I've invented a weed translocation service. Here's what that means. insectrambles.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-n...

A few days of warm weather and suddenly the moth trap looks a lot more spring-like! Lime Hawk, White Ermine, and Maybug all new for the year this morning

Holly Blue posing well in Frodsham today

Lovely to see Brown-banded Carder back on the allotment, examining the compost heap and nectaring on Red Dead-nettle

You know it's spring when the bee-flies are out! First Bombylius major of the year here today (file pic), plus queen Early and Buff-tailed bumblebees flic.kr/p/bJ6Upk

@andymus.bsky.social Sounds like there might be a case for the consultant's portal being resurrected? nbn.org.uk/news/how-doe...

Must be spring if the Hairy-footers are out and about! This one visited my office this afternoon

Moths starting to appear in the milder weather - Oak Beauty and Dotted Chestnut in Malvern this morning

Well, looks like the moths think it's spring! Or possibly have all been flooded out. Hebrew Character and Pale Brindled Beauty (x6) this morning

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Bombus terrestris workers (3+) out and active in Malvern today, busily collecting pollen and nectaring on Mahonia

Found this Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus crepitans) in a spiderweb in the garden this morning - bet the spider got a bit of a shock!

National Allotment Week felt like as good a time as any to restart blogging, with a piece I wrote earlier about the value of allotments for bumblebees: insectrambles.blogspot.com/2025/08/bees...

Out in Monmouthshire today running bumblebee ID training for the Wye Valley National Landscapes team and volunteers. One of the highlights was this striking yellow-tailed male Forest Cuckoo bumblebee Bombus sylvestris - very early!

International Women in Science Day, celebrating the amazing Royal Horticultural Societies Science and Collections Team www.rhs.org.uk/science/arti.... @hayleyento.bsky.social