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Sarah Arnold

@sejarnold@beige.party

Entomologist, interested in sustainable agriculture, pollination, applied ecology, insect behaviour and natural history in general.

Working at Niab, East Malling in Kent, UK, but posting in a personal capacity.

Often wrong, but usually teachable.

escapee from Higher Education employment.

This account is a gradual migration from my previous one at sciencemastodon.com

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April 17, 2025

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Anyone else noticing an absolute boom in Adonis ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) numbers this summer compared to previous years? I normally see perhaps 2 per year but almost 100% of sites I have visited this year have had at least 1-2, so running total is closer to 30!

(This is southeast UK.)

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