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linbrice.bsky.social @linbrice.bsky.social · 54m

Looking forward to my first visit to @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Dipterist Day in Cambridge. Great group of people and non members welcome: dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...

Dipterists Day 2025 - Cambridge | Dipterists forum

dipterists.org.uk

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 3h

An amazing piece of evolution 😲

Science Magazine @science.org · 17h

What looked like a hearing organ on a tiny stinkbug’s leg turned out to be something far stranger: a fungal nursery that mother bugs use to coat their newly laid eggs in protective symbiotic hyphae, shielding their offspring from parasitic wasps.

Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/4nDrDNm

(A) An adult female in the field on Sicyos angulatus. (B) Back view of an adult female reared on cucumber, whose hindleg organs are covered with fungal hyphae (arrowheads). (C) Magnified image of the hindleg organ. (D to L) Morphology of hind tibia of adult male [(D) to (F)], immature adult female [(G) to (I)], and mature adult female [(J) to (L)]. [(D), (G), and (I)] Brightfield images. [(E), (H), and (K)] Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. [(F), (I), and (L)] Magnified SEM images. (M to O) Peculiar behavior of egg-laying adult female. After laying each egg (M), the female rhythmically scratches the hyphae-covered hindleg organ with tarsal claws of the opposite hindleg (N) and then rubs the egg surface with the claws in a skillful manner (O). Also see movie S1. (P to R) Egg mass covered with fungal hyphae at 0-day (P), 3-day (Q), and 10-day (R) intervals after oviposition. Reddish color of 10-day eggs reflects the body color of developing nymphs inside.

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 5h

Delighted my YouTube channel has >1/4 million views and >5k subscribers. Keen to find new audiences especially students and practitioners. Also keen for new subjects either in UK or online interviewing someone in the field. Ideas welcome!
youtube.com/@bill_suther...

Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

My mission is to explain the natural world and how to protect it. I am a conservation scientist determined to improve the planet. Each short video will explain an ecological concept and describe why ...

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David Bradley @sciencebase.com · 4h

Eponymous lepidopterist moths #teamMoth

www.sciencebase.com/science-blog...

Please let me know if I've missed any or there are mistakes...ta

Moth’s named for people – David Bradley Science Writer

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 3h

A great resource made more accessible by @britentsoc.bsky.social - thanks

Les Evans-Hill @lesevanshill.bsky.social · 6h

Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society

www.benhs.org.uk

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Denise Wawman @denisewawman.bsky.social · 1d

More Mapping the UK's Flat Flies Project results published today with Adrian Smith & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social 212 host-parasite interactions, including 70 not previously reported, & a recent switch to gulls by some Louse Flies, Hippoboscidae. @btobirds.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change

A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies ...

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 18h

Save the date! 🌿

Want to learn how to record wildlife like a pro?
Join our iRecord 101 webinar — an intro to logging sightings, expert verification & sharing data for conservation. 🌎 🧪

📅 02 Apr 2026 | 💷 £12.50
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1734876575...

#Ecology #WildlifeRecording

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Rob Stephens @tillingtonchum.bsky.social · 21h

What do beetles do at this time of year? These 7-Spot Ladybirds have taken shelter under a leaf, whereas this pair of Rosemary Beetles have other thoughts.
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks @britentsoc.bsky.social for a great exhibition today, and congrats to @marshawards.bsky.social winners: @markgurn.bsky.social (weevils!), David Brown (moths!) and Laurence Clemons (tephritid flies!)

A view of the Marsh awards being presented at the BENHS exhibition, with some of the audience watching the award winners on stage

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Rob Edmunds @vc28nature.bsky.social · 2d

The new leafmine site update is now out. Has many excellent photos including some rarely seen eg Dialectica imperialella, Scrobipalpula tusdilaginis and Stigmella spinosissimae. Others more common. The amazing spiracles of Cerodontha iraeaos - like cow horns! www.leafmines.co.uk/html/updates...

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to @graemelyons.bsky.social and Mark Telfer for an amazing discovery 👏👏🕷️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of Wight

Conservationists hail ‘remarkable’ rediscovery after 40 years, at nature reserve only accessible by boat

www.theguardian.com

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Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social · 2d

Agree with @vannabartlett.bsky.social - Slender-footed Robberfly, Leptarthrus brevirostris (a male)

Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 4d

Going through last year's photos 2024 (I'm very behind in records). Dipterists, any ideas on this robberfly that landed on me last July at Aston Rowant NNR in quality chalk grassland?
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social for a start

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Dr David Cockburn @nature-in-charge.bsky.social · 3d

I took a close look at Ground-ivy - Glechoma hederaceae in my Leeds garden and found 3 pathogens:
A leaf gall caused by Rondaniola bursaria, a gall midge larva (family Cecidomyiidae); hairy gall ~3mm high
@bsbibotany.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
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galls on leaf upperside, hairy and ~3mm high

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Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Timely reminder for everyone to continue to report all dead birds that you find to the links below for possible testing. It's also really valuable to submit to @birdtrack.bsky.social for monitoring purposes too.

BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 28d

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.

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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · 3d

We're thrilled to share this film featuring some of the dedicated volunteers who monitor butterflies for the UKBMS

A huge thank you to them, and everyone who's supported the scheme over the last 50 years.
#UKBMS50

youtu.be/OrF5AgseX1U?...

Celebrating 50 years of butterfly monitoring

YouTube video by Butterfly Conservation

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Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · 6d

📢New paper: Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals @universityofleeds.bsky.social with Rothamsted Insect Survey🦋🐝🪰🦟
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/trillio...

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Clare Blencowe @clareblencowe.bsky.social · 5d

Field Mycology issue 26(3) is up on the internets 😎

▶️ doi.org/10.63482/cjr...

I think it's a good one -- you should read it. It's free!

cc. @britmycolsoc.org.uk

Vol. 26 No. 3 (2025): Field Mycology - October 2025 | Field Mycology

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BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social · 5d

Are you joining us at our Exhibition this Saturday? A chance to meet other members and browse interesting displays! To find out more including contributing to the Exhibition visit our website

Annual Exhibition 2025 - British Entomological & Natural History Society

www.benhs.org.uk

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 6d

🔮 How can monitoring data help predict the future of our environment?

Watch our #UKTEPoP Autumn Festival session with experts from JNCC, @ukceh.bsky.social and @btobirds.bsky.social on the power of prediction.

📺 youtu.be/KXY2-hdZ49M?...

#Conservation #Data #Prediction #TogetherForNature

TEPoP Autumn 2025: The importance of Prediction

YouTube video by JNCC

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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 5d

🥳 We’ve now passed £200,000 in our Hamgreen Wood appeal!

This milestone is thanks to the incredible generosity of our members and supporters 🙌

Will you help us to raise the remaining £100,000 to protect this special site for generations to come?

👉 Please support our appeal: bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 6d

Hedgehog Harvestman Nemastomella bacilliferum, Plymouth, Devon, this very distinctive but tiny harvestman is found at several sites around the city. It has not been found anywhere else in the UK but may be overlooked? It is usually found sat on the underside of rocks lying on the ground.

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Jim Horsfall @jimhorsfall.bsky.social · 8d

Calling all @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social members, there is a great indoor workshop on soliderflies coming up soon. I'll be there, and hope to see you too!

www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-...

Or DM me for details

@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

Soldierfly ID Workshop (YWT Member's Exclusive Event) | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Learn how to ID specimens of soldierflies with expert Yorkshire naturalist Derek Whiteley.

www.ywt.org.uk

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Mike Toms @miketoms.bsky.social · 7d

I always appreciate late Common Darters. One of the joys of October here in Norfolk.

Common Darter basking on a fallen fence post at Winterton Dunes National Nature Reserve. By mike toms

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NFBR @nfbr.bsky.social · 7d

A huge thank you to all our wonderful contributors @kitenet.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk
@earthwormuk.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social and all to the latest NFBR newsletter www.nfbr.org.uk?q=newsletters ! Thank you also to the amazing @aquatilis.bsky.social for bringing it all together :)! Enjoy!

Newsletters | National Forum for Biological Recording

www.nfbr.org.uk

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Graeme Lyons @graemelyons.bsky.social · 10d

My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...

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