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Amy

@amyflem.bsky.social

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Bsc Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Mangement final year student going on to study a MSc Entomology 🪲 You’ll probably find me looking under rocks 🔍

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Amy @amyflem.bsky.social · Apr 17

Found this interesting midge and I’ve been trying to identify it but can’t put my finger on what species it is! I think it’s definitely a male non-biting midge, possibly Chironomus plumosus? Hard to tell without looking under a microscope! Any thoughts? 🪰 #Chironomidae #midge @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

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Amy @amyflem.bsky.social · Mar 30

First few bee flies of the year, I believe this is Bombylius major! I went all of last year not seeing a single one, but in the last 10 mins I’ve seen 5!! Definitely up there with one of the best Diptera 🤩🙌🏻 @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · Mar 25

EXCITING NEWS - BEEFLIES are getting LOVE
The fluffy-flying-narwals are 1 of the 10 species to be nominated for Invertebrate of the Year

@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meet the twerking pollinator with a bum-bag: the dark-edged bee-fly

Bombylius major, the thieving, deceiving, fluffy flying narwhal-like insect, that is a harbinger of spring

www.theguardian.com

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Amy @amyflem.bsky.social · Mar 28

An amazing day spent behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum looking at their Entomology collections! What a fantastic day! 🪲

Dr Ben Clunie @drbclunie.bsky.social · Mar 27

And we're off - annual trip to the @nhm-london.bsky.social Entomology collections for BSc and MSc Entomology and IPM students @hau-entomology.bsky.social. As always thanks to @flygirlnhm.bsky.social for organisation and all of the curators for sharing their wealth of knowledge

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