebutterfly.bsky.social
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10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
(1/2) Applications are open for the second field workshop of WG 2: Specimen collection for genomic work 📍 Vlahi, Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria) 📅 15–19 June 2026 We’re bringing together Lepidoptera taxonomists, enthusiasts, bioinformaticians, and students for real hands-on learning and exchange. ⬇️ ⬇️
A group of researchers and participants gather at night in a mountain landscape around a glowing blue light trap used for collecting moths. The scene is illuminated by the bright light, with trees and dark mountain silhouettes in the background. The group is examining specimens and taking notes during fieldwork.
Photo credit: Alena Suchackova.
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James Common @commonbynature.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It’s official! The 'Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside' will be published on Monday 9 March 🌿 📖 I’m hugely proud of this, and ever so grateful to @nenature.bsky.social and @bsbibotany.bsky.social for their support in making it happen. #botany #urbanflora
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Tardigrades are small but mighty- and tell us a lot about the environment! Read more in our newest EntoBite article by Dr. Alfonsina Grabosky. ⬇️
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think? Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone 📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Artificial light at night is an unlit conservation blind spot for amphibians. Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions
Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…
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