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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 32m

Sketches of moths caught at light this week: Merveille du Jour, Common Marbled Carpet, The Vestal and Red-green Carpet, Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 1d

thanks Martine yes they are beautiful rove beetles

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 1d

Yes yellow scutellum is diagnostic for Staphylinus erythropterus

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 2d

thanks I use a Canon Powershot SX70

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 4d

could be but there may be similar species @gavinbroad.bsky.social will know more

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 7d

thanks @liamlangley1.bsky.social for helping everyone get a view of the birds before the disappeared around the corner

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 7d

Classic seawatching at St Ives, Cornwall yesterday 1000s of birds including Gannets, Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Grey Phalarope, Storm and Leach's Petrels, Arctic and Long-tailed Skuas and Sabine's Gull thanks to the locals for giving directions on the birds before they disappeared around the corner

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 10d

A magical evening watching the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus hunting Garfish Belone belone in almost flat calm conditions, Start Point, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 11d

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus showing well as they chased Garfish Belone belone in a calm sea at Start Point, Devon yesterday

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 11d

Mediterranean Stick Insect Bacillus rossius, Hayling Island, Hampshire

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 16d

Leiobunum blackwalli harvestman Bovey Heath, Devon today

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 16d

Heath Bristletail Dilta littoralis Bovey Heath, Devon today

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 16d

Sub-adult Horrid Ground Weaver Nothophantes horridus in Plymouth, Devon today. The first record for September of this UK endemic spider. They mature in November with a peak of activity for the adults in December.

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 17d

Cave Bristletail Trigoniophthalmus alternatus Buckfastleigh Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 18d

Black Oil Beetle triungulins Nick

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 19d

Although usually found amongst Marram Grass on the coast the jumping spider Marpissa nivoyi also occurs amongst Purple Moor Grass on heathland. Bovey Heath @devonwildlifetrust today

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 21d

The adorable Marpissa muscosa also known as the Fencepost Jumping Spider on some standing deadwood in our garden today. Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 21d

Zebra Jumping Spider Salticus scenicus feeding on a small cranefly on the wall of our house yesterday. Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 21d

It was great to see Moss Carder Bees Bombus muscorum of the distinctive dark form 'agricolae' on Shetland in June this year.

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 22d

yes looks good see www.flickr.com/photos/63075...

Leopoldius signatus (Ivy Waspgrabber)

Looking very much like a Conops species but with short mouthparts. Males can be separated from those of L. brevirostris by the lack of black markings on the face, black-ringed hind femora and differen...

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 22d

Lots of tiny Holly Parachute fungi Marasmius hudsonii on rotting Holly leaves today, Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 23d

translucent Light Emerald moth Campaea margaritata resting on underside of Ash leaf, Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 25d

Bathing Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, Hayling Island, Hampshire

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 25d

pretty sure my id as Cave Bristletail is correct but worth getting a shot of the eyes if you see another and check length of antennae as they could get broken off and can't see both of them in photo

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 25d

Hi Bill it is a Cave Bristletail Trigoniophthalmus alternans originally found at Berry Head but now known from a few other sites in Devon Buckfastleigh/Billacombe and south Wales. Key features rounded eyes & antennae about as long as body. Paul Brocks Wildguides Britain's Insects is a good reference

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