The Bug Farm
@thebugfarm.bsky.social
WILDLIFE - FOOD - FARMING.
Visitor, Research & Nature Recovery Centre. Wildlife reserve, tropical bug zoo & farm. Founded by Dr Sarah Beynon. Also the home of Grub Kitchen (the UK's first edible insect restaurant) & Bug Farm Foods.
Visitor, Research & Nature Recovery Centre. Wildlife reserve, tropical bug zoo & farm. Founded by Dr Sarah Beynon. Also the home of Grub Kitchen (the UK's first edible insect restaurant) & Bug Farm Foods.
🦋 Exciting new species record for our land at Penweathers recorded by our Year in Research student Freya...a striped hawk moth. This is a scarce immigrant species from southern Europe and northern Africa. #thebugfarm #moths #mothing #mothtrap
September 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🦋 Exciting new species record for our land at Penweathers recorded by our Year in Research student Freya...a striped hawk moth. This is a scarce immigrant species from southern Europe and northern Africa. #thebugfarm #moths #mothing #mothtrap
The 'travelling toadlet' season is ramping up! 121 toadlets helped across the road last night, plus 49 newts (a mix of youngsters and adults) and 2 frogs. #naturenetworks #travellingtoadlets #toadpatrol #toadcrossing
September 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The 'travelling toadlet' season is ramping up! 121 toadlets helped across the road last night, plus 49 newts (a mix of youngsters and adults) and 2 frogs. #naturenetworks #travellingtoadlets #toadpatrol #toadcrossing
🦋 What a beauty! Clouded yellow butterfly on the Farm Trail today - the first we have seen for years ❤️. These butterflies migrate here from North Africa and southern Europe. Look at those lime green eyes and pink legs! #butterfly #butterflycount #bling #thebugfarm
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🦋 What a beauty! Clouded yellow butterfly on the Farm Trail today - the first we have seen for years ❤️. These butterflies migrate here from North Africa and southern Europe. Look at those lime green eyes and pink legs! #butterfly #butterflycount #bling #thebugfarm
August 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Common blue in one of our meadows. Just spectacular.
📷 Andy Holcroft
📷 Andy Holcroft
August 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Common blue in one of our meadows. Just spectacular.
📷 Andy Holcroft
📷 Andy Holcroft
🦋 We're seeing hummingbird hawk moths most days on the buddleia here at the moment.
🎥 Beth Wright
#moths #butterflycount #naturenetworks #pollinators #thebugfarm
🎥 Beth Wright
#moths #butterflycount #naturenetworks #pollinators #thebugfarm
July 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🦋 We're seeing hummingbird hawk moths most days on the buddleia here at the moment.
🎥 Beth Wright
#moths #butterflycount #naturenetworks #pollinators #thebugfarm
🎥 Beth Wright
#moths #butterflycount #naturenetworks #pollinators #thebugfarm
The Bug Farm students and seasonal staff team had quite a catch in the moth trap this week!
On that note - a belated welcome to Beth, Niamh, Freya and Alex and a big welcome back to Tabitha 🥰.
Thanks to our lovely neighbour for alerting us to the very strange light in the field!
On that note - a belated welcome to Beth, Niamh, Freya and Alex and a big welcome back to Tabitha 🥰.
Thanks to our lovely neighbour for alerting us to the very strange light in the field!
July 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Bug Farm students and seasonal staff team had quite a catch in the moth trap this week!
On that note - a belated welcome to Beth, Niamh, Freya and Alex and a big welcome back to Tabitha 🥰.
Thanks to our lovely neighbour for alerting us to the very strange light in the field!
On that note - a belated welcome to Beth, Niamh, Freya and Alex and a big welcome back to Tabitha 🥰.
Thanks to our lovely neighbour for alerting us to the very strange light in the field!
Another cracking lot of comments on our nature action board in the Nature Recovery Centre! One in particular made us laugh!
#naturerecoverycentre #naturenetworks #NatureRecovery #thebugfarm
#naturerecoverycentre #naturenetworks #NatureRecovery #thebugfarm
July 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Another cracking lot of comments on our nature action board in the Nature Recovery Centre! One in particular made us laugh!
#naturerecoverycentre #naturenetworks #NatureRecovery #thebugfarm
#naturerecoverycentre #naturenetworks #NatureRecovery #thebugfarm
Caribbean green bean stick insect (Diapherodes gigantea).
📷 Leo Carroll
#thebugfarm #walesnatureweek #macro #macrophotography
📷 Leo Carroll
#thebugfarm #walesnatureweek #macro #macrophotography
July 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Caribbean green bean stick insect (Diapherodes gigantea).
📷 Leo Carroll
#thebugfarm #walesnatureweek #macro #macrophotography
📷 Leo Carroll
#thebugfarm #walesnatureweek #macro #macrophotography
Male jungle nymph and, as you can see, he looks a whole lot different from his greener gal pals.
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll @my.friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta
#macrophotography #insectphotography #entomology #wales #pembrokeshire #walesphotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll @my.friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta
#macrophotography #insectphotography #entomology #wales #pembrokeshire #walesphotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
July 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Male jungle nymph and, as you can see, he looks a whole lot different from his greener gal pals.
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll @my.friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta
#macrophotography #insectphotography #entomology #wales #pembrokeshire #walesphotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll @my.friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta
#macrophotography #insectphotography #entomology #wales #pembrokeshire #walesphotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
Female jungle nymph - one of the heaviest insect species in the world.
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll - @friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta.
#nature #tropicalbugzoo #bugs #bugzoo #macrophotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll - @friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta.
#nature #tropicalbugzoo #bugs #bugzoo #macrophotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
July 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Female jungle nymph - one of the heaviest insect species in the world.
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll - @friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta.
#nature #tropicalbugzoo #bugs #bugzoo #macrophotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
(Heteropteryx dilatata)
📷 Leo Carroll - @friendly.neighbourhood.bug on Insta.
#nature #tropicalbugzoo #bugs #bugzoo #macrophotography #thebugfarm #walesnatureweek
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I had the time of my life at @thebugfarm.bsky.social today, making friends with a green bean stick insect and Madagascar hissing cockroach AND I saw a hummingbird hawk-moth for the first time among the wildflowers. So many wonderful bugs both inside and out. Living my best Animal Crossing life.
July 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I had the time of my life at @thebugfarm.bsky.social today, making friends with a green bean stick insect and Madagascar hissing cockroach AND I saw a hummingbird hawk-moth for the first time among the wildflowers. So many wonderful bugs both inside and out. Living my best Animal Crossing life.
Day...week...year made! We have a nest of barn owl chicks! We are over the moon. These three chicks have been weighed (they're really heavy for their age) and ringed by ecologist Paddy Jenks.
What a glorious picture of the whole family together.
#barnowls #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
What a glorious picture of the whole family together.
#barnowls #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
June 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Day...week...year made! We have a nest of barn owl chicks! We are over the moon. These three chicks have been weighed (they're really heavy for their age) and ringed by ecologist Paddy Jenks.
What a glorious picture of the whole family together.
#barnowls #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
What a glorious picture of the whole family together.
#barnowls #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
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Have you ever heard of a tree lobster? Also know as Dryococelus australis.
As it's National insect week, its worth remembering there are lots of marine insects too (kind of).
Our friends over at @thebugfarm.bsky.social have lots of other cool stick insects you can see and more.
#InsectWeek
As it's National insect week, its worth remembering there are lots of marine insects too (kind of).
Our friends over at @thebugfarm.bsky.social have lots of other cool stick insects you can see and more.
#InsectWeek
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Have you ever heard of a tree lobster? Also know as Dryococelus australis.
As it's National insect week, its worth remembering there are lots of marine insects too (kind of).
Our friends over at @thebugfarm.bsky.social have lots of other cool stick insects you can see and more.
#InsectWeek
As it's National insect week, its worth remembering there are lots of marine insects too (kind of).
Our friends over at @thebugfarm.bsky.social have lots of other cool stick insects you can see and more.
#InsectWeek
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wasp 🐝 or beetle 🪲? Mimicry at its finest at The Bug Farm!
#mimicry #insectweek #standtallforthesmall @royentsoc.bsky.social
#mimicry #insectweek #standtallforthesmall @royentsoc.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wasp 🐝 or beetle 🪲? Mimicry at its finest at The Bug Farm!
#mimicry #insectweek #standtallforthesmall @royentsoc.bsky.social
#mimicry #insectweek #standtallforthesmall @royentsoc.bsky.social
Tune into @purewestradio.bsky.social now - I'll be live at 12:15pm for Insect Week.
#insectweek #thebugfarm @royentsoc.bsky.social
#insectweek #thebugfarm @royentsoc.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Tune into @purewestradio.bsky.social now - I'll be live at 12:15pm for Insect Week.
#insectweek #thebugfarm @royentsoc.bsky.social
#insectweek #thebugfarm @royentsoc.bsky.social
A taste of things to come for Insect Week here at The Bug Farm 🐞🪲🪰🦋🐛🦟🐝. All pics taken by Amdy Holcroft here at The Bug Farm in the last month or so.
@royentsoc.bsky.social #insectweek #thebugfarm #macro #macrophotography #insects
@royentsoc.bsky.social #insectweek #thebugfarm #macro #macrophotography #insects
June 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A taste of things to come for Insect Week here at The Bug Farm 🐞🪲🪰🦋🐛🦟🐝. All pics taken by Amdy Holcroft here at The Bug Farm in the last month or so.
@royentsoc.bsky.social #insectweek #thebugfarm #macro #macrophotography #insects
@royentsoc.bsky.social #insectweek #thebugfarm #macro #macrophotography #insects
Our first ever swift screaming party ❤️🥹🎉
#swifts #bird #wildlifelover #naturevibes #nature #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
#swifts #bird #wildlifelover #naturevibes #nature #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
June 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our first ever swift screaming party ❤️🥹🎉
#swifts #bird #wildlifelover #naturevibes #nature #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
#swifts #bird #wildlifelover #naturevibes #nature #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
The comical lackey moth caterpillars have left their communal larval webs and are busy ambling across The Bug Farm at the moment. With their dishevelled appearance, they all look like they had a big night out on the tiles! #badhairday #caterpillar #thebugfarm
📸 Andy Holcroft
📸 Andy Holcroft
May 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The comical lackey moth caterpillars have left their communal larval webs and are busy ambling across The Bug Farm at the moment. With their dishevelled appearance, they all look like they had a big night out on the tiles! #badhairday #caterpillar #thebugfarm
📸 Andy Holcroft
📸 Andy Holcroft
May Half Term at The Bug Farm. This is one of the best times of year to visit us.
All additional activities can be booked on our website at: www.thebugfarm.co.uk/visit-us/eve...
All additional activities can be booked on our website at: www.thebugfarm.co.uk/visit-us/eve...
May 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
May Half Term at The Bug Farm. This is one of the best times of year to visit us.
All additional activities can be booked on our website at: www.thebugfarm.co.uk/visit-us/eve...
All additional activities can be booked on our website at: www.thebugfarm.co.uk/visit-us/eve...
May 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A lovely, poignant day showing Myfanwy and Ifor Lloyd, from the Derwen Stud, Myfanwy's Farm History Museum (or part of it) in its new home here in our new Nature Recovery Centre. #NatureNetworks #NatureReserve #NatureRecovery #farming #Museum #FarmingMuseum #history #TheBugFarm
May 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A lovely, poignant day showing Myfanwy and Ifor Lloyd, from the Derwen Stud, Myfanwy's Farm History Museum (or part of it) in its new home here in our new Nature Recovery Centre. #NatureNetworks #NatureReserve #NatureRecovery #farming #Museum #FarmingMuseum #history #TheBugFarm
I last spotted a green hairstreak butterfly on the road through the centre of Dowrog Common on a hot, sunny day in May in 2009. Yesterday, I spotted this beauty in exactly the same spot as my 2009 spot.
📸 Armando Rosario Lebron
📸 Armando Rosario Lebron
May 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I last spotted a green hairstreak butterfly on the road through the centre of Dowrog Common on a hot, sunny day in May in 2009. Yesterday, I spotted this beauty in exactly the same spot as my 2009 spot.
📸 Armando Rosario Lebron
📸 Armando Rosario Lebron
Happy #nationalhedgerowweek. This was the first new hedge that we planted (with @pembscoast) at The Bug Farm in around 2014-2015. 10 years on and it is now taller than me - at least 10-foot high in most places .
May 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy #nationalhedgerowweek. This was the first new hedge that we planted (with @pembscoast) at The Bug Farm in around 2014-2015. 10 years on and it is now taller than me - at least 10-foot high in most places .