Behavioural ecologist @UCL @bigwaspsurvey Book: ENDLESS FORMS. https://xitter.cf/t.co/Tcnn7mfZu5; @WaspWoman@universeodon.com @Waspwoman.bsky.social
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Obligatory "I've published a book today" photo!
#EndlessForms out TODAY (26th may) in UK.
Available from all good book shops (if they don't have it, tell them they should!).
Or online: tinyurl.com/2p979w3r
@HarperCollins @WmCollinsBooks @ArabellaPike @zcosini @uclnews
If you have wasps visit your picnic, then please tell us what they want - protein or sugar - by taking part in the #HamOrJam #WaspPicnicSurvey. Submit your records here: ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/aug/ham-…
If a wasp visits your picnic this wknd, what’s she after?
#HamOrJam?
Workers hunt protein for larvae but need sugar themselves.
Help us learn about their food preferences-tell us what wasps want at your picnic.
#CitizenScience
#WaspPicnicSurvey
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
Be careful what you wish for...
Trophy hunting ban campaigns are riddled with misinformation- wildlife deserves an evidence based approach. Here, I put the case forward on BBC Inside Science
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hb9…
Gracias! Por favor envíe sus observaciones de avispas de picnic aquí:
#HamOrJam #PicniceWaspSurvey
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Qué hacer cuando las avispas arruinan el momento de la comida @WaspWoman
theconversation.com/que-hace… a través de @Conversation_E
What is your wasp looking for at your picnic?
Every picnic, every wasp - tell us what you see!
Please share to help us learn more about wasps.
#HamOrJam #WaspPicnicSurvey
@uclnews @UCLCBER
ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/aug/ham-…
#SummerOfWasps continues! Thanks to @Ben_Spencer for championing wasps!
Get involved with two #CitizenScience projects this summer:
@bigwaspsurvey
#WaspPicnicSurvey
Links in thread below.
@UCLCBER @uclnews
thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
Wherever you are in the world, if you have a wasp visit your picnic tell us what she wants!
Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Why? theconversation.com/what-to-…
UK only - sign up for @bigwaspsurvey
Help map UK social wasp diversity and distributions! 9th year!!
bigwaspsurvey.org
@AdamHartScience
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
Pikniğinizi İstila Eden Eşek Arılarına Bilimsel Bir Rehber habereguven.com/pikniginizi-… @WaspWoman @UCLCBER @RoyEntSoc @uclnews
#WaspLove #Insects #Wasps #Animals
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
Cómo ahuyentar a las avispas para que te dejen comer tranquilo, según la ciencia
1. Permanece quieto, o pensará que eres un depredador
2. Observa qué está comiendo
3. Hazle una ofrenda (de eso) para que no te moleste
elconfidencial.com/tecnologi…
Por @WaspWoman en @ConversationUK
Fab Wasp Offering from Sophie!
What’s your wasp going for at your picnic?
Tell us here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Read about why here: theconversation.com/what-to-…
We always pop a small serving of meat and watch them make their little meatball bundles to take back to the nest! Love watching them💚
#wasplove
It's a bumper-wasp year: here are my top tips on how to dine alongside #wasps, without getting stung @ConversationUK
GET INVOLVED!
Tell us what wasps want at YOUR picnic ⬇️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Find out why ⬇️
theconversation.com/what-to-…
@UCLCBER @RoyEntSoc @uclnews #WaspLove
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with @BBCBreakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @WaspWoman for the opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps exhibition at @GrantMuseum for the props! – at Saint Albans, East
Loving the +ve wasp stories from #PestControllers and public on @BBCRadio Sussex with @AllisonFerns1
10.14 onwards.
People will be flocking to #WorldOfWasps exhibition @GrantMuseum - opens today! Runs for 6 months! ucl.ac.uk/museums-collection…
@UCLCBER
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/b…
#WorldOfWasps exhibition opens today! @GrantMuseum. Delighted to talk about it on @BBCr4today - scroll to 7.22am. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dzj…
VR wasp experiences; wasp art; real wasp nests!
Embrace your inner #WaspLove!
It's free!
@uclcber.bsky.social
ucl.ac.uk/museums-collection…
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
Good to see the @guardian picking this up. Come on Labour! Launch natural history GCSE in England now, campaigners urge Labour | Conservation | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/…
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
Great to see momentum continuing to grow for introducing the #NaturalHistory GCSE. It’s pretty much ready to go & just needs green light from government. A brilliant way to restore nature, improve mental health & fill green skills gap
@curlewcalls theguardian.com/environment/…
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
IMPORTANT The campaign for a GCSE in Natural History has stalled. Labour see it as a "Conservative initiative" and won't progress it. It is not a political football, every child has the right to learn about the wonder of the natural world. Plse ask you MP to lobby for it now. 🙏
Prof Seirian Sumner retweeted
🚨PHD OPPORTUNITY!🚨
Join us in Newcastle University to assess carabid beetle ecosystem services and foraging ecology, and develop new methods for inferring interactions between beetles and their food! 🪲🍽️💻
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/…
Follow the wasps to #BKSY!
The starter pack of waspy folk is pupating...
Go here: go.bsky.app/3u5XkrS
And message your BSKY handle (here or there) to be added!
@IDsignals @Liam_M_Crowley @DarwinWasp @BroadGavin @Cin_Oi @aninditaces @waege @soilscholar @greenwired821
Right that's it. I'm leaving! I'm off to #BSKY. You can find me here: @Waspwoman.bsky.social
Some fab starter-packs of people to follow floating round - come over and join the fun!
We're working on a #Wasp StarterPack of people to follow! Post your BSKY handle here to be added.
@PaulWilliamsNHM @detoni_mateus @Liam_M_Crowley @arnoldtortoise @parasitoidrex @David_Baracchi @Suleimanmusty78 @ciniAle @AmyLToth @elin_Cunningham @JohnCarlsonMD @theWasplady @AvispaTica @Padraig_Kennedy @naturecatcher58 @BugGirlKirsty @pabs2 @Rhiptera @RafaelC00299405