Dr Claire HarkinMay 52 minAnd 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 certainly not the s...
Dr Claire HarkinSep 9, 20193 minThe season's final outingThe day of my fourth and final Philaenus spumarius collection of the year dawned most inauspiciously, with grey skies and torrential rain. I held my nerve th...
Dr Claire HarkinJul 18, 20194 minAn unexpected findYesterday, Dr Alan Stewart and I headed back to the Knepp wildland project, which you may remember from my earlier post describing the astonishing amounts of...
Dr Claire HarkinJun 12, 20193 minA break in the rainIn 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 yesterday's planned day of ...
Dr Claire HarkinMay 24, 20192 minLiterally 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 Xylella" training event at...
Dr Claire HarkinMay 20, 20191 minCollecting Cercopis vulnerataOne 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 and leafhopper spec...
Dr Claire HarkinMay 20, 20191 minNymph 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 starting point is that, i...
Dr Claire HarkinMay 1, 20191 minSpittle spotted!I spotted the first signs of #xylem-feeders in my garden at the weekend, with #spittle appearing on some hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium). No sign of the #...
