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Julian Sidney
@butterflyjulian.bsky.social
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Treasure hunting for butterflies, sometime birds, bees, dragonflies and spiders with my spotter (wife). North East Essex Photos using Fujifilm X T5 straight out of the camera
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · Nov 23
Brown Argus photo from 7th September this year. Taken on a wonderful wander around Pipers Vale, Ipswich.
#butterflies
#bc-suffolk
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 16h
Phasia obesa seen this afternoon feeding on daisies in our garden.

Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 1d
Northern Deep-Brown Dart
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.

#moths
#teammoths
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Butterfly Conservation Norfolk @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social · 1d
Members Afternoon this Saturday at 2pm, Mike Slater Butterfly Conservation Officer for Warwickshire will share his 50 years experience on how the Small Blue was saved from regional extinction and how Warwickshire undertake conservation. We hope to see you. buff.ly/s6zL6J0
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 2d
Spilichneumon occisorius is a native UK ichneumon wasp with only six recorded sightings on the NBN Atlas, making it one of the most under-recorded species in the country.
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 2d
A male Spilichneumon occisorius

This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.

Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks for the reply.
Seen again this evening in same area.
Got a few more photos
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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · 3d
thrush against the rising moon, from Garden Safari. Am doing a fundraiser talk for the Middle Marches Community Land Trust Saturday Oct 18th 7,30 Priest Weston Village Hall sharing stories behind some of my most iconic photos @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 3d
On my daily wander around our North Essex garden with camera, I found this fly, about 5mm long on shady side on hedge.
Can anyone id please, possible Paraplatypeza atra (Meigen, 1804)
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Butterfly Conservation - Cambs & Essex @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social · 4d
BBC News - Rare swallowtail butterfly project trialled at Ipswich farm - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare swallowtail butterfly project trialled at Ipswich farm
Jimmy's Farm is collaborating with Anglia Ruskin University in an attempt to boost its numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 4d
This online event about flora on Suffolk’s road verges might be of interest to those who enjoyed reading Bob Leaney’s NNNS Transactions article on Norfolk’s road verges flora…
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Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service @suffolkbis.bsky.social · 4d
💻 Oct 14 || Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Wildlife Live Webinar - On the Verge >>> www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2025-...
Wildlife Live Webinar - On the Verge | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Join Anna Saltmarsh on a journey along Suffolk’s highways and byways stopping to admire the plants and wildflowers that brighten the route along the way
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org
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HoverflySpotterM.D @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social · 4d
Hi All.
I am new to this platform but have heard good things about it so here I am. Staying in from storm Amy with no chance of spotting #hoverflies today, hope they haven't been blown away. Here is a post from my blog site of a hoverfly seen recently. hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com/2025/09/hove...
Yellow-barred Peat Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)
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Butterfly Conservation - Cambs & Essex @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social · 4d
Will frozen Swallowtail eggs be viable? Might this be a suitable conservation strategy for our beleaguered sub-species. ARU is going to investigate
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 5d
The first indoor NNNS talk of the winter 2025/26 programme will take place on Tues 14th Oct 2025 at 19:30, when Garth Coupland will present "Life in the slow lane: the exciting life of slugs and snails." Free, all welcome. For details of the Eaton venue see norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...
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ChrisGibsonWildlife @chrismothman.bsky.social · 5d
Blog of my two short visits to Beth Chatto Gardens over the past couple of days
www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-sid...

Autumnal bliss!
#NatureWriting
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ChrisGibsonWildlife @chrismothman.bsky.social · 6d
New blog just posted on the Beth Chatto website:
www.bethchatto.co.uk/discover/our...

The joys of working there!
#NatureWriting
Wild Words from the Ground - September
Wild Words from the Ground - September
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 6d
A couple of nice finds Chris.
I believe I had one in our garden on the Monday .
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ChrisGibsonWildlife @chrismothman.bsky.social · 6d
And best of all this gorgeous fly Ectophasia crassipennis. Only one previous Essex record, and the first I've seen in this country.
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 7d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rangers welcome increase in Cannock Chase rare butterfly numbers
Dingy Skipper butterflies are thriving at Cannock Chase Country Park, according to rangers.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 7d
Palomena prasina Common Green Shieldbug 2nd instar nymph I believe, see this evening in our garden.

#shieldbug
#irecord
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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 7d
I've just added a few original invertebrate originals to my website www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 9d
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The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 33 - Moths v Butterflies - Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins - BBC Sounds
Brian Cox and Robin Ince adjudicate a fluttery face off!
www.bbc.co.uk
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 9d
I have see plenty about this year and all looked big. We found a large nest in a tree when in Norfolk last week. They seem to travel a good distance away from the nest as well
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 9d
If it stung you Bob it was Female.
Agree, been plenty about.
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Julian Sidney @butterflyjulian.bsky.social · 10d
Had a iRecord June record redetermined by the Simon, the country recorder to Horehound Long-horn Nemophora fasciella.
A scarce species, distributed mainly in the south and south-east of England, but very local.
Another good garden find.
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