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Gentleman Scientist. Ancora imparo. Trustee of NatureSpot: https://www.naturespot.org Secretary, Leicestershire & Rutland Entomological Society: https://leicestershirerutlandentsoc.blogspot.com #Arachnids #Bugs #Environment #Hemiptera #Leicester
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Bathyphantes nigrinus. #Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #OM5 #FocusStacking #Linyphiidae

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

The @norfolknats.bsky.social species guide to the Psyllids of Norfolk has now been updated with 2024 data (251 records of 32 species - thanks to all who have submitted records). There are also new photos for Cacopsylla visci & Trioza chenopodii. norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

As well as the bee photos, Rob reports a bee-fly! This is the first I've heard of in 2025, and it means #BeeFlyWatch is under way for another year 🎉 See more info, ID guides and a recording form at dipterists.org.uk/bee-fly-watch

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

What's in a name? The Tangled History of the "Charnwood Spider" ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/02/what... #Arachnids #Spiders #VC55

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

We’ve landed on Bluesky! 🐝 Follow us for the latest #bumblebee facts, project news and conservation updates 💙 Let’s get buzzing – say hi and tell us why you love bumblebees 👇

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

🐸💧 Want to create a wildlife pond & attract frogs, dragonflies & birds? Join us on 27 Feb for a FREE webinar and learn how to design, plant & maintain a thriving pond habitat. 📅 90-min event | Expert talk + Q&A 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253217329...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

So today is Celandine Day and for once my Ficaria verna 'Brazen Hussy' (or something similar) is in agreement with Gilbert White! #CelandineDay #Botany

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

First day on here! How do I get added to ento and science starter packs? I offer a beautiful psyllid (Creiis longipennis) emerging from its lerp and nymph, I guess 😍

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Neriene clathrata. #Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #OM5 #HeliconFocus #FocusStacking

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 New study finds ticks carrying tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus are now established in parts of the UK. Read more: mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news... #LymeDisease #TBE #TickAwareness #HealthWarning

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

🧐 Lyme disease is the fastest-growing vector-borne disease in the UK, but many people still don’t know the key facts. 👇 Visit our website learn more & share to help others stay informed! lymediseaseuk.com/wp-content/u... #LymeDisease #TickAwareness #KnowTheFacts #LymePrevention

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Can any #Lichen experts help? Alyxoria growing on dead Ash bark with Trentepohlia but I can't find any spores. Can it be taken to species?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

#Arachnids #Opiliones

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We're looking forward to the new Flower-Insect Timed Count season starting on 1 April #pollinators - find out more at our webinar with @festofnature.bsky.social on Sunday 23 Feb (still some places left) bsky.app/profile/poms... and see also the PoMS website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Trent Rivers Trust Project in Leicester - Call for Volunteers Trent Rivers Trust are undertaking a project in the Willowbrook catchment of the River Trent, in Leicester. Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/258763 #Leicester #Leicestershire #Rutland #environment

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Another instance of DNA not helping - but finding a way forward with Sminthurinus: collembolla.blogspot.com/2025/02/anot... #Collembola #Springtails #DNA #Taxonomy

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

#Verification

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@boldsystems.bsky.social Are there instructions anywhere how to plot a dendrogram from the public data on your website?

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

LESOPS 66: William Armston Vice, "Leicestershires’s First Dipterist". Ray Morris, February 2025. ISSN 0957–1019. Available at: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul... #Flies #Leicester #Leicestershire #Rutland #Diptera #entomology #NaturalHistory

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

C'mon you Blues! BIC Ballpoint Pen. First steps with the dreaded Raynox DCR505. #macrophotography #macro #blue #OMSystem #OM5 #Raynox505 #FocusStacking

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

One (OM) Lens to Rule Them All More: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/02/one-... #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #OM5 #NaturePhotography #photography

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Monochrome Magpie. #Birds #UKWildlife

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

In the absence of #Arthropods, a gone over Hellebore. Photo fartnarking ALT text. #Flowers #FlowerFriday #Macro #Macrophotography

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Ready for the off... Pulmonaria is go, but where are the bees? Feelin' frigid in #VC55 #UKWildlife

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I think... Happy #DarwinDay

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

#flies #Diptera

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

We've tried to create a list of all the Wildlife Trusts we know are on Bluesky. If we've missed anyone, please shout! bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

Chris Foster discusses the Ground Beetle Recording Scheme's work with iRecord. (from 2023 Why iRecord? Virtual Symposium)

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