1. HI! I’M AGNESE

2. Me with some of my friends I HAVE LOVED ANIMALS SINCE I WAS A CHILD PETS…I STARTED WITH CATS AND HORSES My mother always tell me that when I was 5 years old I couldn’t read and write but I could already ride horse RABBIT HORSE

3. FROG SNAKE The animals became a reason to study biology

4. The animals bacame a reason to study biology TADPOLE BAT HERMIT IBIS «STORK»

5. BIOLOGY ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY WHEN I WAS PREPAING MY EXAM OF ZOOLOGY THE LIGHT SUDDENLY DAWNED…. A SUMMER AFTERNOON WHEN I WAS STUDYING I RECEIVED A SIGN The animals became a reason to study biology

6. ANIMALS…. My passion is my job BIOLOGY ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY From Greek En temnein = In pieces Entomon = Insect

7. I’M A PHD STUDENT AND MY RESEARCH PROJECT IS ABOUT BEETLES A PARTICULAR GROUP OF INSECTS LADYBIRDS (COCCINELLIDAE) YOU ALSO KNOW THE FIREFLIES (LAMPYRIDAE)

8. I STUDY THE BEETLES LIVING IN TREE HOLLOWS

9. IN PARTICULAR I STUDY THE CHEMICAL COMUNICATION BETWEEN 2 SPECIES, A SMART PREDATOR AND ITS PREY… Osmoderma eremita (Scopoli, 1763) (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE) Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758 (COLEOPTERA, ELATERIDAE)

10. … AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND USE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

11. DURING THE FIELDWORK THE WOODLAND IS MY OPENAIR LABORATORY EVEN IF SOMETIMES I FEEL MORE LIKE A CARPENTER THAN A BIOLOGIST

14. Thanks for your attention !!!! Care! Too zoology can kill!