More than 30,000 sightings of Trichoptera in 2023, and that’s [...]
The Semblis Foundation has just funded 10 scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students who can Register for the second Limnology meeting in Colombia (Santa Marta November, 2023). This initiative aims to fund the new generations of limnologists in Colombia and promote.
Goal: 25,000 observations!
Shooting moths are represented in our country with 182 species. On March 31, 2023, the book "The Shooting moths of the Benelux (Trichoptera)" will be officially presented during the symposium "Shooting moths as indicators of biodiversity and recovery" at the Waterschap de Dommel in Boxtel. At this symposium, 2023 was declared the Year of the Shooting Moth!
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EPT stands for: E (Ephemeroptera - Hafters) P (Plecoptera - Stoneflies) T (Trichoptera - caddisflies)
Good indicators of water quality These three groups are good indicators of water quality and are highly sensitive to pollution. Therefore, for the past 5 years, Stichting Semblis has been working to increase knowledge about these three groups, especially the larva and adults of trichoptera in the province of North Brabant.
Currently we have 12 active volunteers who have worked mainly in the rivers Beekloop, Beerze, Neterselse loop, Essche stroom and the area of Gelders and the Mortelen of Brabants Landschap.
The Semblis Foundation is currently digitizing the knowledge and information archived by biologist Henk M. Moller Pillot over the past 50 years in the form of field books, notebooks, field forms, articles, collection materials, and so on.
The goal is to preserve, safeguard and transfer this knowledge to the public and official agencies. The collection will be transferred to the Naturalis Museum and the data will be sent to NLBIF and GBIF.
The Semblis Foundation has provided financial support for fieldwork to further the basic research for this book since 2011. This book was produced in collaboration with institutes and NGOs such as Aquon, Eis- Naturalis biodiversity Center, Water Proof, Uyttenboogaart/Eliasen Foundation and NEV.
The book was published in the year 2022 as part of the Entomological Tables series. This publication contains the first determination table for caddisflies of the Benelux. The species review summarizes knowledge for each species, including notes on habitat and rarity. We hope this book will encourage more research and conservation of their habitats.
