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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 2d

All welcome; in person at the DAB, or online via zoom (register in advance). What could be more relevant for natural historians than a talk called 'The Past and Future of Natural History'.

Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 5d

More photos of the Great silver diving beetle (Hydrophilus piceus) found today in the moth trap. #cubotanicgarden.bsky.social

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 5d

Great silver diving beetle (Hydrophilus piceus). Holly videoed this beetle being released after we found it at the bottom of the moth trap this morning in the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens #cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #mothsmatter

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 9d

Walnut (Juglans regia); 1 tree, 3 plants galls. Aceria brachytarsus, A. tristriata & A. erinea. A. brachytarsus was first found in UK in 2021, in Cambridge.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 10d

CNHS - First talk of the season = all about bees. Plus termcard for the autumn talks. Available both in person or online.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 19d

Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) crawling across a lawn today in Cambridge - probably looking for some leaf litter to pupate in #mothsmatter

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 21d

Roe deer asleep in the woods today in Cambridge. I hadn't realised they slept all curled up.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · 24d

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Lots of people turned out for the CNHS Plant gall survey yesterday. Some curious bullocks tried to join in which made examinations by loupe difficult. The Oak trees provided the best number of galls, including Andricus gemmus, perhaps new to central Cambridge.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Sep 8

A Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) in a central Cambridge meadow . The main food item for this spider is orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers), so perhaps it has caught one of the many Field grasshoppers in the meadow.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Sep 3

New species for Britain found in Cambridge - Otiorhynchus corruptor. It has been found in grapes in a supermarket in Wales before, but we are not aware of any other records of it from outdoors in Britain. It is similar to O. sulcatus but corruptor has broad areas of scales with a bare patch.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Sep 2

A Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) amongst the fallen autumn leaves today in Cambridge.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Aug 28

sorry, I am not aware of any. I hoped I had found one a couple of weeks ago, but it is looking like a very young Knopper gall.

Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Aug 28

Field Study trip to Wandlebury with Jonathan Shanklin, Sunday Aug 31st. Meet by the cycle stand and information board at 2pm. All welcome. 550 taxa reported from site but 150 haven't been seen for a decade so we shall be looking for plants.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Aug 18

Jersey-Tiger Moths have been making headlines recently as their numbers are on the rise 🦋
Moth experts Duncan McKay and Lois Clarke from the CNHS explained just how special these moths are.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Thordis Fridriksson on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Aug 13

Adonis' ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) has not been spotted (we think) in Cambridge since 2021. They have been seen at least 4 times in the past month. Is it a good year, or have people not been spotting them?

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Aug 8

63 Jersey tiger moths (Euplagia quadripunctaria) found in a moth trap in Cambridge this week. There are lots around Cambs this year.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Aug 5

Nightingale Community Gardens - CNHS survey 26th July 2025. 63 species seen including a Raspberry clearwing moth; Fig-tree skeletoniser moth; European paper wasp; Wasp spider; the bug Fieberiella florii, an ovipositing Southern hawker and tens of Gatekeeper butterflies!

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hummingbird hawkmoth egg-laying today in Cambridge on Ladies bedstraw #teammoth

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jul 17

CNHS led a biodiversity walk around the new Marleigh development on Tuesday evening. Despite the pouring rain it was good to see quite a few residents turning up for the walk and we managed to find and record quite a lot of wildlife (mainly plants though!)

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jun 27

A herd of Elephant moths today in the Botanic Gardens. We also saw a scarce migrant, the Small marbled (Eublemma parva) and other beauties such as the Spectacle, Dark arches & Buff-tip.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jun 25

Summer mothing in Cambridge. Here are some photos from this morning at King's College and the roof of the David Attenborough building.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jun 16

Elephant and Small elephant hawkmoths last week. Mothing with CNHS on the top of the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jun 13

FIELD STUDIES WITH JONATHAN SHANKLIN:
Our next field studies visit to the Coe Fen area is on Wednesday, June 18. We’ll start by looking at Sheep’s Green, meeting by the race on the Cam by Scudamore’s at the bottom of Mill Lane (TL447580) at 6:30pm. Suitable for beginners to experts, all welcome.

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jun 10

CNHS visit to Monk's Wood last weekend (it was a long day):

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Cambridge Natural History Society @cnhs1857.bsky.social · Jun 10

CNHS visit to Woodwalton Fen last weekend:

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