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.

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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.

Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2024 - ongoing Post Doctoral Candidate University of Adelaide

2017 - 2020 Research Officer South Australian Research and Development Institute

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

Agriculture Entomology Animal protection (incl. pests and pathogens) Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds) Horticultural crop protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds) Biological Control

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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus5
2024	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. DOI
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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus4
2022	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. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
2022	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. DOI Scopus5 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2021	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. DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2021	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), 429-440. DOI
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. DOI Scopus1
2020	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. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2020	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. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
2019	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. DOI Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC5

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 Monitoring	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Kudzaishe Precious Mavende

Email: thomas.heddle@adelaide.edu.au

Thomas Heddle

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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