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Photo: Monarch butterfly (#Danaus plexippus) caterpillar on a common milkweed (#Asclepias syriaca) leaf. Credit: Rishona Vemulapalli.

#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
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November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Urban #peatlands can harbour diverse insect communities but depend on appropriate habitat management
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70076

#Biodiversity #UrbanInsects
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March 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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New research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Urban warming alters body size in Neotropical geometrid #moths: Divergent patterns at community and intraspecific scales
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70094

#UrbanInsects #Geometridae #UrbanHeatIslandEffect
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June 18, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Integrating #eDNA and #CommunityScience to monitor urban #Odonata diversity
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70006

#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity #Monitoring
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August 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv

Food resources are more important than nesting resources for explaining wild #bee diversity in urban gardens
doi.org/10.1111/icad...

#UrbanInsects #Pollinators
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Photos courtesy of article authors
October 1, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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New research in #RESEcolEnt

Consistent phenotypic shifts in a widespread urban #butterfly across three cities
doi.org/10.1111/een....

#UrbanInsects
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Photo: #Pieris rapae (credit: Catherine McManus)
September 23, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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A new #ShortComm in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that urbanization imposes declines in flying insect #biomass through the loss of large-bodied species
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12859

#UrbanInsects #Biodiversity
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Monitoring set-up; photo credit: (c) Katrien De Wolf Monitoring set-up; photo credit: (c) Katrien De Wolf
July 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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New research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Increased urbanisation promotes winner-loser species replacement & shifts in foraging #behaviour among #ant species in a large neotropical metropolis
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70010

#UrbanInsects #Ecosystems #EcologicalInteractions
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August 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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New research in #RESEcolEnt

#Urbanization reduces #abundance but not reproductive performance in mud-dauber wasps
doi.org/10.1111/een.70098

#UrbanInsects #Trypoxylon #Hymenoptera #SolitaryWasps
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
May 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Year-round pollinator visitation of ornamental plants in #Mediterranean #urban parks
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70057

#UrbanInsects #Pollinators #Ornamentals #UrbanPlanning #Conservation
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February 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Expansion and #urbanisation pose a significant threat to #biodiversity. A recent #OpenAccess #review published in #RESInsectConsDiv, Drukker et al. challenge current views of #GreenRoofs ⬇️

www.royensoc.co.uk/news/insect-...

#UrbanInsects #Ecosystems
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New #OpenAccess #review available in #RESInsectConsDiv

The development of insect #diversity and #ecosystem complexity on #GreenRoofs

Read the full review ⬇️
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70007

#Biodiversity #UrbanInsects #Ecosystems
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Video credit: E.Drukker & C.Bomen
August 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt

Floral richness drives flower–insect networks in city gardens and allotments
doi.org/10.1111/een.70126

#UrbanInsects #Pollinators
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August 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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More new #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that local and landscape features of urban fragments determine the occurrence of stingless bees
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12847

#Meliponini #UrbanInsects #Pollinators #EcosystemServices #Conservation
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt

Mixed effects of #urbanization on #pollination services among four native plant species
doi.org/10.1111/een.70016

#UrbanInsects #LandscapeFragmentation
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Is #urbanisation a barrier to genetic diversity in the solitary specialist #bee, #Melissodes druriellus?
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70109

#UrbanInsects #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Genotyping
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July 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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New research in #RESMedVetEnt

Patterns of host use in #Culex mosquitoes and their implications for #arbovirus transmission dynamics in urban environments
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70091

#InsectVectors #UrbanInsects #Culicidae #Epidemiology
@wileyecology.bsky.social
June 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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New #OpenAccess #review available in #RESInsectConsDiv

The development of insect #diversity and #ecosystem complexity on #GreenRoofs

Read the full review ⬇️
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70007

#Biodiversity #UrbanInsects #Ecosystems
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com

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August 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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The #FreeToRead #EditorsChoice article for the issue examined the mortality of ground beetles (Coleoptera, #Carabidae) in discarded containers in urban forests.

Why not give it a read?
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70030

#Conservation #Pollution #UrbanInsects
July 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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New work in #RESInsectConsDiv

Population dynamics of #butterflies in rural–urban ecosystems: A case study at Assam down town University in the northeastern region of India
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70003

#Lepidoptera #UrbanInsects #Biodiversity #PopulationDynamics
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Random photo of a grasshopper holding onto a fence.

#urbaninsects
#grasshopper
##NaturePhotography
November 27, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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New #FreeAccess #Review in #RESInsectConsDiv

#Butterflies in urban India: Diversity, conservation actions and future prospects
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70132

#Biodiversity #UrbanInsects
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August 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv

#Dragonfly taxonomic & functional responses to urbanized streams in southeastern Europe, with management recommendations
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70127

#AquaticInsects #UrbanInsects
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August 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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New research in #RESInsectConsDiv reports on functional trait variation of an emblematic #saproxylic beetle along rural-to-urban gradients across Europe
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12856

#Elater #Elateridae #UrbanInsects
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt

An experimental examination of #dispersal decisions made by flight-capable heteropteran insects in urban stormwater #pond conditions
doi.org/10.1111/een.7008

#UrbanInsects
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social
March 26, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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New research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Correlation and spatial concordance between cleptoparasitic and non-parasitic bee assemblages across urban nature reserves within Rome (Italy)
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70072

#UrbanInsects #Bees #Biodiversity
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
March 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM