Insect ecologist using museum specimens from the past to guide conservation of the future @ZoologyMuseum @CamZoology. Butterfly and Leonard Jenyns enthusiast.
Cambridge, England
Joined December 2018
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Great day at @wildlifebcn's Monitoring &Research Conference today!
Excellent talks on the importance of evidence-based conservation by @Bill_Sutherland, resilience to change in burying beetle by @Eleanor_Bladon, caterpillar thermoregulation by @esme_ashe... 🐛
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Two great @CamZoology students Arina Huang and @JosieMcpherson0 reared Heliconius eggs in climate chambers. Hotter temps —> higher mortality, faster development, heavier adults but not larger wings!
Effects of temperature on the development of Heliconius erato butterflies biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Matt Hayes, University of Cambridge
'Can butterfly banks protect invertebrates from extreme weather events and rising regional temperatures?'
@InsectGroup @MatthewPHayes
Matt Hayes retweeted
📣📣Our Beds Butterfly Banks on @BBCCountryfile 'heatwave special' tom eve: nature-based solutions helping wildlife adapt to climate change
BBC1, 7pm, Sun 28 Aug
@PPLComms @CamZoology @omylouse @KathrynABrown @WildlifeTrusts @MatthewPHayes
#climatecrisis
📸 KBrown
Matt Hayes retweeted
It’s open! Great preview last night night with Dino themed food. Thanks to everyone that helped me put it together! @RobTheodore @SusannahOBC @jpwildman @MigratoryMatt @SedgwickMuseum
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We had a brilliant time @CambsCountyDay last week, presenting the work of 🦋🐛 researchers @esme_ashe @MatthewPHayes @Andrew_Bladon with @wildlifebcn #BankingOnButterflies & @Evie_Crouch #ButterfliesThroughTime with @EsmeeFairbairn!
Thank you to @CambridgeZero for hosting us!
Matt Hayes retweeted
Many congratulations Emily and welcome to the team!
This #FossilFriday I am delighted that in October I will be starting as Assistant Professor @CamZoology and Curator of Invertebrates @ZoologyMuseum. Very much looking forward to working with wonderful colleagues here 🦑
ALT Dr Emily Mitchell stands in the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology. Photo by Graham Copekoga
Matt Hayes retweeted
Honoured to be part of this fabulous exhibition @ZoologyMuseum & to get to visit in person 🤩🦋
#InsectWeek22
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What an incredible way to end the series! Thank you so much to all of our speakers and to everyone at home for tuning in each week. I’ve absolutely loved chatting to you all and learning more about the research at the forefront of butterfly conservation ✨💚🐛🦋
We're sad to announce that this week will officially be the last week in of Researcher's Stories! But to round the series off, Professor Jeremy Thomas will be discussing the extinction and re-establishment of the Large blue butterfly in Britain 🐜🌱🦋
museumofzoologyblog.com/2022…
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Our 🦋🐛 researchers had a wonderful day at @wildlifebcn Pegsdon on the weekend talking about the #BankingOnButterflies project!
Thanks to @Andrew_Bladon @MatthewPHayes @esme_ashe @omylouse! And to @Evie_Crouch for the beautiful poster! 🎨
Lovely Saturday afternoon celebrating 30 years of Pegsdon NR & we also got to share the innovative Banking on Butterflies project with visitors with the help of researchers from @InsectGroup 🦋
wildlifebcn.org/banking-butt…
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All welcome to come along to our bat walk at 8pm this evening at Byron's Pool!
All donations go to @wildlifebcn 🦇
@wildlifebcn Cambridge Local Group are hosting a guided walk to look for bats on Monday evening at 8pm at Byron’s Pool 🦇
No need to book!
More info here:
wildlifebcn.org/events/2022-…
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On tonight at 7pm! ✨
Don't miss Researcher's Stories this Wednesday! 🐛This week we'll be hearing from the brilliant @galinajonsson as she discusses digitalising the Natural History Museum’s collection and the benefits this can bring to butterfly conservation 🦋🌱
museumofzoologyblog.com/2022…
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Fantastic afternoon, plenty of butterflies out. Loads of 6-spot burnet moth caterpillars, this longhorn beetle (golden-bloomed grey?) but the highlight was at least 8 small blues @MatthewPHayes @wildlifebcn @ehbpollard
Join @wildlifebcn Cambridge Local Group for a guided walk around Trumpington Meadows - 2pm tomorrow!
We will be keeping our eyes peeled for some of the 26 butterfly species recorded on site 🦋
More info here: wildlifebcn.org/events/2022-…
Matt Hayes retweeted
Amazing to hear @MatthewPHayes kick off the Researcher's Stories series last night! Next week @jpwildman will be discussing the chequered skipper’s amazing 220-year story 🐛☠️🦋 and the power of reintroducing butterflies to the English landscape 🌱
museumofzoologyblog.com/2022…
Matt Hayes retweeted
Thank you to @MatthewPHayes for a fascinating first talk in the #ButterfliesThroughTime series + to @Evie_Crouch for chairing the session!
If you missed it, it will be available on @ZoologyMuseum's YouTube channel soon. Don't forget to sign up for the rest of the talks!
Tune in to hear the first of our talks in the #ButterfliesThroughTime series - free to register!
Hear @MatthewPHayes give an overview of the #ButterfliesThroughTime project in half an hour’s time 🦋➡️⏰
Matt Hayes retweeted
Six butterflies, six researchers, six stories - six talks weekly - starting this evening with our ace trustee and butterfly supremo @MatthewPHayes @ZoologyMuseum
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There’s still time to get your free tickets to the @ZoologyMuseum #ButterfliesThroughTime researcher talks. 🦋➡️🕰
I’ll be kicking things off this Wednesday (May 4th) at 7pm, before welcoming different speakers over the next 6 weeks:
museumofzoologyblog.com/2022…
Matt Hayes retweeted
I'm giving a talk as part of of @ZoologyMuseum's wonderful #ButterfliesThroughTime project:
Specimens as a unique resource for curbing biodiversity loss🦋
⏰ 7pm Wednesday May 18th
🌍 Virtual
👇 Register for **free**
museumofzoologyblog.com/2022…
Buses and #Butterflies apparently make great partners. Very cool seeing the @ZoologyMuseum #ButterfliesThroughTime exhibition on the back of buses in Cambridge! Come and see the free exhibition running until September 18th.🦋➡️⏲️ @wildlifebcn
