Photo credit: Petr Mückstein: Macrotoma hayesii (Hope, 1835) from the subfamily Prioninae – photo taken on Principe Island.
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26 October 2025

RES Welcomes New Gold Level Organisational Member: BASF

The Royal Entomological Society (RES) is delighted to welcome BASF as a Gold Level Organisational Member. This partnership marks a significant step in strengthening the Society’s mission to advance insect science, education, and conservation through collaboration and shared expertise. Gold membership offers organisational partners access to a wide suite of…

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25 October 2025

Do salt marsh mosquitoes migrate? – Journal Highlight

First published: 23 October 2025. An Editorial published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, “The migratory behaviour of salt marsh mosquitoes: Revisiting the evidence” asks whether long-distance movements by salt marsh mosquitoes should be considered migratory. And if so, what is the nature of this migration and why does it matter? Many…

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21 October 2025

How climate shaped the evolution the diversification of Messor harvester ants – Journal Highlight

First published: 03 September 2025. A recent study by Juvé et al. published in Systematic Entomology reveals the evolutionary history of Messor harvester ants, a genus adapted to arid environments that developed some of the most complex reproductive systems known so far. By analyzing 2,524 genetic loci from 58 species, researchers…

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20 October 2025

OA Week 2025 – Why Open Access Matters

October 20 – 26 2025 As part of Open Access Week, we’re taking a moment to highlight what makes our Society journals so vital — not just for scientists, but for everyone who cares about insect science, biodiversity, and the public good. Open access (OA) means that anyone, anywhere, whether…

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16 October 2025

Working with us to support insect science

The Royal Entomological Society (RES) has been working with partners both nationally and internationally to advance the study of insects, and to support a broader understanding of their roles in local, national and global ecosystems. Ways to Support the Royal Entomological Society As a registered charity and learned Society we…

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15 October 2025

Meet the Editor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy

Cecilia Tamborindeguy became an Editor-in-Chief on Insect Molecular Biology in 2024. research interest is in the molecular interactions between hemipteran insects, their plant hosts and associated microbes (pathogens and symbionts). Cecilia is a truly global researcher – read on to find out more!  Cecilia on a trip to Ecuador for…

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9 October 2025

Could flower exports contribute to vectors of livestock and equid arboviruses? – Journal Highlight

First published: 28 August 2025. A recent article published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, “Investigation of the global transportation of Culicoides biting midges, vectors of livestock and equid arboviruses , from flower-packing plants in Kenya”, investigates whether Culicoides biting midges, tiny insects that can carry serious livestock viruses, are being accidentally exported from…

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2 October 2025

New book – How to be a Dragonfly

How to be a Dragonfly by Laura Knowles, Steven Wood Published 2 October 2025 Paperback | £7.99 | 9780241685860 Meet Chase, a newly hatched dragonfly, as he learns to navigate pond life. From mastering the art of jet propulsion to metamorphosis, readers will learn all there is to know about…

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1 October 2025

Royal Entomological Society selected for Yeo Valley Yeokens scheme

The Royal Entomological Society (RES) is delighted to have been chosen as one of this autumn’s featured charities in the Yeokens scheme, run by Yeo Valley Organic. Use Yeokens to raise money for good causes Through Yeokens – Yeo Valley’s customer rewards scheme – members of the public can donate…

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29 September 2025

How temperature and humidity affect a common fungal parasite in an invasive ladybird – Journal Highlight

First published: 17 September 2025. The Royal Entomological Society journal Ecological Entomology has recently published an article on which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird. The researchers highlight that, while the ladybird has spread globally and is threatening local species, very little is known about…

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29 September 2025

Best Learned Society Award 2025

RES awarded Best Learned Society in 2025 MemCom Excellence Awards We are proud to announce that the Royal Entomological Society has won the Best Professional Body or Learned Society category at the Memcom Excellence Awards 2025. The award recognises the outstanding achievements of professional bodies, membership organisations, and associations, highlighting…

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26 September 2025

Do host insects benefit from parasitic Wolbachia which does not manipulate hosts’ reproduction? – Journal Highlight

First published: 15 September 2025. A recently published article from Physiological Entomology, “Coinfection of Mesenetia and rescuing Wolbachia in the coconut hispine beetle”, is the first report of coinfection of mod−/resc+ Wolbachia and other cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) inducers, which explains why Wolbachia in coinfected hosts does not induce CI.   Maternally transmitted bacterial symbionts can manipulate…