Summer was slow coming but is going fast, we’re already more than half-way through! I’ve been spending it out and about doing lots of fieldwork and attending lots of courses. Most of my courses have been plant-based (or ...
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The Bigger Picture
Over the past couple of months, I’ve attended two thought provoking conferences. While I love my traineeship it’s easy to get bogged down in my daily tasks, working through samples and learning to identify my specialist group ...
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March
Hello,
Another month gone already. With time and patience I’m slowly gaining confidence in my identification skills, just in time for Phoebe to leave me to fend for myself. Though I will be sending her occasional pleas for ...
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Hoppers and fun
Hello, I’m Nia, the new natural talent trainee based at the fantastic National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. I am studying leafhoppers and planthoppers, a wonderfully diverse and abundant group of insects in grassland. Very few ...
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