#VC55
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
What a nice beetle.
Anthicus antherinus

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January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Stenus bimaculatus, a.k.a. "The easy Stenus" ;-)

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January 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Ray Morris. A History of the Diptera Collections at the VC55 CRC. LESOPS 68, January 2026, ISSN 0957–1019. Available at: www.naturespot.org/sites/defaul...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Blue Shieldbug, Zicrona caerulea.

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January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Demetrias atricapillus doesn't have a common name, so I'm calling it the Amber Aphid Chomper.

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January 25, 2026 at 11:18 AM
And my very last spider of 2025 is (was?) ...
Bathyphantes nigrinus.

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January 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Palptastic
Scraping the barrel with the 2025 samples now.
Soon I may have to go ... outside.

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January 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Spidery Word Of The Day: lamella characteristica.

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January 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Spent the afternoon in the delightful company of a great many Tallusia experta.

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January 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Using the freezing weather to finish off my 2025 backlog. This one from an unsuccessful Wasp Spider sfaria in September.
Microlinyphia impigra.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Entomology Update - December 2025
A bumper edition this month, reflecting how much time I've spent in front of a screen and how little outdoors: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/12/ento...
#Bugs #Leicester #Leicestershire #Hemiptera #VC55 #environment #nature #Arachnids #Spiders
Entomology Update - December 2025
A bumper edition this month, reflecting how much time I've spent in front of a screen and how little outdoors. Google Scholar Labs - literat...
ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Bah, Humbug!
Chilly December memories of a warm day in May.

Hypsosinga pygmaea.

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December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Entering my 2025 #VC55 @britishspiders.bsky.social #Spider Recording Scheme data, accompanied by
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December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Ho ho ho! A Christmas Jumper
The newest spider to be recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland has got its Christmas jumper on.
Learn more: www.naturespot.org/species/phil...

(although it was actually recorded in June!)

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December 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Not too much Caledonian pine forest in VC55 :-)
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So many Bristly Ladybirds, Rhyzobius lophanthae, overwintering in evergreens in #VC55 this year. Seems to have been an explosion in numbers - weather?
#Beetles #Coleoptera
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
14 Spot Ladybird, Propylea quattuordecimpunctata.

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December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oligolophus hanseni.

#Arachnids #Opiliones #VC55
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Bah - scrub that, not a VC55 first as I've retrospectively found and verified a 2004 record. But no others for VC55 in the intervening period!
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A blast from the past.

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December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Invisible Bug?
An appreciation of Cardiastethus fasciiventris.
#Video: youtu.be/fiupgUPR218

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The Invisible Bug?
YouTube video by Alan Cann
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December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Dioxyna bidentis.

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December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM