#ento24 — Public Fediverse posts
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Proboscis extension reflex (PER) is fairly well known in honeybees/bumblebees now - bee learns to associate a stimulus (e.g. odour) with food, and starts extending the proboscis when it smells the odour, even without food. (Pavlovian type stuff.) Mandela Fernández-Grandon & team have been adapting the assay to work on restrained hoverflies. #Ento24 #Syrphidae #BehaviouralEcology
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Kicking off with Michael Samways explaining what works and what doesn't in South African insect conservation. Including recovery from fire, removal of invasive trees, and role of bioacoustics in monitoring. #Ento24 #InsectConservation