Dr Claire Harkin
And we're off!
Firstly, I hope everyone is keeping safe, well and as stress-free as realistically possible in these strange and troubling times. This is...
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Dr Claire Harkin
Sep 9, 20193 min read
The season's final outing
The day of my fourth and final Philaenus spumarius collection of the year dawned most inauspiciously, with grey skies and torrential...
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Dr Claire Harkin
Jul 18, 20194 min read
An unexpected find
Yesterday, Dr Alan Stewart and I headed back to the Knepp wildland project, which you may remember from my earlier post describing the...
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Dr Claire Harkin
Jun 12, 20193 min read
A break in the rain
In view of the end-of-the-world rain we had all day on Monday, I was somewhat concerned about how soggy I was going to get during...
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Dr Claire Harkin
May 24, 20192 min read
Literally dripping in spittle!
On Wednesday this week, Dr Alan Stewart and I joined other members of the BRIGIT research consortium to deliver a "Biosecurity and...
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Dr Claire Harkin
May 20, 20191 min read
Collecting Cercopis vulnerata
One of the aims of the BRIGIT project is to get a better understanding of the ecology and population structure of the 18 or so froghopper...
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Dr Claire Harkin
May 20, 20191 min read
Nymph knowhow!
So, once you've spotted your spittle, how on earth do you know which froghopper species you might be looking at? Well, a reasonable...
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Dr Claire Harkin
May 1, 20191 min read
Spittle spotted!
I spotted the first signs of #xylem-feeders in my garden at the weekend, with #spittle appearing on some hedge bindweed (Calystegia...
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