Pieris rapae

@PierisProject

A citizen science project designed to create the most comprehensive collection of a butterfly - Pieris rapae- from across the world to advance science

Joined May 2014

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  1. Retweeted
    Apr 4

    Have you seen a ? Pls record! We study occurrence & year-round dynamics of this 🦋 with the aid of . Just enter your sightings via one of our partners 🇬🇧 via schemes 🇮🇪 via Elsewhere via Pls RT!

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    Mar 31
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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 8

    They’re not kittens but one must admit that baby butterflies are cute:

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  4. Retweeted
    Mar 9

    A special spider died this morning. Sarah has lived free in my kitchen for yrs, been on school visits with me & even a modelled for a educational book about invertebrates. This little spider has been a STEM ambassador for Arachnology, changed peoples perceptions & inspired others

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  5. Mar 8

    Wow, what a dataset! Very cool. American Gut: an Open Platform for Citizen-Science Microbiome Research

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    Mar 7

    It's the final year of data-collection for our pan-European project! Pls record your observations via one of our partners operating in your country: 🇬🇧 via schemes 🇮🇪 via Elsewhere > Pls RT!

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  7. Feb 20

    Full disclosure the lead author is the founder and director of the Pieris Project, Sean Ryan ;)

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  8. Feb 20

    Want to know more about how recent and future changes in climate affect butterfly hybrid zones? Check out a...

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  9. Feb 12

    With the help of the public we play 23&me, but with butterflies :)

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  10. Jan 4

    Apparently there's a "swarm" of cabbage whites in Victoria, Australia this year, time to grab a net...

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  11. Jan 4

    For our southern hemisphere friends, time to catch some cabbage whites again ;)

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  12. Retweeted
    2 Oct 2017

    When you find a good thing, grab onto it & never let it go. are good things. Weevils are beetles. Ergo, you'll need to hold tight.

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  13. 4 Sep 2017

    Indeed, cheers to those who help us continue to explore the natural world.

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  14. Retweeted
    31 Jul 2017

    A male Adonis Blue, 12 hours before emergence - the iridescent blue even shows from within the pupa! (Pic: P. Eeles)

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  15. 27 Jun 2017
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  16. 26 Jun 2017

    We take anything with small cabbage white DNA inside =) Funny enough we just started a project called Party Pupae

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  17. 26 Jun 2017

    Do you see small cabbage white butterflies where you live? Help our project by catching and sending us a few =)...

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  18. 25 Jun 2017

    I see a book deal in the making here: "Fifty shades of cabbage white." I bet you didn't know this was going on in...

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  19. Retweeted
    17 Jun 2017

    We'll be hiring our project coordinator soon too (start in Oct)! Anyone interested in a grant funded job for 3 years?

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  20. 18 May 2017
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