A first instar Dark Bush-cricket nymph, one of 2 or 3 seen on Wednesday during wildlife group's trip to Severn Valley CP. My first cricket or grasshopper of the year and the earliest ever Dark B-C record in Shrops by 12 days.

Today's #EntoFashion that I can't justify, a £268 wicker Rhino Beetle bag

Have you booked your tickets yet for #NFBRConference2026 bit.ly/4sZO4iz! Pls join us for our 40th Celebrations where a fabulous range of speakers will be sharing their wonderful stories about #BiologicalRecording! Speakers include @biologicalrecording.co.uk @ukceh.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social

Need to put mine on from Wednesday 🐝🪰

Back in the swing of things with #GardenMothScheme! 20 of 9 species on Friday Hebrew character 2 Common quaker 7 Small quaker 3 Early grey 3 Twin spotted quaker 1 Common plume 1 Oak beauty 1 Oak tree pug? Early Thorn 1 #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Excited to have my name in the new Grasshopper and allies guide 😁 #TeamOrthoptera #Orthoptera

One of my favourite planthoppers putting in its annual appearance in our garden in Norwich: Asiraca clavicornis. And a drawing I did of one a few years ago. #insects #invertebrates

Gall of the week is caused by a cynipid wasp, either Diplolepis nervosa (spiked pea gall) or D. eglanteriae (smooth pea gall). Without spikes they cannot be separated as D. nervosa can occur without them. They are now recorded on iRecord and iNaturalist as D. eglanteriae agg.

🦟Not just House Flies! Join Mike Ashworth for an intro to British Muscidae on 27 April, 7:30 - 9:00pm 👉 Book now: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/muscid...

#art #illustration #animalmarch #kleinekunstklasse #surrealism #wollschweber Das Leben eines Wollschwebers endet mit der Fertigstellung des Pullovers.

There's a reason no one draws harvestmen. It has taken me all afternoon to ink out the legs. This is meant to be a first draft, the idea was to trace the final ink drawing using a light box to remove any errors & make minor adjustments. Really don't know if I can face doing it. 1st of 4 plates.

Home after 19 days at my parents' house ❤️ 8 planned, 11 unexpected. Lungwort has flowered in the meantime, hoping for a Bee-fly soon 🤞

Stuck in Coventry (at my parents' house) due to some health issues, so no Garden Moth Scheme for me tonight 😔

This could be my new pan-listing obsession. A great site to keep track of your species lists, and compare with others. panspecieslisting.com

Cochylis hybridella in gel pens on brown paper. #mothsMatter #mothartwork #pendrawing #welshartist #wildlifeartwork

First attempts at drawing psyllids. These are odd looking bugs. Working from reference photos is OK if you have a good knowledge of the anatomy of what you are drawing. Psyllids are new to me so I really need a specimen as well to work out how they go together.

A basking Gorse Shieldbug, my first shieldbug of the year, seen during Wednesday's one day sunny spell. Back to relentless gloom again since!

Ditto is living the dream!

Missing the forum for the first time in 18 years 😢

One year on from creating my pond. Perhaps frogs this year? 🐸🐸🐸🐸

Join us on 28th February for the annual #GardenMothScheme conference! All are welcome at this free online event. Book your free space here: tinyurl.com/Moth26

I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den #DuvetKnowItsChristmas

We'll be running #RecordEveryDayJanuary again in 2026! Send us a wildlife sighting for each day during Jan and be entered into a prize draw. Records can be submitted via www.sewbrecord.org.uk, LERC Wales App: www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app or email to [email protected].

Merv new to garden last week. Hoping there is something in the trap in the morning, would be my first #GardenMothScheme run with no empty traps 🤞🤞🤞 #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

If you are not ready to hang up your moth trap for the year just yet, please do consider our winter scheme which runs through until March. Contact your regional coordinator for more information on the winter scheme: gardenmothscheme.org.uk/info #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #GardenMothScheme

It's the final week of our 2025 summer scheme 💔 Please send your results to your local organiser after emptying your moth trap. Thanks to everyone who took part this year, your records are making a real impact on moth research. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #GardenMothScheme

The final harvest 💔

First garden hedgehog klaxon 📢📢📢

@cofnod.org.uk ObsId reckons this is Spitting Spider but it's in my greenhouse so I'm not convinced 🤔

A murder scene in the trap this morning 😱😱 #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Was admiring the Ivy Bees in the garden, then discovered the source a few doors down! (video below)

More Large Marsh Grasshoppers (Stethophyma grossum) from our return visit to Westhay Moor NNR on Sunday. The afternoon sunshine after the morning deluges brought them out & we heard much singing from the males. @rockwolf74.bsky.social spotted this fabulous female, liveried in pink & green.

SEWBReC #SpeciesOfTheMonth for September is Opilio canestrinii! Can you spot this leggy species on a wall near you? See if you can fill in gaps in our distribution map: aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/density/dens... More info including identification tips here: www.sewbrec.org.uk/sewbrec-cms-...

Another garden addition hiding in the trap this morning, Andromeda Lacebug 💞

Canary Shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria), Bucks 2025. Welsh name Carpiog Gwar Melyn - meaning yellow nape ragged. #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

My first garden herptile 😍🥳😍🥳🎉 (technically in the house rather than garden but now safely relocated to a flower bed 😁)

A lovely bedroom visitor, Tipula fulvipennis #TeamCranefly

The migrants didn't arrive, but autumn did #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Lavernock Point today - Clouded Yellow 😁, an exploding caravan 😬, no Jersey Tiger 😔

Both traps out tonight, I am manifesting a Jersey Tiger 😁 #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

It was pure joy to see the Scaly Crickets (Pseudomogoplistes vicentae) with @vc40orthops.bsky.social a couple of weeks ago at Marloes Sands! #Orthoptera #ScalyCrickets

A trip to the south of England brings home just how common Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Meconema meridionale is there. We found them in numbers at RSPB Pulborough Brooks (where these were photographed) and also at Dungeness, both times in 'natural' habitat, well away from the usual urban settings.

Final work event of the year yesterday 🥳

Delighted to win a category in RCT PhotoMarathon this year 😁 Went up to Porth to see the exhibition today, lots of great images. Looking forward to 2027 event already!

#RecordOfTheWeek is Death's-head Hawk-moth (Acherontia atropos), with 2 caterpillars seen in Tongwynlais by H. Peel. This is the largest moth found in UK, usually only seen in Wales as a rare migrant, so this breeding record is very unexpected! Many thanks for the record submitted via iRecord.

Walk timetable for Parc Cwm Darran #BioBlitz on Saturday! All are welcome to join this free event: www.sewbrec.org.uk/diaryevents/...

Our recommended event this week is Parc Cwm Darran #BioBlitz on Saturday. Join SEWBReC & Buglife to discover the wildlife on this former colliery spoil site. All are welcome at this free event! Find other local and online nature events on our website: www.sewbrec.org.uk/diaryevents

Moth trapping with Pontyclun Environment Group last night #TeamMoth #MothsMatter