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Richard Lewington

@rlewington2.bsky.social

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Wildlife illustrator, photographer and invertebrate enthusiast - A Curious Bug-er from Oxfordshire. F.R.E.S. - President of Abingdon Naturalists’ Society www.richardlewington.co.uk

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, the spider is a Xysticus, which doesn’t burrow or make a web. The holes have been excavated by wasps or bees.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Linden

Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 7d

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - Ornithoptera alexandrae, the world's largest butterfly, male wingspan 19cm female 24 cm. Swallowtail - Papilio machaon, Britain's largest butterfly, wingspan 7cm. Print from a recent painting www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...

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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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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 13d

It’s a Pieris species, I’d say Large White - Pieris brassicae

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 20d

The holy grail this morning and then it was away - Clifden Nonpareil

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 21d

That makes sense

Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 21d

Nice Matt. What’s the camera?

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 25d

Could do with a bit more detail

Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Sep 8

I agree,Tim, its size and with that notched head, make it a certain Peppered Moth

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks Vanna. Yes, the long delayed grasshoppers books is now with the repro house and I’m expecting proofs fairly soon. It’s looking good.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s a caterpillar of the Herald moth.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Jun 29

Yes, looks like Mint Moth caterpillar

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Jun 25

Not certain and I haven’t got access to my caterpillar book at the moment

Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Jun 22

Little male Yellow Loosestrife Bee - Macropis europaea on its host plant by the garden pond

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Jun 16

Not Painted Lady but a larval web of the Small Eggar moth. Nice find.

Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · Jun 13

Yes, it’s a Knotgrass, Steve

Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · May 3

The once rare Box Bug
Gonocerus acuteangulatus now found in my garden

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Wylie Horn @wyliehorn.bsky.social · May 1

Grey-patched Mining Bee, Andrena nitida photographed on a sandy track near a former golf course in Oxfordshire today
As ever HT to Steven Falk and @rlewington2.bsky.social for their wonderful 'Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland'A

A grey-patched mining bee sitting on a Meindl shoe. The key id features are the reddish pile on top of the thorax that contrasts with the shiny black abdomen, patches of white hairs (which look grey in the field) at the sides of tergites 1-3, and white-haired femora (from Falk & Lewington, 2017).

These features are visible in the photo.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · May 3

Thanks Wylie. The guide should introduce you to most of the spiders you encounter in your travels - the species appearing in it were carefully chosen.

Wylie Horn @wyliehorn.bsky.social · May 2

Larinoides cornutus by the River Thames near Oxford a few days ago. #spiders #arachnids
HT to @rlewington2.bsky.social and his excellent Pocket Guide to British Spiders which arrived in the post today.