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Clare Boyes

@pickeletto.bsky.social

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Grief-stricken mum of Douglas (http://douglasboyes.co.uk). We shared passion for insects & Bellowhead. Particularly obsessed by solitary wasps and bees. VC47 recorder, Bees, Wasps, Butterflies. MRes Ento student at HAU.

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 7d

They are one of my favourite wasps. The first time I saw them was 18 years ago with Douglas when we were on an FSC course at Flatford Mill. That was the trip that got him hooked on moths

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks Vikki. Im ok.He would have been so excited about all the interesting things which have turned up, although I still find it too sad to do much mothing. Good to hear about Beewolf- don't see many here

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you Travis

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you Don for your kindness. Yes, I think of Douglas every day, but today has been particularly hard. Tomorrow will be a bit easier

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 12d

Four years ago today since Douglas died. We miss him every moment of every day. Loved so much by his family and many friends; a respected scientist and moth-er; a wearer of great shirts; and a Bellowhead superfan.

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 22d

I remember Spangles, so showing my age!

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 22d

😂I'd be filling boxes and boxes of them if I had!

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · 22d

One of the garden oaks is covered with galls this year, of at least three species. Other nearby oaks have very few

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 30

Small Coppers in the garden yesterday.

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 21

Glad you enjoyed it!I was there yesterday with an entomology group. We loved it but we're unlucky with cold cloudy weather so not many insects. We will return!

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 16

Glad to hear it! Don't want to let the side down

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 15

Bit of a treat today with a family of Spotted Flycatchers in the garden. Not sure if there are 5 or 6. Many years since we've seen them here

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you - a good team effort

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 12

Roe Deer just bounded past. I've been picking them up on my cameras a lot this year but rarely see them in the flesh

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 4

Good spot! Thanks Jocelyne

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 2

A Wall in the garden today, keeping company with 2 lizards.

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Aug 1

I was going to trim back the vegetation around my garden sandpit, but 3 Field Digger Waps (Mellinus arvensis)are nesting under the vegetation so I wont'! They predate flies so plenty of food for their offspring. Doesn't do to be too tidy!

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 28

Totally agree!

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 28

Why indeed. It's infuriating

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 28

Douglas would have been 29 today. This photo was taken on his MSc field trip to the Canary Islands. He left such a huge hole in our lives, which can never be filled #grief

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 25

3 Silver-washed Fritillaries nectaring on knapweed in the garden just now. Certainly justifies leaving lots of wild areas. Shame it's not included in Big Butterfly Count, but lots of other butterflies to include

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 20

Douglas had a visit from the police once when out trapping in the Welsh uplands. They thought he was rustling sheep. The policeman knew a lot more about moths afterwards!

Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 20

This Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis) was on the sitting room wall this morning (had left the window open). Think Douglas only recorded it once before

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 19

And, as if to prove the point, today there was a Melitta haemorrhoidalis sleeping in the garden Campanula today. I didn't have my camera because I've checked those flowers several times a day for weeks and weeks to no avail.

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Clare Boyes @pickeletto.bsky.social · Jul 19

These creatures seem to know when you're camera-less. It happens often! Good luck with the hunt- I've never found it

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