Vanna Bartlett
@vannabartlett.bsky.social
Artist, naturalist, author, cyclist. Loves insects/invertebrates especially solitary bees & harvestmen. County Recorder for Harvestmen and Pseudoscorpions. Hefted to Norfolk.
Website https://arthropedia.co.uk/
Website https://arthropedia.co.uk/
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An extremely cool map
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
An extremely cool map
One for @andymus.bsky.social to ID...
Screams in entomologist....what the actual Fulgorid? If the article is as horribly inaccurate as as the photo, we're all doomed...
#Entomology #TaxonomyFail #AIisGarbage
#Entomology #TaxonomyFail #AIisGarbage
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One for @andymus.bsky.social to ID...
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Anemone Stinkhorn, Aseroe rubra. Egg, hatching, full bloom.
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Anemone Stinkhorn, Aseroe rubra. Egg, hatching, full bloom.
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I like this idea.
For December #SquareOfTheMonth we are highlighting 1km squares with zero modern records! Can you help update the species list for these squares?
SO4114 Llantilio Crossenny #Monmouthshire
SS9690 Gilfach Goch #RhonddaCynonTaf
Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/197
Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/196
SO4114 Llantilio Crossenny #Monmouthshire
SS9690 Gilfach Goch #RhonddaCynonTaf
Gwent: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/197
Glam: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sqothm/196
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I like this idea.
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While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today
Pseudoscorpions have been a bit thin on the ground lately, I've drawn a blank at 8 churchyards in a row now so finding this little Roncus lubricus on yesterday's bike ride was even more special than usual. Only 3rd one I've found.
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Pseudoscorpions have been a bit thin on the ground lately, I've drawn a blank at 8 churchyards in a row now so finding this little Roncus lubricus on yesterday's bike ride was even more special than usual. Only 3rd one I've found.
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Spring Hazelcup, Encoelia furfuracea.
Woods near Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2022/02/20/s...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
Woods near Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2022/02/20/s...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Spring Hazelcup, Encoelia furfuracea.
Woods near Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2022/02/20/s...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
Woods near Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2022/02/20/s...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Sessile Earthstar, Geastrum fimbriatum.
In Beech woods at Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/geastr...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
In Beech woods at Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/geastr...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sessile Earthstar, Geastrum fimbriatum.
In Beech woods at Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/geastr...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
In Beech woods at Marlingford, Norfolk.
Seen on yesterday's bike ride.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/geastr...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Forget Snakes on a Plane; how about Ticks on an Eel? cc @greenleejw.bsky.social entomologytoday.org/2025/12/03/t...
Ticks on an Eel: Museum Specimen is a First of its Kind
Two ticks found on an 1873 electric eel specimen mark the first recorded case of ticks parasitizing a fish—but only documented just this year.
entomologytoday.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Forget Snakes on a Plane; how about Ticks on an Eel? cc @greenleejw.bsky.social entomologytoday.org/2025/12/03/t...
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We're still trying to identify these little white plastic Pegasus figurines. Can anyone help? We’ve found several on beaches in Cornwall but beachcombers elsewhere have found them too. They're about an inch high.
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We're still trying to identify these little white plastic Pegasus figurines. Can anyone help? We’ve found several on beaches in Cornwall but beachcombers elsewhere have found them too. They're about an inch high.
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Lovely Atta cephalotes 🍃 ✂️ 🐜 with hitchhikers to ward off the phorid flies at La Selva
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Lovely Atta cephalotes 🍃 ✂️ 🐜 with hitchhikers to ward off the phorid flies at La Selva
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🧵 2/2 Alligator snappers are ambush predators. Note the pinkish-white blob in the open mouth - the snapper lays on the bottom of the river, with its mouth wide open and wriggling that bit of tissue to attract fish. Needless to day, an exciting day for me. #herps #turtles #NaturePhotography 🌿
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🧵 2/2 Alligator snappers are ambush predators. Note the pinkish-white blob in the open mouth - the snapper lays on the bottom of the river, with its mouth wide open and wriggling that bit of tissue to attract fish. Needless to day, an exciting day for me. #herps #turtles #NaturePhotography 🌿
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Meet the veliger larva - a tiny ocean drifter with a delicate shell and two ciliated “velums” that look like fluttering ears. These velums help it swim through plankton and capture food.
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Meet the veliger larva - a tiny ocean drifter with a delicate shell and two ciliated “velums” that look like fluttering ears. These velums help it swim through plankton and capture food.
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 2
No one does bleak-but-beautiful-winter like
artist Rowland Hilder
No one does bleak-but-beautiful-winter like
artist Rowland Hilder
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 2
No one does bleak-but-beautiful-winter like
artist Rowland Hilder
No one does bleak-but-beautiful-winter like
artist Rowland Hilder
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There is an old, and fairly accurate, line in politics that you should never pass laws and policies which you would not want a future government to be able to use against you. Could someone remind Labour of it please?
It is far harder to roll back a removal of rights than implement it.
#r4today
It is far harder to roll back a removal of rights than implement it.
#r4today
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There is an old, and fairly accurate, line in politics that you should never pass laws and policies which you would not want a future government to be able to use against you. Could someone remind Labour of it please?
It is far harder to roll back a removal of rights than implement it.
#r4today
It is far harder to roll back a removal of rights than implement it.
#r4today
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Wheelie bin seen while walking into Norwich city centre today.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wheelie bin seen while walking into Norwich city centre today.
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New research from Belgium doesn’t support the ‘lost generation’ theory for the decline of the Wall, but does show reduced survival with warming temperatures 🌍 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (📷 Mark Searle)
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New research from Belgium doesn’t support the ‘lost generation’ theory for the decline of the Wall, but does show reduced survival with warming temperatures 🌍 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (📷 Mark Searle)
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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Farage would actually turn up in the House for THAT vote!
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Farage would actually turn up in the House for THAT vote!
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It's that time of year again! Welcome to St Kilda World Heritage Site advent calendar. We'll share an image of this amazing site every day until Christmas.
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's that time of year again! Welcome to St Kilda World Heritage Site advent calendar. We'll share an image of this amazing site every day until Christmas.
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What #EYABeauty lies on the inside of this unassuming folder? We're showing off Elsie Wakefield's fungi illustrations today 🍄 Wakefield became Head of Mycology at Kew Gardens in 1915 and our Archives hold her personal papers collection, which includes letters, illustrations and photographs. #KewLA
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What #EYABeauty lies on the inside of this unassuming folder? We're showing off Elsie Wakefield's fungi illustrations today 🍄 Wakefield became Head of Mycology at Kew Gardens in 1915 and our Archives hold her personal papers collection, which includes letters, illustrations and photographs. #KewLA
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The Red Warning lights are on. Norfolk's iconic River #Wensum is in a sorry state & failing as a protected site. Local people & Anglers have watched the Wensum decline over decades & are ready to fight for the river they love. Hello Bluesky from #WensumRiverkin: See: share.google/9cx6ClJrMBIM...
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Red Warning lights are on. Norfolk's iconic River #Wensum is in a sorry state & failing as a protected site. Local people & Anglers have watched the Wensum decline over decades & are ready to fight for the river they love. Hello Bluesky from #WensumRiverkin: See: share.google/9cx6ClJrMBIM...
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A collection of handsome tortoise beetles (Cassidinae) 🐢🪲
1 Ischnocodia annulus "Ringed Tortoise Beetle", Belize, 2015
2 Aspidimorpha sp golden tortoise beetle, Mozambique, 2018
3 unknown metallic green tortoise beetle, Colombia, 2023
4 Deloyala guttata "Mottled Tortoise Beetle", Oklahoma, 2020
1 Ischnocodia annulus "Ringed Tortoise Beetle", Belize, 2015
2 Aspidimorpha sp golden tortoise beetle, Mozambique, 2018
3 unknown metallic green tortoise beetle, Colombia, 2023
4 Deloyala guttata "Mottled Tortoise Beetle", Oklahoma, 2020
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A collection of handsome tortoise beetles (Cassidinae) 🐢🪲
1 Ischnocodia annulus "Ringed Tortoise Beetle", Belize, 2015
2 Aspidimorpha sp golden tortoise beetle, Mozambique, 2018
3 unknown metallic green tortoise beetle, Colombia, 2023
4 Deloyala guttata "Mottled Tortoise Beetle", Oklahoma, 2020
1 Ischnocodia annulus "Ringed Tortoise Beetle", Belize, 2015
2 Aspidimorpha sp golden tortoise beetle, Mozambique, 2018
3 unknown metallic green tortoise beetle, Colombia, 2023
4 Deloyala guttata "Mottled Tortoise Beetle", Oklahoma, 2020
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This is the Sunburst Candy Spider from Thailand. Not AI (sucks to have to declare this). Very real and had been on my wish list for a long time.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is the Sunburst Candy Spider from Thailand. Not AI (sucks to have to declare this). Very real and had been on my wish list for a long time.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
The taxonomic placement is unclear, so we are leaving it at Cyrtarachninae.
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“Autumn, with its heavy rains, has filled the pond to the brim, and has flooded the track to the farm.”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“Autumn, with its heavy rains, has filled the pond to the brim, and has flooded the track to the farm.”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson