Interesting variation between these two Arboreal Ladybirds (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

A Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) nymph seen in Buildwas last week. The only British shieldbug which overwinters as a nymph.

NO WAYYYY! 🤯🤯🤯 Is this the COOLEST stick insect ever?? 💚 This mossy girl (Taraxippus sp.) from Peru was the most incredible phasmid I have ever seen, I could not get over how perfectly camouflaged it was on the mossy trees! 🌳 So in awe of our natural world! 🌿

It was good to find a different species of earwig in Brittany last month! The lovely Chelidurella acanthopygia! 🥰 #Dermaptera #Earwig #Dermaptère #France

Any fly larvae experts out there? (Geoff Wilkinson doesn't seem to be here anymore so I can't ask him.) I was initially thinking Lonchoptera sp but it doesn't have the 2 'antennae' front & rear that I've seen previously. Found today on a Sycamore leaf. #Diptera #entomology

A lovely Anthicus antherinus (Anthicidae) seen in SE Shropshire yesterday, when it was almost dusk... Only the second time I've seen this species, assuming the ID is right! #Coleoptera #Beetle #Anthicidae

First time I've seen a 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) with a crescent shaped marking! Almost like a very smiley face! 🥰 In SE Shropshire yesterday! #VC40Ladybirds

An Orange Ladybird tapped from Sycamore in Buildwas on Wednesday. The first I've seen in a while. Always amused by their transparent 'visor'!

Thought this was Moth eggs at first glance, but now convinced it's #Sllmemould Can anyone help with an id please? I thought possibly Physarum cinereum.

Lots of Earwig activity at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve today, with individuals burrowing into the sandy turf, leaving just the formidable pincers exposed. Common enough, but actually rather extraordinary things. @ynuorg.bsky.social #ukwildlife

Also from this afternoon in NE Shropshire, Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Arboreal Ladybird), R. lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird), Scymnus interruptus (Red-flanked Ladybird), and Hippodamia variegata (Adonis Ladybird) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird 2 of 2

A decent (for November!) afternoon in NE Shrops, finding lots of Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy Ladybird), Coccidula rufa (Red Marsh Ladybird) and Rhyzobius litura (Meadow Ladybird) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird 1 of 2

A trip to Buildwas on Weds produced no fewer than 7 Red-rumped ladybirds (Scymnus haemorrhoidalis), 5 in one vacuum sample. All from dampish, longish grass. I just about managed to pose one with a Meadow Ladybird (Rhyzobius litura) for a size comparison.

Darn you, Bluesky - look what you've got me into! Delivery this morning from @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social. @vc40orthops.bsky.social @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social

Tried photographing an Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) using a newly acquired floating frame. Initial results seem promising, probably most useful for rare or difficult to identify species, as less chance of them flying away before getting a good photo. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

A Green Shieldbug in its brown, winter colours, seen last week in Ketley, Telford.

More from today in SE Shropshire include Scymnus haemorrhoidalis (Red-rumped Ladybird), Stethorus pusillus (Dot Ladybird), S. interruptus (Red-flanked Ladybird) and opposite end of scale from micro, the lovely Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird 2 of 2

A glorious November day in SE Shropshire, finding Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy Ladybird), Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird), R. litura (Meadow Ladybird) and R. chrysomeloides (Arboreal Ladybird) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird 1 of 2

A Bristly Ladybird (Rhyzobius lophanthae) rather unexpectedly vacuumed from litter beneath heather in Ketley, Telford this week. There were gardens nearby with its usual ornamental evergreen hosts (Cypresses, junipers etc) & heathers do host several species of scale insect, the prey of this species.

Happy Halloween 🎃 🐞 #VC40Ladybird #Halloween

A nice Bristly Ladybird (Rhyzobius lophanthae) tapped out of an ornamental juniper in Upshire, Essex a couple of days ago. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds #InconspicuousLadybirds

Few more images of the 13-spot Ladybird (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata) from cutover bog outside Banagher, Co. Offaly during the week.

10-spot (f. bimaculata), 14-spot & 7-spot Ladybirds, all tapped from gorse in Ketley, Telford yesterday.

Good day recording around Cahore, Co. Wexford today. Nephus redtenbacheri agg. was my 29th Irish ladybird. Rhyzobius litura was the most numerous species with 50 individuals seen, beaten from grass and rush tussocks.

Probably the most beautiful roach I've ever seen in real life - a flower roach (Eucorydia aenea)! This is a male, generally more iridescent than the females. Turns out, at least as adults, they love beetle jelly!

Saw quite a few Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach) [I think!] in Brittany, earlier this month. This nymph stayed still long enough for me to snap it with Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird)! #Cockroach #Blatte #Coccinelle #Ladybird #MicroLadybird

Tapped a very small Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) out of ivy at Fishers Green last week and noticed later that it had Hesperomyces fungus growing on its pronotum side. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds #MicroLadybirds

Saw absolutely dozens of Planuncus vinzi earlier this month in Brittany, of all sizes! They're so gorgeous!! 🥰 Especially love how the antennae have looped on the first one! #Cockroach #Blatte #Blattodea #France

A lovely Hippodamia variegata (Adonis Ladybird) tapped from a needled conifer in the Forêt de Rennes (Brittany) earlier this month. #Coccinelle #Ladybird #France

Good to find a few Scymnus haemorrhoidalis (Red-rumped Ladybird) in France earlier this month, including one from a pitstop on a motorway 'aire'! #Coccinelle #Ladybird #MicroLadybird #France

Just love the Lixus species of weevils, so was very happy to find one earlier this month in Brittany! #Weevil #Charançon #Coleoptera #France

10-spot Ladybird (f. bimaculata) and Cream-spot Ladybird, both tapped from oaks near Melverley in NW Shropshire last Wednesday, plus Red-rumped Ladybird (Scymnus haemorrhoidalis), vacuumed from rough grass in the same location.

418 Orange Ladybirds (Halyzia sedecimguttata) beginning to gather on three gravestones under Horse Chestnut, in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh yesterday. @coleopsoc.bsky.social @edinburghnats.bsky.social #CemeteryWildlifeWatch #cemeteries #ladybirds

Volume 41 – Power et al. report on Nephus quadrimaculatus a ladybird new to Ireland from Counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Ladybirds

Saw lots of Rhyzobius forestieri (Forestier’s Ladybird) in Brittany earlier this month! They’re very endearing 🥰 #Ladybird #Coccinelle #MicroLadybird #France

They may not be welcome, but still lovely to see the Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina) in Brittany this month, alongside our European Hornet (Vespa crabro), nectaring on Ivy. #Hymenoptera #Hornet #AsianHornet #EuropeanHornet #Frelon #France

Nice surprise today with the northernmost English record for Monobella grassei (approx location = Green dot) Hopkin Checklist places it as 'MODERATELY COMMON IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND', though since then, many more records have populated the map across the midlands. #collembola #entomology #springtail 🧪🪲

A rather damp pm in mid Shrops! Almost out of reach Exochomus 4-pustulatus (Pine LB) with Halyzia 16-guttata (Orange LB) on pillar, loads of Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot LB) on electric fence posts, Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy LB) and Stethorus pusillus (Dot LB) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

Found an Adonis' Ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) on a rather scruffy urban flower bed in Waltham Abbey two days ago. I also saw one here in May; as it is rather scarce in my local area this unlikely spot is currently my most reliable location. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

A Crucifer Shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) seen recently in North Shrops, showing its rather smart underside. A species which moved northwards into Shropshire in the last decade.

My trip to France in May produced no Stethorus pusillus (Dot Ladybird), but I found plenty during last week's visit to Brittany! #Coccinelles #Ladybirds #MicroLadybird #France

A nice surprise to find Sciocoris sideritidis in Rennes, Brittany, last week, in a pine! A first for me! #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise

Well, it's taken a long time but I've finally found my first Slender-horned Leatherbug (Ceraleptus lividus). This one was under a fallen branch at NWT Sweet Briar Marshes on Monday.

Good to see plenty of Anisosticta 19-punctata (Water Ladybird), of varying colours, in Brittany last week! #Coccinelle #Ladybird #France

Some ivy on an old building in the Forêt de Rennes, in Brittany last week, produced lots of Rhyzobius forestieri (Forestier's Ladybird), Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy Ladybird) and Scymnus interruptus (Red-flanked Ladybird) #Coccinelles #Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

Allochernes wideri confirmed new to Norfolk! Found by a fellow county recorder; luckily I was present at the time and got to see them and take these photos. Unfortunately, I now have to update my guide to pseudoscorpions in Norfolk... #arachnids #pseudoscorpions

It was a lovely surprise to see several seals on the beach at Calais whilst I was on the ferry, ready to head back to the UK! Only had the Olympus TG-6 on me though! #Seals #Phoques #France

Always a pleasure to find the lovely Arma custos (Asopinae)! From Brittany last week. #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Punaise #France

Always a pleasure to find the gorgeous Vibidia duodecimguttata (12-spot Ladybird)! Seen in Brittany last week. #Coccinelle #Ladybird #France