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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 2d

Fair enough, 'av it.

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, it appears to be in captivity!

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John Martin @pilning.bsky.social · 3d

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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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 10d

This is the story of my daughter Milly and Lyme Disease. There was no rash, no "summer flu", NHS blood tests negative. And she's been ill for a quarter of her life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Thank you @lymediseaseuk.bsky.social & @lymeresourcecentre.bsky.social for raising UK awareness.

As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body?

I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Edmunds @vc28wildlife.bsky.social · 10d

Heterathrus microcephalus on our Weeping Willow - a sawfly miner I rarely see. Lyonetia prunifoliella mining Blackthorn seedlings in the garden. Lots of frass extruded under the leaf is characteristic

Heterarthrus microcephalus mines willow leaf tips

Note copious frass extruded beneath the leaf

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 10d

Yep!

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 10d

This male Tachina from Shotesham (E Norfolk) in August looks pretty spot-on for the newly colonising (or at least newly recognised) T. magnicornis

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 12d

Species 8,298: Macrosteles sardus, a hopper beaten from Great Willowherb on Shotesham Common, 100m from my desk. Thanks to @tim-hodge.bsky.social for the suggestion!

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inchgarthbirding.bsky.social @inchgarthbirding.bsky.social · 12d

Well Merveille du Jour finally crossed my peepers today thanks to @laurasharp.bsky.social and Helen Rowe, also Ypsolopha parenthesella and a stunning (and wonderfully named) Carabus problematicus beetle #teammoth

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 13d

Absolutely, a classic @panspecieslisting.bsky.social song!

Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 13d

See also 'Bee of the Bird of the Moth' by the above-mentioned.

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 14d

A reminder that we have a weekend of NNNS fungi-related events coming up. On Saturday 27th Sept 2025 at 10:30, national fungus expert & author Geoffrey Kibby will be leading a walk at Litcham Warren. See norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa... for meeting point details.

A cluster of Mycena, with brown thimble-shaped caps with white frilly lower edges, growing out of a log.

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 14d

On Sunday 28th September 2025, 10:30-4, county fungus recorder Dr Tony Leech is putting on a whole-day fungus identification workshop at Wheatfen, inc both lab & field parts. There is a cost of £15 & places are limited, so please book with Tony, details on norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...

A group of small white Mycena species growing out of the side of a large piece of dead wood.

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Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 14d

Marginal veins of Nymphaea alba (left) and Nymphaea candida (right) for comparison.. Veins of candida join to form closed loops, those of alba end at the leaf edge. Of course there’s a hybrid too, which is common where they meet.

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 15d

Not one I recognise if so

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 16d

Now available Harry

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 16d

Finding pseudoscopions. Our compost bin had Pselaphochernes scorpioides in it. To search: scoop out top layer of kitchen/garden waste & put in bucket. Sieve next layer down using garden riddle over a bowl. Then use finer potting sieve over tray. They are small, around 2mm. 1/2
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A plastic garden compost bin with the lid off showing the contents - a mixture of kitchen and garden waste. On the grass next to the bin are a plastic bucket, a black plastic garden riddle (sieve) sitting over a red bowl, a smaller potting sieve on a round plastic plant pot tray and a white plastic tray with sieved compost in it.

A white plastic tray with sieved garden compost in it. Roughly in the centre is a tiny pseudoscorpion which has been circled in blue on the photo.

White plastic tray with sieved garden compost and two tiny pseudoscorpions in the middle, highlighted with blue arrows on the photo.

Close up of a pseudoscorpion on a white plastic tray. It is pale reddish brown with long arm-like pedipalps that end in claws.

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 16d

will do

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 16d

Great find, very few recent records of this species.

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 17d

Really enjoyed talking sawflies all day long today with the @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 17d

Great stuff, thanks for confirming!

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 18d

Increasingly regular now across much of the south-east.

Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 18d

Not a Clancy's Rustic Ian?

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 18d

Still never had Clancy's here in Shotesham. It's so often the case that migrants/colonists take longer to get established out here in the sticks, compared to the city.

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 20d

I've even prepared some sawflies for people to play with...

Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 20d

A last reminder that there is an NNNS Sawfly workshop running on Sunday 21st Sept 2025 at Sheringham Park - see details below and get in touch with Mark Welch if you are interested in booking a place.

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Sawfly Identification Workshop with Andy Musgrove

21st September 2025

Description: Bring your own microscope if you wish, but we will have 5 suitable ones available on the day.

Where: Meet at 09:45 in the courtyard by the cafe (as we did for the Diptera workshop in May). Sheringham Park

Bring a packed lunch and drink - or you could go to the cafe.

Booking & Price: £15. Please email Mark Welch m.welch@nhm.ac.uk for details and to reserve a space.

A photo of a sawlfy on a green leaf. The saefly is mostly black but with a large red band around the body and some white on the hind femur.

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Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social · 21d

I'm not great at getting politically active, but these guys are, so seem like a decent bunch to give a few quid to.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 22d

“Rather than getting despondent - which is easy, at the moment - we’ve got to mobilise, we’ve got to get active." — HOPE not hate CEO @nicklowles.bsky.social, speaking to @theguardian.com today.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22d

‘There’s a basic decency among British people’: Hope Not Hate’s Nick Lowles on how to defeat the far right

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