Seirian Sumner - GLEX summit 2024

Meet Seirian Summer, a passionate scientist and advocate for wasps, who took the stage at the GLEX Summit! Known for her groundbreaking research on insects, particularly wasps, Seirian founded the Big Wasp Survey and authored Endless Forms: Why You Should Love Wasps.
In her inspiring talk, she presented seven compelling reasons to appreciate these often-misunderstood creatures: their incredible diversity (with over 100,000 identified species), their lethal hunting skills (including a species that targets cockroaches), their potential contributions to the invention of paper, their social nature, and their roles as sources of medicine and nutrition. Learn how wasp venom is being explored for cancer treatment, and how their clay nests are considered a nutritious food source in Africa.
Join us as Seirian challenges our perceptions and helps us see wasps in a new light!
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