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Botanist, mycologist, cyclist and gardener based in Norwich, UK. Wildlife, especially insects and other invertebrates. Author of Jeremy Bartlett's "Let It Grow" blog, https://www.jeremybartlett.co.uk.
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Meanwhile in London 👇
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Or even Gestingthorpe...
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He's in very fresh condition. And early?
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The Fens population was a rediscovery (known from there in Vicorian times then found again in 2014). See cdn.buglife.org.uk/downloads/Sp....
Maybe I need to visit York again one spring. Used to go there a lot (my furthest south when I lived in Scotland and later my furthest north, for work).
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I'd love to see a Tansy Beetle. I did look beside the River Ouse near York many years ago, without success (and skill). They've been rediscovered in the Fens, a bit nearer where I live. Good luck with your search!
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I've seen many hecks but until now I didn't have a name for them. Thanks!
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I think this species is only on Tansy but the Peach-potato Aphid, Myzus persicae, is red and occurs on Buddleja. (There are 10 other species on Buddleja listed on the Influential Points website but none are red.)
See influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Myzu...
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The Influential Points website (link above) says: "A closely related aphid, Uroleucon nigrotubeculatum, gets it brick-red colouration from a quinone pigment named uroleuconaphin (Horikawa et al., 2006). We suspect that Uroleucon tanaceti uses the same, or a very similar, pigment."
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Walked the clifftop path from Overstrand to Cromer last Friday afternoon. I've never seen Common Gorse looking so vividly yellow, with tightly packed flowers.
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I live in Norfolk (but grew up near Aberdeen). Many of us can't stand this evil government either.
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Ours (in Norwich) is getting more stock. Not quite back to normal but better than last week when I went in for bread, milk and vegetables and left empty handed.
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It's a female Orange Tip butterfly. (Only the males have orange tips to their forewings.)
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Say what you like about Osama (and you'd be right to do do), he had principles. So nothing like Starmer.
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No other orchids around and all the plants had same coloured flowers.
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I would love to know who decided to use lowercase. If you look through older natural history books (e.g. Warne Wayside & Woodland Series), uppercase was the accepted norm.
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... making the world a nicer place is popular too, including tackling the climate crisis and looking after other people. This is where the Green Party's very different - and genuine - populism should come from.