Thomas Heddle
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My current project investigates the temperature niche range of agriculturally important slug species. This project is part of a larger project investigating slug management, funded by GRDC.
Prior to this, I was working on how pasture systems influence the reproduction and attraction by temperate dung beetles.
From 2016-2020 I worked on the impact of the invasive Russian Wheat Aphid (Diuraphis noxia) in agricultural systems, the parasitoid community which utilized this aphid species. Additionally, I worked on several projects investigating Australian native earwigs, European earwigs and Portuguese millipedes, and green peach aphid biological management.
My current project investigates the temperature niche range of agriculturally important slug species. This project is part of a larger project investigating slug management, funded by GRDC. Prior to this, I was working on how pasture systems influence the reproduction and attraction by temperate dung beetles. From 2016-2020 I worked on the impact of the invasive Russian Wheat Aphid (Diuraphis noxia) in agricultural systems, the parasitoid community which utilized this aphid species. Additionally, I worked on several projects investigating Australian native earwigs, European earwigs and Portuguese millipedes, and green peach aphid biological management.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Post Doctoral Candidate University of Adelaide 2017 - 2020 Research Officer South Australian Research and Development Institute -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2020 - 2024 University of New England Australia PhD 2016 - 2017 University of Adelaide Australia Honours 2010 - 2012 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Barton, M. G., Parry, H., Umina, P. A., Binns, M. R., Heddle, T., Hoffmann, A. A., . . . Macfadyen, S. (2024). Application of a Mechanistic Model to Explore Management Strategies for Biological Control of an Agricultural Pest. Agriculture, 14(1), 14010150-1-14010150-13.
2024 Heddle, T., Hemmings, Z., Burns, A., & Andrew, N. R. (2024). Pasture diet of cattle contributes to the reproductive success of dung beetles. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 26(1), 38-50.
Scopus52024 Heddle, T., Hemmings, Z., Burns, A., & Andrew, N. R. (2024). The interaction between Onthophagus binodis and cattle dung pH: Impacts on reproduction and offspring phenology. Physiological Entomology, 49(3), 177-188.
2024 Heddle, T., Hemmings, Z., Burns, A., & Andrew, N. R. (2024). The association between pasture systems, dung removal and colonization by a local Australian temperate dung beetle assemblage. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 27(2), 280-293.
2023 Heddle, T., Hemmings, Z., & Andrew, N. R. (2023). A Baited Time Sorting Pitfall Trap Allowing More Temporal Fidelity of Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Activity. Coleopterists Bulletin, 77(1), 1-15.
Scopus42022 Van Helden, M., Heddle, T., Umina, P. A., & Maino, J. L. (2022). Economic Injury Levels and Dynamic Action Thresholds for Diuraphis noxia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australian Cereal Crops.. Journal of economic entomology, 115(2), 592-601.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12022 Ward, S. E., Umina, P. A., Parry, H., Balfour-Cunningham, A., Cheng, X., Heddle, T., . . . Hoffmann, A. A. (2022). Is what you see what you get? The relationship between field observed and laboratory observed aphid parasitism rates in canola fields. Pest Management Science, 78(8), 3596-3607.
Scopus5 WoS2 Europe PMC22021 Binns, M., Hoffmann, A. A., van Helden, M., Heddle, T., Hill, M. P., Macfadyen, S., . . . Umina, P. A. (2021). Lifecycle of the invasive omnivore, Forficula auricularia, in Australian grain growing environments. Pest Management Science, 77(4), 1818-1828.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC42021 Heddle, T., Umina, P. A., van Helden, M., Alhwash, L., Cheng, X., Binns, M., & Hoffmann, A. A. (2021). Life stages of the non-native Ommatoiulus moreleti (Lucas, 1860) (Julida, Julidae) in Australian small grain systems. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, 23(4), 12 pages.
2021 Van Helden, M., Heddle, T., Proctor, C., Alhwash, L., Wake, B., & Al-Jawahiri, F. (2021). Noncrop Host Plant Associations for Oversummering of Diuraphis noxia in the State of South Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology, 114(6), 2336-2345.
Scopus12020 Ward, S., Van Helden, M., Heddle, T., Ridland, P. M., Pirtle, E., & Umina, P. A. (2020). Biology, ecology and management of Diuraphis noxia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australia. Austral Entomology, 59(2), 238-252.
Scopus10 WoS82020 Heddle, T., Van Helden, M., Nash, M., & Muirhead, K. (2020). Parasitoid communities and interactions with Diuraphis noxia in Australian cereal production systems. BioControl, 65(5), 571-582.
Scopus8 WoS62019 Stuart, O. P., Binns, M., Umina, P. A., Holloway, J., Severtson, D., Nash, M., . . . Hoffmann, A. A. (2019). Morphological and molecular analysis of australian earwigs (Dermaptera) points to unique species and regional endemism in the anisolabididae family. Insects, 10(3), 25 pages.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor A Deeper Understanding of Hymenoptera Beneficial Insects in Australian Canola Through
Multi-Scale MonitoringDoctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kudzaishe Precious Mavende
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