@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

Back from a trip to Pembrokeshire with @rockwolf74.bsky.social where our main target was to find Scaly Crickets (= Atlantic Beach Cricket, Pseudomogoplistes vicentae) at the well-known but hard to find population at Marloes Sands. Success! Chuffed to find adults & nymphs. A lifer! Hard work though!

‪SEWBReC #SpeciesOfTheMonth for August is Petty Spurge! Do you get this vibrant little plant in your garden or local park? See if you can fill in gaps in our distribution map: aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/density/dens... More info: www.sewbrec.org.uk/species-otm/... Bonus points if you find the rust!

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡 At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image. Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work. More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV... #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Calling all biological recorders! Could you complete a short questionnaire for @universityofleeds.bsky.social to help understand the gaps in amateur biological recording data in UK?: forms.office.com/e/taGxQK7Adg

My old Orthoptera video is getting some traction on YouTube atm (thanks random algorithm!) so thought it was a good time to share here. I need to update to add Grey Bush-cricket and some Oak Bush-cricket footage (and improve audio quality 😁) #TeamOrthoptera youtube.com/watch?v=mjmt...

How much excitement can biological recorders cope with? Save the date! It’s @nfbr.bsky.social 40th anniversary conference next year - woohoo! Get it in your diaries… @nbntrust.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @elaineeepoos.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social

How does anyone manage to keep a specimen intact during keying out, I'm always left with a pile of body parts by the end 🫣 (any museum curators watching this, please don't ban me from your collections). This pile of bits was Neolimnophila carteri, honest.

A pair of Spiked Shieldbugs (Picromerus bidens) I disturbed at Bagmere NR (a private site) in Cheshire last Friday. One of the predatory shieldbug species, the female has impaled a sawfly. @tanyptera.bsky.social

Important additions to my #entofashion wardrobe. Thanks Etsy! #TeamMoth #MothsMatter 🌈

Last night, I inadvertently tapped this lovely lady, Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket) out of ivy, mid-moult. I ensured that she moulted fully out of the skin, before putting her back to finish off the process! Those hind tibiae are SO bendy!!!! Speeded up x4 #Orthoptera #Shropshire

Micros were the stars this week #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

St Fagans Celebration of Nature - 2 out of 3 working Saturdays complete 🎉 Hoping next week will be a little cooler

Slender Brindle new for me, in a surprisingly quiet trap (shakes fist at moon) #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Woodlouse is "tree pig" in Welsh (mochyn coed). Is Piglet actually an isopod 🤔🤔🤔

Beauty in the raspberries 😍 #TeamOrthoptera

Very pleased with pond progress after just 5 months

A little late but the June Species has found my garden pond 🥳

Can anyone advise on this harvestman please? I suspect it's too bad an angle to split Mitopus morio or Phalangium opilio 🤔 @vannabartlett.bsky.social @megabunus.bsky.social

The Large Whites have appeared 🥳

Me mentally preparing for trapping tonight #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Light traps at a Chiltern Society nature reserve in Bucks last night drew in a huge range of moths, and also this splendid and rather large lacewing, Nothochrysa fulviceps, found near a Heath trap under a large oak tree - a first for me and possibly for the county

Very promising conditions for long distance moth dispersal to south-eastern and eastern parts of England tonight (30/6). Arrivals also possible in the south west of Britain, as a cold front pushes the warm air to the south east. #teammoth

Derephysia foliacea (I think) landed on my arm in the garden earlier. Nice change from the usual greenfly hitching a ride 😁

Two Dark Sword-grass and three Olive-tree Pearl last night, definitely a bit of migration happening. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Lots of Harvestman pals turning up in the moth trap atm - unfortunately mostly the non native Opilio canestrinii

Join SEWBReC and Buglife Coal Spoil Connections team for a #BioBlitz in Parc Cwm Darran on Saturday 16th August! All welcome to come and help discover the wildlife at this former colliery site.

Oak Nycteoline new for garden (via the bedroom window but still counting it 😁) #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Comic by False Knees

Our #RecordOfTheWeek today is a fabulous Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) found (via a moth trap) in Cardiff by Essex Havard. This Nationally Scarce beetle is rarely found in Wales, with just 22 Welsh records for the past 20 years! Many thanks for the record & photo, submitted via the iRecord app.