Why you should meet your insect neighbours

Associate Professor Tanya Latty is an entomologist at the University of Sydney. She has a special interest in insect behaviour and ecology, studying collective behaviour and swarm intelligence, the ecology and behaviour of Australian native bees, and integrated pest management.  Her highly interdisciplinary work involves local and international collaborations with researchers in a broad range of fields including mathematics, computer science, forestry and operations research. She is also involved with the Christmas Beetle Count project: a collaboration between Invertebrates Australia and the University of Sydney.

Read about the Invertebrates Australia's Christmas Beetle Count project

More about Christmas Beetle Count project

And watch her recent TedX YouTube video on urban insects!

 

Anoplognathus boisduvalii – photo J.Thurman

Website: Tanya Latty's TedX talk: Why you should meet your insect neighbours