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Mark Ramsden

@ipmmark.bsky.social

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I'm an Entomologist and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) enthusiast working at ADAS in the UK. Interested in the science of crop protection and the philosophy of IPM. All views my own.

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I will be at #Groundswell next Wed 1 July, probably on @adasgroup.bsky.social ADAS stand (D34) or the #biodiversitybimble Let me know if you want to discuss novel approachs for IPM & how we can help good decision making on farm @greennudgeproject.bsky.social

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Pollen beetle migration has begun! Today was the first day the #ipmdecisions platform shows likely pollen beetle migration in the UK, and here they are enjoying daffodil pollen in Cambridgeshire platform.ipmdecisions.net

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

You can find all IPMnet Bulletins on FarmPEP here: farmpep.net/resource/ipm...

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

💚Help us understand how we can make better decisions in agriculture! 💚@greennudgeproject.bsky.social short survey to understand what drives sustainable choices? 🔗Farmers: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Farmers advisors: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Everyone else: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Survey launch poster, saying that at ForestAgriGreenNudge we aim to guide decision-makers towards more sustainable practices in farming and forestry through the use of Green Nudges.
We've launched surveys to help us understand what drives good decisions

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Vivid Small emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) larvae spotted in #Cambridgeshire today. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59346-S...

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

New adult 7spot ladybird emerging soon

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

14 spot ladybirds were busy over the bank holiday weekend. Propylea quattuordecimpunctata, More here: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61532-P...

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Garden Orb Weaver (Araneus diadematus) spiderlings

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Yellow haired sun fly _Myathropa florea_ in the Cambridgeshire yesterday, Beautiful hoverfly 😀. Quite a large species, so easy to see that the eyes don't touch at top of head = female #insects #hoverfly

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

IPMWorks: Using Decision Support Systems to improve canopy disease management in arable crops in Sweden ipmworks.net/toolbox/en/#... The DSS was shown to support good decision making on farm in Sweden

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🌸Spring is on its way IPM Decisions forecasts are starting to run... 👉Risk maps 🗺️ up for #septoria humidity model, the #pollenbeetle migration, and #codlingmoth platform.ipmdecisions.net Always keen to hear what you think about this free, expandable platform 👍😀

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Do you want to keep in the loop about #IPM in the UK? Join the #IPMNET, and register interest in attending the 🗓 IPMNET Conference 2025 [free] forms.office.com/e/57HhxnYXk0

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

On Wednesday 11 December I will be speaking about #IPM at the UK AHDB Agronomy Conference. Updates on IPMWORKS project tools and resource, IPM Decisions platform, and #IPMNET. Registration link ahdb.org.uk/events/agron...

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

H2020 IPMWORKS Spotlight 🔦 Demonstrating #IPM companion cropping in #WOSR [Scottish Hub JHI]: The companion cropping helped WOSR establishment without pre-em herbicides and fert at drilling, with added pest and weed control benefits. #agextension Details here: ipmworks.net/toolbox/en/#...

Figure 2 from the IPMWORKS report Assessing the Efficacy and Economics of an Integrated Pest Management Program: A demonstration of Companion Cropping with Winter Oilseed Rape. Showing the field trial lay out at the IPMWORKS Hub host farm.

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Mark Ramsden @ipmmark.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The recent cold spell around ADAS Boxworth will have slowed these aphids down, but they were still out in the sunshine today 🌞

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