Wildlife enthusiast and amateur entomologist specialising in bees and flies. Aerialist, vegan, nature girl, music lover. RSPB & Bumblebee conservation volunteer, NBN award finalist 2024.
Lisa Williams
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Dioctria baumhaueri with prey, in my #Staffs garden, 06/07/26 @staffswildlife.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #Diptera
I was very pleased to see this Criorhina floccosa hoverfly at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 07/06/26, since I haven't recorded it there for 5 years @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera #Syrphidae
Is this the moth Adela croesella? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 07/06/26 @warwickshirewt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Lepidoptera
My garden is full of bumblebees! Bombus pascuorum, Bombus lapidarius, Bombus hortorum, Bombus hypnorum, also some male Bombus pratorum still about, and found a Bombus terrestris nest! 06/06/26 #Staffs @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @staffswildlife.bsky.social #Bumblebee
Female Osmia leaiana bee diving head first into a Knapweed flower in my #Staffs garden, 06/06/26 @staffswildlife.bsky.social #solitarybee #bee
Scarlet Tiger Moth, Callimorpha dominula, seen in my #Staffs garden, 06/06/26 @staffswildlife.bsky.social @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lepidoptera
Female Dasysyrphus tricinctus hoverfly, a new site record for #RSPBMiddletonLakes, seen 07/06/26 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera #Syrphidae
A Brachytron pratense casually ripping the head off a soldier beetle, seen at #NWTHolmeDunes, #Norfolk, 27/05/26 @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social #Odonata
I said thank you to the fly gods when I spotted this female Stratiomys longicornis! What a fly! Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 07/06/26 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #Diptera
Would this be ok for Dysmachus trigonus? Seen at Houghton Hall, #Norfolk, 25/05/26 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera
