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✨ Vintage Hoverfly Paintings 🎨

The search for the oldest hoverfly painting on canvas what century does it belong to?

Take a peek! 👇

#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Syrphidae #Diptera #knowledge #Art #HistoricalArt #Artappreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders
@jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Hoverflies in Paintings
An exploration of hoverfly depictions in fine art, tracing the earliest known representation of a hoverfly on canvas.
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January 31, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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🌼 A Search for Spring 🌱☀️
Saw these flowers Tuesday at a churchyard in York - Monks of Micklegate. Signs of Spring or just indicating it’s on its way?
#Plants #York #HiddenWonders #Nature #Flowers
Primrose (Primula vulgaris) Snowdrops (Galanthus rivalis) & Daffodil (Narcissus sp). Snowdrops (Galanthus rivalis) Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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🏰 View from a hotel room 🏨
In York today – the view for those that like history 📜 – the wall, and for those that like natural history 🌿, the Jewel of York – the rare Tansy Beetle(Chrysolina graminis).
#Art #Nature #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders #Insects #StreetArt #York #Cityscape #UrbanNature.
Standing in front of Micklegate Bar A rare beetle only found at 2 sites within the UK one being the centre of York View from the Hotel the wall and the Tansy beetle
January 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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🎨 Marmalade Hoverfly Art Work 🖌️

1st Attempt at drawing and painting this migratory, distinctive and common hoverfly. Anyone spotted one this year yet?

#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #Nature #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders
My artistic impression of a marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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🌸✨ New Year in Bloom! 🌲
👉 Click to see what I spotted🌼
#NewYearPlantHunt #wildflowerhour #FlowersInBloom #NatureLovers #NatureWalk #HiddenWonders #Nature #Insects #Plants #Birds #Flowers #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #Wildlife #Winter
📄 Love to know what you have seen locally? 📄
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New Year in Bloom: Sightings 2026
Flowers and Birds sightings for week commencing 1st January 2026, Barnsley town centre and RSPB Old Moor
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January 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Happy New Year Everyone!
🎨 Mural on Pond Street by artist Peachzz 🖼️
Let’s invite real pollinators into our streets.
#Art #Nature #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders #Pollinator #Insects #Plants #StreetArt #Sheffield #Cityscape #Streetphotography #UrbanNature
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The mural was painted in July 2023 and is located opposite the bus station on Pond Street The piece celebrates community and the beauty of human connection, brightening up a busy interchange area. Let’s invite real pollinators into our streets. It was commissioned by Sheffield Hallam University and features vibrant imagery including bees, peace symbols, and the Yorkshire white rose, alongside Sheffield’s city flower, the wood crane’s-bill.
December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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🌸 Spotted any local wildlife this Christmas! 🌲
🎄 Curious?
👉 Click to see what I have seen 🌼
#ChristmasVibes #FlowersInBloom #NatureLovers #NatureWalk #HiddenWonders #StayCurious #Nature #Insects #Plants #Birds #Fungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #Wildlife
📄 Love to know what you have seen locally? 📄
Christmas in Bloom: Sightings 2025
Flowers and Birds sightings for week commencing 22nd December 2025, Garden and Beyond the Garden Gate.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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🎅 Christmas Hoverfly Challenge 🎁
Spot the 10 hoverfly species hidden in logo.

Can you find them all?

👉 Link for answers!
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#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Nature #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #HiddenWonders #NatureIllustration
Hoverfly Spotter M.D. logo - can you spot the 10 hidden hoverflies in the logo?
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🎨 Celebrating Sheffield Street Art 🖌️
The city’s industrial past—factories, cutlery works, & architecture—offering a unique canvas to artist. #Art #UrbanNature #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders #Pollinator #Insects #Plants #StreetArt #Sheffield #Cityscape #Streetphotography #Nature
Sheffield Street Art Clun Rd - beautiful landscape of fields with flowers against a cityscape. Sheffield Street Art Clun Rd - highlighting the bee and pollinator important to our urban environment.
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🔬 My moss safari magic 🦠
🌿🔬 #Moss squeeze surprise! Found ‘Hairy Racers’ Oxytricha? & maybe a Tardigrade in tun! 🦠✨
#Microscopy #MossMagic #HiddenWonders #Science
#StayCurious #Biology #mosssafari
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December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we go to Essex join a mission to recover the remains of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry a project run by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on behalf of the DPAA

9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Bright Night festivals light up the UK! Barnsley’s ‘The Collectors’ by Bethan Maddocks blends art & nature beautifully. Such an Inspiration 🌙✨
#Nature #Light #Illuminations #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders #Autumn #EcoEducation #Birds #Insects #Moths #Butterflies #Ladybirds
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Did you see the beautiful Roman Venus figure featured on Sandi Toksvig’s Hidden Wonders at Magna? ✨ We couldn’t agree more — she’s timeless, powerful, and made to be held.
Now you can bring her home.
💛 Shop the replica:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
#RomanVenus #HiddenWonders
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Weird link alert! 📖 🐝 🍯
What connects the Bible, a hoverfly and a tin of treacle —curious? Click below!
#NatureMystery #FunFacts #CuriosityUnlocked #Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Nature #Myth #Art #Curiosity #HiddenWonders
The Myth of Bugonia
Exploring an unexpected link between a biblical riddle (Judges 14:14), a tin of treacle, and the fascinating hoverfly known as the Common Dronefly
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November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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When you go to Magna Fort @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and reveal all your bad archaeological habits #wheelbarrowseats #trowelbottleopener 😬 #Hiddenwonders @channel4tv.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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When Sandi Toksvig doesn’t get the memo…. #Hiddenwonders #Archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we visit the @uniofreading.bsky.social excavation at the site of Cookham Abbey.

More stories of powerful women, early Christianity and a place of healing for the sick. Oh and a lot of bone combs 🪮 9pm tonight More4 #Archaeology 🏺#newshow #cookham
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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You know you want it again….. #FLANGE #Hiddenwonders #Archaeology
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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IYKYK #Hiddenwonders #FLANGE
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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⚠️ Durotriges on TV Alert ⚠️

Join #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social as they explore Iron Age #Dorset in episode 1 of the new #archaeology series #HiddenWonders tonight on #More4 at 9pm

@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social

See you there !! 👇
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Do you know if it will be possible to view #HiddenWonders in the US?
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Tune in on Tuesday 4 Nov 9pm on More4 !! 👇👇

#HiddenWonders with #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sandi Toksvig probes Iron Age Dorset murder for TV series
The skeleton of a teenage girl buried face down in a pit was found during filming.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Super half day at #RSPB Mersehead yesterday mass flocks of Barnacle geese, wonderful views of Pintail, whilst in the skies were Buzzards, Red Kites & Merlin. On the beach was a Small Spotted Catshark #Eggcase, no Skate/Ray cases.
#Naturewalk #HiddenWonders #Scotland #Birdwatching #Marinelife
A panoramic view taken on one of the walking paths around RSPB nature reserve Small Spotted Shark Eggcase brown and with plenty of tendrils
October 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Explored the stunning Wigtown coastal path Friday and ended at the historic Martyrs’ Stone. Spotted 27 bird species along the way – including an impressive flock of 60+ fieldfares! 🐦✨

#Naturewalk #HiddenWonders #Scotland #Birdwatching #Birding
A stone explaining the story of the Wigtown Matyrs The Matyrs stone
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM