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Insect of the week: 2 October 2023
Insect of the week (44); Trypanophion gigas (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Adramini)Posting an image of Trypanophion gigas is a great way to get back to the flies. It is one of the largest species...
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Call for Proposals: Thematic focus area – Agroforestry
Call for Proposals for Data-enabled Climate shock asorbance and ecosystem resilience through Agroforestry (Agrof4resilience) ProjectOpening date: 5th October 2023 Closing date: 17 October 2023Summary1...
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Call for Proposals: Thematic focus area – Mathematical Modelling
Call for Proposals for Data-enabled Climate shock asorbance and ecosystem resilience through Agroforestry (Agrof4resilience) ProjectOpening date: 5th October 2023 Closing date: 17 October 2023Summary1...
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Insect of the week: 18 September 2023
Insect of the week (42), Myrmecoclytus orientalis Adlbauer (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini)Okay. Enough of these little wasps for now. Not all tiny insects are wasps. Let’s consider a beetle for...
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Insect of the week: 9 October 2023
Insect of the week (45); Toxorhynchites sp., the elephant mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae: Culicinae: Toxorhynchitini)Toxorhynchites is a mosquito genus of 90 species found on all continents except...
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Insect of the week: 16 October 2023
Insect of the week (46) Xenanastatus (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae: Eupelminae)This week we won’t have much to say about the insect chosen for our weekly series. Xenanastatus sp. is so special...
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Insect of the week: 23 October 2023
Insect of the week (47) Stethoconus sp. (Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Hyaliodini)Specimens selected for the image of the week have disproportionately favoured those species from orders (e.g....
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Insect of the week: 30 October 2023
Oodera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Ooderidae)The enigmatic genus Oodera is a small one with 24 species described worldwide. It is among the easiest of parasitoid genera to identify because of its...
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Insect of the week: 6 November 2023
Insects of the week (49), Aethiopocassis quadrioculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Cassidini) and Platypria sp. Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Hispini). This week we consider two interesting...
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Insect of the week: 14 November 2023
Insect of the week (50), Diopsis sp. (Diptera: Diopsoidea: Diopsidae)This week’s insect is famous for setting young, budding naturalists’ heads spinning, particularly those whose interests tend to the...
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icipe Governing Council Awards 2023
During its Annual General Meeting held on 31st October 2023, the icipe Governing Council, which consists of globally renowned scientists, honoured six outstanding postgraduate scholars, currently...
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Insect of the week: 20 November 2023
Muhaka icipe (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Eucoilinae: Kleidotomini) Muhaka icipe is the tiny star of this week’s insect of the week (51). Unknown until 2013, we collected the species in a...
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Insect of the week: 27 November 2023
Ismarus goodrichi (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea: Ismaridae) My approach this week will be somewhat different from that of the previous insects of the week. Today we are choosing a species not only for its...
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Call for Proposals: Thematic focus area – Agroforestry
Call for Proposals for Data-enabled Climate shock asorbance and ecosystem resilience through Agroforestry (Agrof4resilience) ProjectOpening date: 5th October 2023 Closing date: 17 October 2023Summary1...
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INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB): Provision of Consultancy Service to Undertake...
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is an intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that carries out research and training in sustainable management...
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INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB): Provision of Consultancy Service to Undertake...
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is an intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that carries out research and training in sustainable management...
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Insect of the week: 4 December 2023
Insect of the week (53) – Afroagathidium sp. (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Agathidiini) Our insect of the week (53) is a species of leiodid beetle of the tribe Agathidiini, probably...
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Insect of the week: 11 December 2023
Insect of the week (54) Amegilla vivida (Apoidea: Apidae:Apinae: Anthophorini)With over 250 species the large genus Amegilla is known worldwide. Most species are mid- to large size, compact-looking...
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Mastercard Foundation, icipe and partners to scale-up formidable youth...
Press Release13 December 2023Mastercard Foundation, icipe and partners sign new agreement to scale-up their formidable youth employment model in Ethiopia – new initiative to benefit 1 million young...
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BMZ/GIZ to provide core funding to icipe
14 December 2023 BMZ/GIZ to provide core funding to icipe, building on a solid partnership and a vision of innovations for socio-economic transformation in AfricaOn behalf of the German Federal...
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