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Two large hoverflies seen on a lunchtime walk at
BBOWT's Bowdown Woods, nr Newbury Volucella inflata Orange-belted Plumehorn & Volucella pellucens Pied Plumehorn. Check out our flyble bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @bbowt.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @wildlifekate.bsky.social
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The rare Clubbed General soldierfly (Stratiomys chamaeleon) seen at BBOWT's Parsonage Moor. Find out more about soldierflies & other fabulous flies with our 'flyble' bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @bbowt.bsky.social
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Tiny matt black male Callomyia amoena flat-footed fly (note the orange halteres) seen at BBOWT's Parsonage Moor, Cothill nr Abingdon (see our flies book bit.ly/4dqQI8Z) The female has an orange-banded abdomen & silvery patches on the thorax @bbowt.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Leading a walk for the West Oxfordshire Field Club in the wonderful Wyre Forest – the sun came out on Tuesday and so did the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @stevenfalk17.bsky.social
Toadflax Brocade (Calophasia lunula) seen in our garden in Oxford on Aquilegia last week. We now see in most years now in our garden, so it's definitely becoming established
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Off to lead walks in the Wyre Forest, nr Bewdley at the weekend - should see Dippers along the Dowles Brook. Great for wildflowers and insects (Pearl-bordered Fritillary and Logjammer Hoverfly) too @worcswt.bsky.social
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Look out for these tiny flies lurking around your bee hotel. Known as the Houdini Fly Cacoxenus indagator it lays an egg in a sealed mason bee tube, then escapes leaving its egg to develop into a cleptoparitic larva. Find out more here bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social
The Green Forest Fly Caliprobola sp;eciosa, a large & rare hoverfly - one of the gems of the New Forest where it can be seen around the base of old trees & stumps. Get into the world of flies with our 'flyble' bit.ly/4dqQI8Z
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Most often seen in the north of England, Mountain Melick (Melica nutans) is an attractive grass that can be seen along the old railway line path in the Wyre Forest, Worcs, alongside its close relative the much more common Wood Melick (Melica uniflora) @worcswt.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
