Artist, naturalist, author, cyclist. Loves insects/invertebrates especially solitary bees & harvestmen. County Recorder for Harvestmen and Pseudoscorpions. Hefted to Norfolk.
Website https://arthropedia.co.uk/
Vanna Bartlett
Introducing the world's only known cave-adapted spider wasp... Troglopompilus miracaecatus (Pompilidae) from the caves of the Nullarbor, Australia.
A world first: Eyeless, long limbs and antennae, highly reduced wings.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#cave #wasp #biodiversity
Greater Butterfly-orchid, Platanthera chlorantha.
Several today at Latterbarrow, Cumbria.
#WildFlowerHour
The exquisite micro moth Oecophora bractella - a relative of 'Geoff' flies in the the early morning sunshine between 6 and 7 am in the ancient oakwoods of the Dart Valley Dartmoor, Devon at this time of year. It is associated with dead wood, the larva probably feeds on fungi. #teammoth
Bog Asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum.
Meathop Moss, Cumbria, today.
(... And lots of Large Heath butterflies.)
#WildFlowerHour
Jeremy Bartlett's LET IT GROW blog share.google/i79NYQ2oLpam...
Mompha idaei, a new British species. Last week photos of what appeared to be this species were posted to a regional moths facebook group from NE Scotland. I travelled up to the site today to meet Dr Mark Young and see if we could re-find and verify. In total 11 individuals were found #teammoth
Banded General (Stratiomys potamida) - a very handsome soldier fly we found on Buxton Heath yesterday. It REALLY didn't want to fly, given the strong winds, so allowed a very close approach. @norfolknats.bsky.social @panspecieslisting.bsky.social
Peacock & Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars.
#UKButterflies
