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Willughby's Leafcutter Bee, Megachile willughbiella. #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #UKWildlife

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Whilst most of us are talking about heatwaves, we need your help to think about storm names! Did you know storm naming helps us communicate weather warnings more effectively? We're inviting YOU to suggest names for the 2025/26 storm season. Find out more in our press release 👇

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The good weather is back, let's celebrate with some FIT-counts! 🌞 🐝 🪲 🪰 🦋 These ten-minute counts are vital for tracking pollinators and can be done anywhere—garden, park, or on your transect Find out more ⬇️ ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts @pomscheme.bsky.social

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The British Mycological Society are now on Bluesky - follow them for fungus-related content! 🍄

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The Pattern In the past, 36 moths of 20 species in the garden moth trap on a warm June evening would have felt like a famine, but now it feels like the best I can hope for. More: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-... #VC55Moths #VC55 #Moths #TeamMoth

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Help us track the Green Tiger Beetle in Walsall! Sites in Walsall where we think Green Tiger Beetle may be present include: Shire Oak Park, Beechdale Park and Pelsall North Common. Report your sightings either via the iNaturalist app/website or by emailing us at [email protected]

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Never knew anything fed on Hemlock Water-dropwort as it's so poisonous. But saw lots of these wonderfully coloured caterpillars yesterday at Rattlechain Lagoon. As ever with brightly coloured caterpillars - they end up as dull brown moths - in this case Depressaria daucella.

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

⚠️ Extreme Fire Risk ⚠️ 🔥 After an exceptionally dry start to the year, and with the last week having been warm and dry, there's an increased fire risk in Charnwood Forest. 🪧 Signs are going up reminding visitors not to light fires or barbecues. 🌳 Be smart and help protect the countryside 🦌

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Common Green Furrow Bee, Lasioglossum morio. #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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Rhopalus subrufus. #Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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I'm sure there are others already here or soon to come - shout up to be added. go.bsky.app/UBxQxe3

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Rare Hazel Dormice Reintroduced into Leicestershire This week over 20 rare Hazel Dormice have been reintroduced into a woodland location in Leicestershire. Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/260135 Photo: Matt Parkins #Leicester #Leicestershire #environment #nature #UKWildlife

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I'm not a big fan of #iNaturalist, but (controversially?) I do like the sound of this: www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184 The mere mention of #AI has upset a lot of peopole though...

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The UK Pollnator Monitoring Scheme @pomscheme.bsky.social are looking for a volunteer to monitor a target square in #NeathPortTalbot. Could you visit SS8395 near #Maesteg four times during summer? Find full details here: ukpoms.org.uk/one-km-squar... and get in touch with PoMS to get involved.

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#Arachnids #spiders

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Recording hoverflies this summer? Check curled leaves on beech hedges—caused by Woolly Beech Aphids—for Melangyna cincta larvae. The larvae prey on these aphids and are often easy to find and ID, even in poor weather when adults aren’t active. #hoverflies

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Looking forward very much to teaching eager lichen beginners on my residential course for @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social, this 21-22 June at FSC Flatford Mill. A few places remain: join me and discover this fascinating, secret world right under your nose! www.field-studies-council.org/courses-and-...

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Soggy Somerset Four-spotted Chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata. #Dragonflies #Odonata #UKWildlife

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When I tell non-birders that I haven't seen a House Martin this year they seem to grasp just how drastically the population must have dwindled. A lot of birders on the other hand, immediately tell me where I can see some, as if me ticking them off in my I-Spy book of birds is the important issue.

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

Newly fledged Wren chicks are hiding from the rain in the Rosemary outside the window.

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Been out today orchid hunting around Leicestershire with @davidearlgray.bsky.social Excellent few hours, Dave showing me Lizard, Fragrant, and Heath spotted Orchid. We also saw Broad-leaf Helleborine and Common Spotted Orchid. One downer, lost my notebook ☹️

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Continuing the green theme, Green Hairstreak, Callophrys rubi. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #OlympusTG6

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I was surprised to just read just that the British Plant Gall Society is on BlueSky but disappointed to read that they’re proposing to stop posting here due to lack of engagement. So if like me you’re interested in galls and just didn’t realise they were here, follow them here: @galling.bsky.social

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Back from a very enjoyable trip to Somerset with @naturetrek.bsky.social. Highlight for me were the Great Green Bush-crickets, Tettigonia viridissima. Even the nymphs look like they could take your arm off if you annoyed them. #Tettigoniidae

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Photo of the Month May 2025 The NatureSpot Photo of the Month for May is this image of a Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis, taken by NatureSpot contributor JohnBee. Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/260041 #Birds #Leicester #Leicestershire #Rutland

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New digital publication available for free on our website! A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (2nd Edition): covering all British macro-moths, micro-moths and butterflies, this is an indispensable reference for any serious lepidopterist. www.benhs.org.uk/publications...

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Entomology Update - May 2025 May has been a busy month, dominated by bees. I am thankful for the relief from the spring drought at the end of the month. Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/06/ento... #Entomology #Leicester #Leicestershire #Rutland #environment #Insects #UKWildlife

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Red Mason Bees, Osmia bicornis, absolutely love bee hotels. #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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Looks like a celebration Dove was a easy target for the Leicester Peregrine’s #VC55 #Leicesterperegrines #KRlll

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Orange-vented Mason Bees, Osmia leaiana, going flat out stocking those nest holes at present. #Bees#Hymenoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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Free Range Pollen Fetch bee, fetch! Good bee. See: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/05/free... #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pollinators #Pollen

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Discover London’s beetles! Join us on 14 July for a FREE in-person field day of ID, recording & networking with specialist @connorbutler.bsky.social. Beginners welcome! 📍 Southwark London 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1368618638... @southwarkcouncil.bsky.social @gigl-lerc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social

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Anthophora furcata, Fork Tailed Flower Bee. #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #pollinators #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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Osmia leaiana, Orange-vented Mason Bee. #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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Lasioglossum smeathmanellum, Smeathman's Furrow-bee. #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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I just love these drawings of insect antennae!

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee, Megachile centuncularis. #Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

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