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Learn about ants of the genus Myrmica, a group of ants that can be tricky to identify and includes the Common Red Ant.
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Learn how how the complex lifestyle of social insects leads to complex reproductive models in the Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture.
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Learn about ants of the genus Lasius, including familiar species such as the Yellow Meadow Ant and the Black Garden Ant.
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Sofia Dartnell (University of Cambridge) shares her research looking at the lifecycles and impacts of cuckoo bumblebees.
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Emma Plant (University of Glasgow) shares her research investigating how private green spaces support pollinator diversity in cities.
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Learn about ants of the genus Formica, including the wood ants and the slave-maker ant.
Formica ants are a genus of medium to large ants found across the Northern Hemisphere that includes the wood ants. They are highly social insects that live in large colonies, often building mound-shaped nests from soil and plant material, and are known for their aggressive defence using formic acid, a chemical named after them. Formica ants play an important ecological role by controlling other insect populations, aerating soil, and sometimes farming aphids for honeydew, with… Read more
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Tetramorium alpestre Steiner et al., 2010, a newly recognised ant species, has been added to the website. A map will follow.
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Very similar to T. caespitum in appearance and in many aspects of biology (q.v.). Forms dense populations of populous colonies very locally in favoured localities. Likely to be locally dominant and important ecologically, but it is quite unobtrusive and easily overlooked (in contrast to T. caespitum). British records only recognised as being distinct from T. caespitum in 2025. Previously T. alpestre was mainly known as a high mountain species in Central Europe (‘alpestre’ being Latin for ‘alpine’).
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Dr Jane Sears (RSPB)
Delve into a partnership project to restore the nationally extinct Short-haired Bumblebee (Bombus subterraneus) to the UK and to improve the diversity and abundance of rare bumblebees in South-east England. It will explore the challenges of restoring an extinct species to its native range and the various approaches that were trialled over a 12-year period from 2008-2020. Along the way, there were some surprising results and many lessons were learnt.
Dr Jane Sears is a Senior Ecologist with the RSPB with over 30 years experience of saving some of the most… Read more