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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 8h

Fully grown Vapourer moth caterpillar on bramble in Grosvenor & Hilbert Park today

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 8h

Garden Spider with trussed up wasp that it has caught visiting ivy. Grosvenor & Hilbert Park today

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 8h

The hoverfly Eupeodes luniger and the tachinid Tachina fera at ivy in Grosvenor & Hilbert Park today

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 8h

Large Conehead seems to be established on Scilly now, with recent records from Bryher and St Martin's

Owen Leyshon @dungenessowen.bsky.social · 1d

Taken the lawnmower way out to the Pilot Path, Dungeness today for its annual mow

This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching

Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 15h

Denbies Hillside, Surrey: a sign of our times - October 9th, stood in a t-shirt watching Redwings and a Brambling at the same time as this Chalkhill Blue butterfly!! It’s all over the place…

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 28d

Dinarda maerkelii, found by @lancefly.bsky.social in the Wyre Forest, with @exmoormothman.bsky.social & @pilning.bsky.social on Tuesday. A species of rove beetle which is found in Wood Ant nests where they seem to be partly parasitic, there are very few British records. A very top spot!

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 12d

Reached a bit of a milestone this week with these little beauties sieved from straw. Allochernes powelli, my 13th species of pseudoscorpion seen this year and I've now clocked up 100 records of pseudoscorpions in Norfolk for 2025.
#pseudoscorpions #arachnids #invertebrates

A white plastic tray with some sieved straw debris in it and two small reddish brown pseudoscorpions in it.

Two reddish-brown pseudoscorpions in amongst some bits of straw debris. One has its claws pulled back against its sides while the other has them outstretched as it clambers underneath a bit of straw.

Two reddish brown pseudoscorpions sitting on some straw debris. The one on the left has its claws pulled back while the one to the right has them widespread in front as it clambers about.

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John Martin @pilning.bsky.social · 4d

Least Adder's-tongue (Ophioglossum lusitanicum) on Wingletang, St Agnes, today on a fine sunny day with @andymus.bsky.social @janettem34.bsky.social About 40 plants seen in 2 tiny patches of habitat #wildflowerhour

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 1d

This distinctive hoverfly is quite frequent in autumn in our High Weald woodlands

Robin Parker @thegreatskua.bsky.social · 3d

Saw only my second ever Didea fasciata (Pale-knobbed Lucent) hoverfly, in Taunton this morning, with the distinctive “ski goggle” markings on the abdomen.
#bugsky

A male Didea fasciata hoverfly basking on a sunlit leaf. The fly has a pair of yellow markings at the bottom of the abdomen which are said to resemble ski goggles.

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Debbie Knight @marburybirds.bsky.social · 1d

9/14 in Marbury. Straw Dot (3), Figure of 8, 2 Barred Sallow,2 G-b Crescents,R-g Carpet, Vines Rustic. I was pondering why moth-ing is so addictive(setting the traps up, checking traps at night, the anticipation then checking in the morning, then looking forward to the next night!?) #teammoth

Figure of Eight in the wall. Half the moths were on the wall last night. Very few in the traps

Red-green Carpet on the wall I think. Not much Red on it!

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 3d

Fresh looking female of Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes) in Calverley Grounds today. This species does occasionally produce a small 3rd generation at this site

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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 3d

Red-tailed Bumblebee queen in Calverley Grounds today

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 3d

#MolluscMonday: James Sowerby's illustration of Ammonites bucklandi from the Lias of the Bath district, in vol.2 of Mineral Conchology (1818), the description brightened by the tale of William Buckland being proclaimed an 'Ammon Knight' by his friends for his mode of carrying a large specimen.