About Me
Publications
Theses
Doctor of Philosophy (Evolutionary Biology)
Weir, J. C. (2023). Buffering and Trophic Mismatch in Spring-feeding Forest Caterpillars. University of Edinburgh.
Bachelor of Science with Honours (Evolutionary Biology)
Weir, J. C. (2017). The Evolution and Maintenance of Colour Polymorphism in British Winter-active Lepidoptera. University of Edinburgh.
Papers
Weir, J. C. (2024). Trophic generalism in the winter moth: a model species for phenological mismatch. Oecologia URL: doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05629-5. [PDF]
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Weir, J. C. and Phillimore, A. B. (2024). Buffering and phenological mismatch: a change of perspective. Global Change Biology 30:e17294. [PDF]
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Weir, J. C. and Di Pirro, D. (2023). Potential startling ('deimatic') function of the wing colouration of the red admiral butterfly Vanessa atalanta (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 36:51-57. [PDF]
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​Luke, S. H., Roy, H. E., Thomas, C. D., Tilley, L. A. N., Ward, S., Watt, A., Carnaghi, M., Jaworski, C. C., Tercel, M. P. T. G., Woodrow, C., Aown, S., Banfield-Zanin, J. A., Barnsley, S. L., Berger, I., Brown, M. J. F., Bull, J. C., Campbell, H., Carter, R. A. B., Charalambous, M., Cole, L. J., Ebejer, M. J., Farrow, R. A., Fartyal, R. S., Grace, M., Highet, F., Hill, J. K., Hood, A. S. C., Kent, E. S., Krell, F. T., Leather, S. R., Leybourne, D. J., Littlewood, N. A., Lyons, A., Matthews, G., McNamara, L., Menéndez, R., Merrett, P., Mohammed, S., Murchie, A. K., Noble, M., Paiva, M. R., Pannell, M. J., Phon, C. K., Port, G., Powell, C., Rosell, S., Sconce, F., Shortall, C. R., Slade, E. M., Sutherland, J. P., Weir, J. C., Williams, C. D., Zielonka, N. B., Dicks, L. V. (2023). Grand challenges in entomology: priorities for action in the coming decades. Insect Conservation and Diversity 16:173–189. [PDF]
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Weir, J. C. (2021). Search image-driven apostatic selection and the evolution of phenotypic polymorphism. eLS 2:1–10.
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0028749. [PDF]
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Samplonius, J. M., Atkinson, A., Hassall, C., Keogan, K., Thackeray, S. J., Assmann, J. J., Burgess, M. D., Johansson, J., Macphie, K. H., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Simmonds, E. G., Varpe, Ø, Weir, J. C., Childs, D. Z., Cole, E. F., Daunt, F., Hart, T., Lewis, O. T., Pettorelli, N., Sheldon, B. C., and Phillimore, A. B. (2021). Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:155–164. [PDF]
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Weir, J. C. (2018). The evolution of polymorphism in British winter-active Lepidoptera in response to search image use by avian predators. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31:1109-1126. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2016). Rudimentary temperature experiments conducted on the pupae of Argynnis aglaja (L.) (Lep.: Nymphalidae). ​Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 128:230-237. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2016). Intraspecific taxonomy in the Lepidoptera. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 29:144-155. [PDF]
Short communications
Weir, J. C. (2023). Climbing ability of Platynus assimilis (Coleoptera: Carabidae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 35:135-136. [PDF]
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Weir, J. C., and Boyes, D. (2023). Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective et al. (2023). The genome sequence of the Vapourer moth, Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research 8:314. [PDF]
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Weir, J. C. (2022). The intrinsic benefits of polymorphism. Antenna 46:174-175. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2021). A compact and economical method for eclosing large numbers of moths individually in captivity. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 133:238-239.
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Lohse, K., and Weir, J. C., Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective et al. (2021). The genome sequence of the meadow brown, Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research 6:296. [ONLINE]
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Weir, J. C. (2018). Sub-species in the Cypraeidae: witness for the defence. American Conchologist 46:25-26. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2018). Two records of Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lep.: Danaidae) from Mallorca, Balearic Islands. Entomologist's Gazette 69:83-84.​ [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2018). Sub-species in the Cypraeidae: witness for the defence. The Linnean 34:7-8. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2017). Pieris napi (L.) (Lep.: Pieridae) mud-puddling in West Perthshire (VC87). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 129:231-232. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2016). Survival of female Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) (Lep.: Pieridae) after exposure to freezing temperatures. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 75:184-185.
Weir, J. C. (2016). Observations on the behaviour of Hipparchia fidia (L.) (Lep.: Satyridae) from Majorca, Balearic Islands. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 128:263-264. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2016). Possible cryptic resemblance of male Hepialus humuli (L.) to grass inflorescences. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 128:226-227. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2015). A response to some criticisms of the “selection theory” of industrial melanism. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 127:206-211. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2015). Letter—Protecting entomological collections in the absence of p-DCB. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 74:103-104.
Weir, J. C. (2015). Batesian mimicry in Anarta myrtilli (L.) (Lep.: Noctuidae)? Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 127:135-136. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. (2015). Letter—Re: Paradichlorobenzene: Sad loss or overrated? The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 74:40-41.
Weir, J. C. (2014). A method of rapid relaxation for specimens of Lepidoptera. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 73:128-129.
Weir, J. C. (2013). Darwin, Lepidoptera and James William Tutt. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 72:63-75.
Weir, J. C. (2012). An unusual note concerning Rhyssa persuasoria (Hym.: Ichneumonidae). The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 71:165-166.
Weir, J. C. (2011). On the apparent attraction of two members of the genus Hepialus (Lep.: Hepialidae) to tomato plants. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 70:141-145.
Weir, J. C. (2010). The attraction of male Pieris brassicae Linn. (Lep.:Pieridae) to decoy of female. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 69:181-182.
Weir, J. C. (2010). Notes and observations on Rhagium mordax (Col.: Cerambycidae). The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 69:72-73.
Project Reports
Blaxter, M. and Weir, J. C. (2018). The British Lepidoptera Collection: The Natural History Collections of the University of Edinburgh. Report on the Re-cataloguing Lepidoptera Project. Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018. [PDF]
Weir, J. C. and Weir, J. H. (2018). A pitfall trapping survey of the autumnal ground beetle (Col.: Carabidae) fauna of Glen Finglas, West Perthshire (VC87). Report presented to the Woodland Trust. [PDF]