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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Female hoverflies dominate migratory assemblages but males still migrate. In our new paper, we investigate when migratory hoverflies mate and its effect on flight muscle mass. 🪰💪🌐🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1098/rsos... www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Pretty amazed that my one of my papers is the #TopCitedArticle in its journal @respublications.bsky.social @wiley.com. Nice to have recognition for its impact. Link: doi.org/10.1111/icad...

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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Hoverflies on oil rigs… read this blog I wrote on our most recent lab paper exploring this phenomenon.

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Really cool story about long-distance pollen transport by migratory hoverflies. The actual research paper is here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Rachel Lennon @rachlenn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

📢 New paper out! Cetacean strandings in Scotland have risen 125% over the past 30 years. Our study gives the first comprehensive picture of when, where, and which species strand, providing a baseline to guide conservation. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @strandings.bsky.social

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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

New paper! doi.org/10.3390/micr... We demonstrate a novel microplastic vector from aquatic to terrestrial environments. #Microplastics ingested at larval stage remain in the gut through to adult emergence in #hoverflies. 🧪🌍🌐 @ejigu.bsky.social @koralwotton.bsky.social @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social

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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Presented my paper www.researchgate.net/publication/... at the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Biological Recorders Conference @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social today. Showing how key pollinator groups respond to urban enhancements, hopefully encouraging other councils to follow suit!

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Hey #Drosophila Sky and #Dros25 folks, I'm looking to help someone screen some candidate genes in muscle via RNAi. Any recommended Gal4s? Right now planning on Mef2-GAL4, but in past have noticed this driver has some lethality in parent stock (in my old lab), so another option would be good.

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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Pollinator diversity is threatened by human activities, but urban green spaces can help. It was found that enhancing public spaces with #wildflowers and ornamental plants increased pollinator diversity and mitigated urbanisation’s impact. tinyurl.com/4cye24mz (1/2)

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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Spent the week #microCT scanning marmalade hoverfly muscles in the SHArD lab @uoearchhist.bsky.social! Getting good 3D reconstructions from the terabyte of data generated… I’m trying to work out if #muscle morphology differs between #migrant and non-migrant types of this species through #ageing.

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

New sea turtle research! This new study explores how individual green turtles adjust the timing of their nesting patterns in response to warming oceans. Watch the video for more. Full paper - doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 🦑🌐🌍🦤🧪🐢 #AcademicSky @brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social

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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Ever wondered what hoverfly sperm look like? 🪰💡… Well, me neither! But as you might imagine, they are really tiny: around 15 microns. 🔬 That’s approximately 100 times smaller than a 1mm measurement you’d find on a ruler. 📏 Female marmalade hoverflies store sperm (left pic) in spermathecae (right).

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Oliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Aphids tucking into your plants at home? Try a natural biological control agent (feed them to aphidophagous hoverflies). Follow this post for progress on aphid eradication via their natural predators!

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Dr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Here is the press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... & full paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.... & my favourite quote: “The reasons for this [sex difference] are unclear, but it’s possible that males prioritise fighting and mating, leaving little energy left for migration.”

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Dr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Female hoverflies are WAY better than males at migrating! At the beginning of their 1000km+ migrations in Denmark the sex ratios are 50:50, but by the time they get to Spain it is 90% female! On flight sims females flew 9x further and have better immunity and lifespan! @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

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Graduate School of Environment and Sustainability @exetergses.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

New Paper! 🐒🌍🦤🧪 @andyhouldcroft.bsky.social built upon his MSc Conservation & Biodiversity project to develop a mapping model using monkeys in Guinea Bissau which aims to boost conservation & promote human-wildlife coexistence @uniexecec.bsky.social #ExeterGSES news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Photo of Campbell's monkeys sat in trees. New Research. Joint spatial modeling of cluster size and density for a heavily hunted primate persisting in a heterogeneous landscape. Andrew Houldcroft et al. (2024) Ecography.

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University of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

A highlight of studying with us is the fieldwork! In the second year students visit the Isles of Scilly, a group of islands a 2-hour sailing journey from the Cornish coast, renowned for their extraordinary climate that borders on the subtropical. youtu.be/xI1phDwZlKc?... #ExeterCEC 🌍🦤

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Ecology and Conservation Isles of Scilly field course

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Rachel Lennon @rachlenn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Download the new @strandings.bsky.social app, Beachtrack! 📲 By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊

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