More a wasp bank than a bee bank: a 3m section of exposed Devon hedge bank with a marvellous diversity of hymenopteran life. Just a small selection here, names in ALT texts.
Topsham, Devon. @melcoate.bsky.social
#hymenoptera
Chamomile Shark at East Malling this evening, dining on Ox-eye Daisy. #TeamMoth #kentnature
Chromatomyia spinaciae mines are staring to appear on thistles
They form long twisting yellow mines and if you turn the leaf over you can find the pale puparium.
These are from the garden today
Tim Worfolk
I've started to see a few more adult psyllids around recently. These ones are Trioza urticae, the only UK species associated with nettles, and when present often relatively easy to spot. The colouration (dark above and below with pale greeny-yellow sides) is typical. #NorfolkPsyllids
Took this photo of Common Vetch in my garden lawn simply for the beauty of the flower, but realised that it also shows an ant feeding from one of the vetch's extra-floral nectaries - the nectaries attract ants, and the ants ward off other insects that might feed on the plant #wildflowerhour
For more on extra-floral nectaries and interactions between plants and ants see this article by Rosemary Winnall www.wbrc.org.uk/WORCRECD/32/...
@britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @tylanberry.bsky.social More spiders on the move. Enoplognatha mordax, moving inland from the coast, a first for me and maybe VC24 too. Meanwhile, Theridion pinastri and Macaroeris are busy establishing themselves in the south of the county
Tiny Spiny Broom Aphid (a.k.a. Broom Hedgehog Aphid), Ctenocallis setosa.
Found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social in a garden in Norwich today.
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One of "Norfolk's Wonderful 150". (150 species chosen in 2020 to celebrate 150 years of NNNS. @norfolknats.bsky.social
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Dipterist Forum are running a new series of online training courses with those nice people @biologicalrecording.co.uk We're kicking off with 'Surveying for Flies' ideal for beginners or if you want to tighten up your field craft skills. More information in the link:
dipterists.org.uk/events/surve...
