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Wildlife photography: (Not an obsession. It's worse than that) www.youtube.com/@ThePkb22 - for my wildlife videos. God-fearing atheist - Searcher of political truth in a pandemic of political lies - Arsenal fan and chaser of squash & foot-balls.
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I've not seen one of these babies in years! Arctia caja (Garden Tiger moth) #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #NaurePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #insects #invertefest #ukwildlife #bugsky #lepidoptera #mothsmatter #moths #wildlifephotographer

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@brighton-hove.gov.uk have just mowed down all the wild flowers in the street yet again! Which means they'll probably do the same to my local woodland edge, which is in full flower atm. What is it about the crisis in the decline of insects they don't understand? @argusbhafcnews.bsky.social

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My second Polistes dominula (European Paper wasp) in 2 years, the previous one in my garden in June 2023. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #Hymenoptera #NaurePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #wasps #insects #invertefest #ukwildlife #bugsky

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Local butterfly of the day: Pieris rapae (Small White) @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #butterfly

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Invasive flatworm Parakontikia ventrolineata - less than 100 confirmed records in the UK. Video to follow. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #Invertefest #naturejournal #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #wildlife #photography #WildlifePhotography #brightonwildlife

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Local butterfly of the day: There's nowt Grizzled about these Skippers! (Pyrgus malvae) @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #butterfly

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Local butterfly of the day: The Comma (Polygonia c-album) @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #butterfly

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Local butterfly of the day: The Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) Male + female @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #butterfly

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Local butterfly of the day: Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterflies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #butterfly

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Local butterfly of the day: The Peacock (Aglais io) The eyes have it! @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #butterfly

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Local butterfly of the day: Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) which is actually brown! @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton #butterfly

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Butterflies of the day: Pieris napi (Green-veined White) Female, male & coupling. @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social life.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton

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Local butterflies every day this week: The increasingly rare Erynnis tages (Dingy Skipper) ‪ @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #butterfies #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #brighton

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A Goldenrod Crab spider (Misumena vatia) with unfortunate prey. #wildlife #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlifephotography #arachnid #NatureBeauty #naturephotographer #naturelover #naturelovers #spider #spiders #brighton #arachnid #sussex #brightonwildlife

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‪ Another of our regulars 'April'. A mother once again. #fox #foxes #redfox #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #gardenwildlife #brightonwildlife #sussex #mammals #sussexmammals #photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #mygarden

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Nomada zonara (Variable Nomad bee) A 1st for the garden. ID givaways? Yellow tip to the antennae and red under the abdomen. #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #diptera #gardenwildlife #brightonwildlife #Fruitflies #insect #insects #entomology #sussex #cleptoparasites

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A rarely recorded Tephritid (fruit) fly: 'Chetostoma curvinerve' also seen in my garden in 2023. Video with species info' here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF4X... #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #diptera #gardenwildlife #brightonwildlife #Fruitflies #insect #insects #entomology #sussex

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Two absolute beauties! Oak Beauty (Biston strataria) Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata) #wildlife #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #entomology #lepidoptera #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlifephotography #insect #insects #sussexmoths

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A very juvenile Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica) found surprisingly, on a blade of grass in the middle of a dew pond. #wildlife #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlifephotography #arachnid #NatureBeauty #naturephotographer #naturelover #naturelovers #spider #spiders #brighton #arachnid #sussex

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Birds in flight: Little Egret, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron & Oystercatchers @rspb.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @brightonwildlife.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social @carlbovisnature.bsky.social #wildlife #nature #birds #birding

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Seeing the first spring butterflies in the garden is always a great moment: Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) Comma (Polygonia c-album) @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #wildlife #butterfly #entomology #lepidoptera #NaturePhotography #nature

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Salticus scenicus (Zebra spider) Salticus: from Latin for 'jump'. scenicus: from Greek for ‘theatrical’ or ’scenic’ #wildlife #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlifephotography #arachnid #NatureBeauty #naturephotographer #naturelover #naturelovers #spider #spiders #brighton #arachnid #sussex

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I've seen 4 Hummingbird Hawk-moths (Macroglossum stellatarum) in the garden in the past week (1 in 2024). I've never seen one feeding on Primrose before though? #wildlife #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #entomology #lepidoptera #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlifephotography #insect #insects

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About the Hairy-headed Leafcutter Ant (Incl. the most stunning fact about ants, ever!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Wu... @gettoknownature.bsky.social @protectallwildlife.bsky.social @stevewaycott.bsky.social #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #naturelover #ants #costarica

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The cost of reaching net zero in the UK by 2050 is now predicted to be just 0.2% of GDP (about £4 billion per year). Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.

submitted 64 days ago • 11 comments

As promised, video footage of the Common Toad (Bufo bufo) with species info'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKJ2... @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @brightonwildlife.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #nature

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It's mating time for Common Toads (Bufo bufo) in a local dew pond. Film footage to follow. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @brightonwildlife.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social @carlbovisnature.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #nature

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The March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth #entomology #lepidoptera ‪ #wildlife #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlifephotography #insect #insects #insectlovers #NatureBeauty #naturephotographer #naturelover #naturelovers #brighton

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