Tanyptera Project
@tanyptera.bsky.social
Promoting Invertebrate Recording & Conservation in North West England - Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside & Greater Manchester 🐝🐞🕷
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🕷️ Another new report today 👉 Baseline survey for the money spiders Erigone welchi & Semljicola caliginosus in Lancashire by Richard Gallon www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/bas...
You can also watch Richard surveying for these spiders in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeP...
You can also watch Richard surveying for these spiders in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeP...
Baseline survey for the Nationally Rare and Endangered money spiders Erigone welchi and Semljicola caliginosus in Lancashire in 2025 - North West Invertebrates
SUMMARY A survey was undertaken on 28th March 2025 (Forest of Bowland), and 11th and 12th October 2025 (Dales and Bowland) to speculatively search for the Nationally Rare and Endangered Linyphiidae sp...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🕷️ Another new report today 👉 Baseline survey for the money spiders Erigone welchi & Semljicola caliginosus in Lancashire by Richard Gallon www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/bas...
You can also watch Richard surveying for these spiders in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeP...
You can also watch Richard surveying for these spiders in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeP...
🐝 New Report 🐝- The status and distribution of the Solitary bee’s Andrena tarsata and Nomada robertjeotiana in Lancashire in 2025 by Ben Hargreaves
Now available to download from our website 👇
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/the...
Now available to download from our website 👇
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/the...
The status and distribution of the Solitary bee’s Andrena tarsata and Nomada robertjeotiana in Lancashire in 2025 - North West Invertebrates
SUMMARY The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside (Lancashire Wildlife Trust) were commissioned by Tanyptera Trust at World Museum Liverpool to undertake targeted surveys to est...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
🐝 New Report 🐝- The status and distribution of the Solitary bee’s Andrena tarsata and Nomada robertjeotiana in Lancashire in 2025 by Ben Hargreaves
Now available to download from our website 👇
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/the...
Now available to download from our website 👇
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/the...
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!Please Read! Coleopterists Day is happening on Saturday 21st February, not the 22nd as previously circulated. Accept our apologies for this confusion, we hope to see you there for discussions, presentations and more...🪲🪲🪲
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
!Please Read! Coleopterists Day is happening on Saturday 21st February, not the 22nd as previously circulated. Accept our apologies for this confusion, we hope to see you there for discussions, presentations and more...🪲🪲🪲
New Report 📣- Status of the Nationally Rare shorebug Chiloxanthus pilosus in northwest England with a preliminary survey of its distribution on the Ribble Estuary by Stephen Hewitt - now available to download on our website 👇
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/sta...
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/sta...
Status of the Nationally Rare shorebug Chiloxanthus pilosus in northwest England with a preliminary survey of its distribution on the Ribble Estuary - North West Invertebrates
Report summary [AI generated] This report reviews the status of the nationally rare shorebug Chiloxanthus pilosus in north-west England and presents the results of a preliminary survey of its distribu...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
New Report 📣- Status of the Nationally Rare shorebug Chiloxanthus pilosus in northwest England with a preliminary survey of its distribution on the Ribble Estuary by Stephen Hewitt - now available to download on our website 👇
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/sta...
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/sta...
Join us for our first identification workshop of 2026 - Apoid Wasps with Mike Edwards on Weds 18th February - more info and booking here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/apoid-...
January 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Join us for our first identification workshop of 2026 - Apoid Wasps with Mike Edwards on Weds 18th February - more info and booking here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/apoid-...
How to Survey for the rare Caddisfly Anabolia brevipennis – Watch Our New Video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIM...
Read more 👉 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/how-to-surve...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIM...
Read more 👉 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/how-to-surve...
How to survey for the rare Caddisfly Anabolia brevipennis
YouTube video by The Tanyptera Project
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January 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
How to Survey for the rare Caddisfly Anabolia brevipennis – Watch Our New Video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIM...
Read more 👉 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/how-to-surve...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIM...
Read more 👉 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/how-to-surve...
Anaesthetising insects with carbon dioxide in the field and methods for delivering the gas
Download and read Ian Wallace's full report here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/ana...
Download and read Ian Wallace's full report here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/ana...
Anaesthetising insects with carbon dioxide in the field and methods for delivering the gas - North West Invertebrates
Abstract [AI assisted] Accurate identification is fundamental to insect recording and conservation, yet many species cannot be reliably identified without temporarily immobilising active individuals. ...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Anaesthetising insects with carbon dioxide in the field and methods for delivering the gas
Download and read Ian Wallace's full report here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/ana...
Download and read Ian Wallace's full report here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/ana...
🐚 Celebrating Nora McMillan: An Inspirational Conchologist Featured on BBC’s Antiques Road Trip
✨ Our own Leanna Dixon joined presenters Phil Serrell & Tahmina Ghaffar at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve & World Museum to share Nora's story
📺 Watch here (starts at 9:50) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
✨ Our own Leanna Dixon joined presenters Phil Serrell & Tahmina Ghaffar at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve & World Museum to share Nora's story
📺 Watch here (starts at 9:50) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Antiques Road Trip - Series 31: 6. Shelling Out on Big Lumps
From rusty relics to glass gems, Phil Serrell and Tahmina Ghaffar race through Liverpool in a vintage beast, shelling out on surprises for auction.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🐚 Celebrating Nora McMillan: An Inspirational Conchologist Featured on BBC’s Antiques Road Trip
✨ Our own Leanna Dixon joined presenters Phil Serrell & Tahmina Ghaffar at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve & World Museum to share Nora's story
📺 Watch here (starts at 9:50) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
✨ Our own Leanna Dixon joined presenters Phil Serrell & Tahmina Ghaffar at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve & World Museum to share Nora's story
📺 Watch here (starts at 9:50) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Steven Hammer, one of our regular collection users, co-developed a new #insect pinning block, with staff and volunteers from the museum.
It’s 3D-printed and open source, so you can try it for yourself:
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
#ECN2025
It’s 3D-printed and open source, so you can try it for yourself:
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
#ECN2025
Entoblock step
An improved pinning block for entomological collections.
It has five steps at different heights for quick and accurate label setting. The steps are visible from both sides, making it suitable for lef...
cults3d.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Steven Hammer, one of our regular collection users, co-developed a new #insect pinning block, with staff and volunteers from the museum.
It’s 3D-printed and open source, so you can try it for yourself:
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
#ECN2025
It’s 3D-printed and open source, so you can try it for yourself:
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
#ECN2025
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Thinking of a career switch? Find your perfect job in #entomology 🪲
Visit our #job opportunities page for the latest openings 🔽
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📸 Leaping locust (c) Martin Tampier
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #STEMjobs
Visit our #job opportunities page for the latest openings 🔽
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📸 Leaping locust (c) Martin Tampier
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #STEMjobs
Job opportunities - Royal Entomological Society
Job opportunities If you have an insect-related or entomology job opportunity please send us the details [email protected] Want to work with us? Keep an eye on our RES Vacancies page for any paid…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Thinking of a career switch? Find your perfect job in #entomology 🪲
Visit our #job opportunities page for the latest openings 🔽
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📸 Leaping locust (c) Martin Tampier
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #STEMjobs
Visit our #job opportunities page for the latest openings 🔽
buff.ly/lESo5k5
📸 Leaping locust (c) Martin Tampier
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #STEMjobs
Asian Hornet spotted on the Sefton Coast for the first time
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/asian-hornet...
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Asian Hornet spotted on the Sefton Coast for the first time - North West Invertebrates
The Sefton Coast received its first-ever confirmed sighting of the non-native, invasive Asian or Yellow-legged Hornet (Vespa velutina) on 1st November 2025, after a single adult was photographed and r...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Asian Hornet spotted on the Sefton Coast for the first time
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/asian-hornet...
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/asian-hornet...
Buzzing Biodiversity: Bee and Wasp Discoveries at the World Museum Meadow 🐝🌺
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/buzzing-biod...
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/buzzing-biod...
Buzzing Biodiversity: Bee and Wasp Discoveries at the World Museum Meadow - North West Invertebrates
The City Wildflower Meadow at Liverpool’s World Museum has become a vibrant haven for pollinators in the heart of the city. Thanks to casual surveys conducted by the Cheshire Bee Group in 2023 and 202...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Buzzing Biodiversity: Bee and Wasp Discoveries at the World Museum Meadow 🐝🌺
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/buzzing-biod...
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/buzzing-biod...
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Why do bees buzz - and how can their vibrations inspire micro-robots? 🐝
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Why do bees buzz - and how can their vibrations inspire micro-robots? 🐝
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
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Improve your bumblebee ID and recording skills. This online course includes 3 recorded webinars covering the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, from common to rare and cuckoo species, + ecology and survey guidance.
Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
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Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
UK Bumblebees Online Course: ID, Ecology & Recording”
Discover the UK's 24 bumblebee species in this expert-led online course. Learn ID skills for common, rare & cuckoo bumblebees, explore their ecology, lifecycle and conservation. Gain practical recordi...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Improve your bumblebee ID and recording skills. This online course includes 3 recorded webinars covering the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, from common to rare and cuckoo species, + ecology and survey guidance.
Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
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🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 !
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 !
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
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Dr Phil Smith's October Wildlife Notes are now available on our website. They are always a highlight of the month for me and remind me that I need to get out recording more! Have a read and please share to any other likeminded and interested individuals. merseysidebiobank.org.uk/blog/2025/11...
Wildlife notes October 2025
Dr Phil Smith This month was the 3rd dullest October on record and, although slightly warmer than average, it was relatively dry for a month that is normally one of the wettest. Rachael Parks recorded...
merseysidebiobank.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Dr Phil Smith's October Wildlife Notes are now available on our website. They are always a highlight of the month for me and remind me that I need to get out recording more! Have a read and please share to any other likeminded and interested individuals. merseysidebiobank.org.uk/blog/2025/11...
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Here's that talk from last night, about humane insect collection. It's worth a watch I think - especially the bit about freezing specimens. Thanks to the @tanyptera.bsky.social for organising this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection
YouTube video by The Tanyptera Project
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September 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Here's that talk from last night, about humane insect collection. It's worth a watch I think - especially the bit about freezing specimens. Thanks to the @tanyptera.bsky.social for organising this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
Don't forget to book your place to join us for the 'What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection' webinar on Monday!
*NEW EVENT ADDED*
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Don't forget to book your place to join us for the 'What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection' webinar on Monday!
*NEW EVENT ADDED*
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
*NEW EVENT ADDED*
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Join LCES for their upcoming Autumn Meeting - All Welcome
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
August 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Join LCES for their upcoming Autumn Meeting - All Welcome
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Join us for an Introduction to Water Mites workshop next month!
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
August 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Join us for an Introduction to Water Mites workshop next month!
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
Join us next Monday for a webinar on the fascinating world of Britain's Freshwater Sponges 🧽
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
August 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join us next Monday for a webinar on the fascinating world of Britain's Freshwater Sponges 🧽
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🧬 Free DNA Barcoding Offer for North West Invertebrate Recorders 🧬
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
August 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🧬 Free DNA Barcoding Offer for North West Invertebrate Recorders 🧬
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
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A teneral male Red-rumped Ladybird, Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, seen at Brereton Heath LNR in Cheshire recently. The usually black areas are a muddy brown in this recently eclosed individual. @tanyptera.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A teneral male Red-rumped Ladybird, Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, seen at Brereton Heath LNR in Cheshire recently. The usually black areas are a muddy brown in this recently eclosed individual. @tanyptera.bsky.social