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Smashed avo bagel with mealworm furikake

Posted on Feb 21 2023 by Lee Gaskin

Curious about crunching on a cricket, munching on a mealworm or ingesting any other type of insect, but not willing to dive in head-first?

New citizen science project creates a buzz in the classroom

Posted on Sep 17 2021 by Kelly Brown

A new citizen science project, Insect Investigators, led by the South �Ӱ�ֱ��n Museum and involving the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide’s Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries, will connect school students with scientists to document their local insect biodiversity and discover insects in their area.

Echidnas, poop and creepy crawlies

Posted on Aug 16 2021 by Kelly Brown

Leading science communicators from the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide will join forces with a local echidna ecologist, to share their expertise in echidnas and insects in a free, interactive workshop on Kangaroo Island, as part of National Science Week (14-22 August).

On a mission to discover unknown �Ӱ�ֱ��n species

Insects image by Gordan Johnson from Pixabay.

Posted on Jun 4 2021 by Kelly Brown

Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new mission launched by the �Ӱ�ֱ��n Academy of Science’s Taxonomy �Ӱ�ֱ��, to discover and document all unknown �Ӱ�ֱ��n species by 2050.

School students discover four new species of wasp

One of the four new wasp species discovered and named, Choeras ramcomamorata

Posted on Mar 26 2021 by Kelly Brown

Four primary schools in regional South �Ӱ�ֱ�� have been involved in the discovery and naming of new species of wasp as part of a trial of a new citizen science project led by the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide.