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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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Spirogyra.
Again.
Sorry.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Woo hoo! Winter Moth, Operophtera brumata.
Never had one of these in the garden before.

#VC55Moths #VC55 #TeamMoth #Moths
Winter Moth, Operophtera brumata
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Bloody #Ascomytetes! These are not the #Myxogastria you're looking for :-)

Ruzenia spermoides.

#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #microscopy #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Ruzenia spermoides Ruzenia spermoides spores.
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Slime mold, Arcyria incarnata.

Arcyria incarnata Cribsheet: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul...

#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Arcyria incarnata Arcyria incarnata - empty cups Arcyria incarnata - spores & capillitium
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Slime mold, Didymium squamulosum.

Didymium squamulosum cribsheet: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul...

#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Slime mold, Didymium squamulosum. Slime mold, Didymium squamulosum, with pencil tip for scale. Didymium squamulosum - stellate CaCO3 crystals in peridium
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Can these tiny fungi (less than 1mm) growing on a decaying petiole in Leicestershire be identified? Might they be something like Botrytis?

#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #microscopy
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Mystery slime mold. Badhamia or Physarum. Sessile but I can't find any capillitium - ???

#myxomycetes #slimemold #VC55
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Potato Leafhopper, Eupteryx aurata.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Cicadellidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Potato Leafhopper, Eupteryx aurata
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Trioza urticae - surface spinules on forewing largely confined to the base of Cu2.
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Trioza urticae.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Triozidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Trioza urticae
November 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Robertus lividus.

#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
Robertus lividus male Robertus lividus male palp
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Cupboard Spider, Steatoda grossa.

#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
Cupboard Spider, Steatoda grossa
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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I've never actually used this 100X oil immersion before.

Rainbow Chard, Beta vulgaris, stomata, 100X oil immersion.

#microscopy
Rainbow Chard, Beta vulgaris, stomata, 100X oil immersion.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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On this #RainyDay I'm asking - what's somata with you?

#microscopy
Rainbow Chard, Beta vulgaris, epidermis with stomata.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Fed up with autumn leaf backgrounds yet? Let's go green.
Nigma walckenaeri.

#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #green #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Femnale Nigma walckenaeri on a green leaf.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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The very beautiful and always very welcome Aphanus rolandri.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Aphanus rolandri
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Issus coleoptratus nymph.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Issus coleoptratus nymph
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Birch Catkin Bug, Kleidocerys resedae.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Birch Catkin Bug, Kleidocerys resedae
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Arboridia ribauti.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Cicadellidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Arboridia ribauti
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Who's my fuzzy friend? Why it's Botryobasidum aureum.
Thanks to @norwichbirder.bsky.social
#Fungi #FungiFriends #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Botryobasidum aureum Botryobasidum aureum Botryobasidum aureum spores
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Big swarms of Giant Willow Aphids, Tuberolachnus salignus, on the same tree they use every year.

#Bugs #Sternorrhyncha #VC55 #Aphids
Giant Willow Aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus Giant Willow Aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Metellina merianae.

#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #Arachtober
Metellina merianae female
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Woolly Woodwart, Lasiosphaeria ovina.

#VC55 #fungifriends #fungi #mycology
Woolly Woodwart, Lasiosphaeria ovina. Woolly Woodwart, Lasiosphaeria ovina. Woolly Woodwart, Lasiosphaeria ovina, ascus Woolly Woodwart, Lasiosphaeria ovina, asci
October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Best Green Elfcups I've ever seen.
Chlorociboria spp.

#VC55 #fungifriends #fungi #mycology
Green Elfcup, Chlorociboria spp.
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM