⏳ 1 week to go until the next #InsectHour! Join Janet Hemingway for “The Mosquito Diaries.” Explore the science behind mosquitoes, disease transmission & the global research tackling one of the world’s most pressing health challenges. 🌍 Free online talk 🎟️ Register now 🔽

📢 Call for abstracts! We’re inviting talks, flash talks, posters and poster presentations for Advances in Hemipteran Research 2026. 🕔 Deadline for abstract submissions: Friday 3 July. Share your latest findings with the hemipteran research community 🔽

Check out RES Publications on Bluesky! 📚 Follow @respublications.bsky.social to stay updated on the latest research published in our seven #entomology journals, info on new additions to our book & handbooks, sneak peeks into our members exclusive magazine, #Antenna and more 🔽 📖 buff.ly/4hatyX9

Lichens at Freston churchyard, Suffolk - a diversion for Suffolk Flora Group members. * Diploicia canescens. * Lecanora dispersa. * Aspicilia calcarea. Among others, building fascinating micro-worlds on old stone. @aspenecology.com @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

A neat little spider (< 1 cm long) out & about with his 'boxing gloves' hoping to charm a mate. (Oakley, Suffolk) ObsIdentify says Neriene montana of the Liniphyiidae. Is that okay? @britishspiders.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

Green Hairstreak out at @nationaltrust.org.uk #Flatford @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

At RSPB Lakenheath #Suffolk today a most obliging Bittern posing in portrait and in landscape format! 😉 🪶 #UKBirds #SuffolkBirds @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

👱‍♀️ A Goldilocks Buttercup showing off its golden locks in Creeting St Peter churchyard East Suffolk VC25 this afternoon. What else but St Peter’s Goldilocks Buttercup, Ranunculus nubiliviridis. 🤗 #Botany #Suffolk @bsbibotany.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

#Botany Reprise: Boulder Clay Goldilocks #Buttercup, #Ranunculus argillicola. Alan Leslie: found on clays - Little Gransden, Bourn, Toft, Madingley, Histon, Horseheath & West Wickham, but only known from Cambs! #Suffolk has 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗬. 😉 Come on @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social

Specialist naturalists @norfolknats.bsky.social and @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social are a positive resource to help land owners, managers and Farm Clusters find out what species are on their land, and monitor 'nature recovery'.

Hunting for Rustyback #fern on walls in Lavernham #Suffolk today where it was known 150 years ago but only found: Hart's-tongue, Wall Rue, Polypody and Black Spleenwort. 😐 @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social #FernsOnFriday #Ferns

From Landguard, It's been a reasonable year for Mottled Pug which are, presumably, on the few Hawthorns we have.

3/3 …in the early succession stage. I'm curious to know whether there's any evidence yet that B granulosa inhibits C introflexus development. Or does it tend to take hold only when the moss has peaked? Hope you don't mind the questions! Fascinating stuff, and many congratulations again.

2/3 …if so, given that C introflexus arrived in the UK by 1941, has it perhaps already reached natural balance with B granulosa? It will be interesting to hear the results of your continued monitoring over time! From a lichenological point of view, anyway, I think the main concern is competition…

1/3 Indeed! And it's exciting to think of what's left to learn. I wonder: how would you show that B granulosa has jumped from C atrovirens to C introflexus rather than vice versa? Would it require finding B granulosa somewhere in a presumed Southern Hemisphere epicentre for C introflexus? And even…

We’re excited to invite schools to take part in Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Green Promise competition, celebrating Sir David Attenborough’s 100th year 🌿 Schools can enter by 31 July 2026. If you want more information, please email [email protected].

Join me Saturday 13 June in Waldringfield, Suffolk, to discover the secret world of #lichens! After an introduction to these amazing organisms, we'll go outside to see them 'in the wild'. Thanks to Waldringfield Wildlife Group for inviting me, and @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social for co-sponsoring.

Gave a talk to #Suffolk Naturalist's Soc about Icklingham Triangle SSSI. Here's 2 of slides combined. A view over the site & a #geology map. Shallow reentrant on left corresponds to glacial head, slight dome on right to river terrace. AA van in distance on B1112. Must check how #botany fits in 2025!

Flower-less Henbane, Hyoscymus niger, in a #Suffolk field margin snuggling up to Scarlet Pimpernel so as to get into #WildflowerHour From @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social visit yesterday to Creeting St Mary #Suffolk - same field where it was found September last year in flower.

The thick trunk of a Hybrid Poplar made to look thicker by Mistletoe. Seen growing beside a farm track at Creeting St Mary #Suffolk during @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social meeting on Saturday.

Hugely enjoyed leading public #lichen walk for Bury Wildlife Festival last weekend in St Edmundsbury Cathedral churchyard. Even better: found nationally notable Verrucaria polysticta there while on recce ahead of walk. Often starts as parasite on other Verrucarias. With @jamesrowland23.bsky.social.

From Landguard, Moth Trapping: With rain only settling in late night we still had 45 species. Our first site record of Eastern Bordered Straw which we have been hoping for with a nationwide influx at this very moment. The moth was first recorded in Britain in 1958 with singles in the 1990s

It's that time of year again! and much like the Flower Crab Spiders, Spider Spies is coming out of hibernation and running a second year. So if you want to be involved in investigating these colourful spiders and their flower using habits head over to our website foragingecology.com/spider-spies/

Congratulations to @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social for this BBC showcase of his vital discovery. Casualties of the invasive Campylopus introflexus #moss in Britain include our diverse, beautiful but slower-growing native Cladonia #lichens, which struggle to compete with it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Knotted Hedge-parsley, Torilis nodosa, seen growing along the edge of the path in central Norwich today.

Can we please have a late Swallowtail surge in Britain's Favourite Butterfly poll? If you haven't voted yet, please use your democratic power before June 7th! britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk

Can you find, identify & record 100 wild plants in 2026? BSBI is confident that (with our support) yes, you can! Beginner botanists, will you accept the challenge? Sign up today for #100Plants2026 challenge: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Check out the webinars & #WildFlowerID help we've prep'd for you!

Calling all contributors to the White Admiral! 🦋 Share your Suffolk wildlife sightings, project updates, art, poetry & photos in our next edition. Deadline: 27 Feb. Send to: [email protected] We can’t wait to see what you've been spotting in the field! #Suffolk #NaturalHistory #Wildlife

Join us for a special guided walk at Stanny Farm in Iken on Saturday, 19th July. We will explore this beautifully restored 750-acre wildlife haven, home to bitterns, egrets, rare flowers, and more... Full details here: sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...

🗓️ Two new events have just been added to the SNS website! 🦋 Join us at Westleton Heath on June 28. 🌿 Explore the incredible Stanny Farm, Iken, on July 19. Find all the details and how to join us at the link below. Hope to see you there! sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...

Calling all Suffolk Naturalists! 📣🐞🌿 Time to get your contributions in for the next issue of the White Admiral! Got a recent wildlife sighting, a cool observation, or a great photo to share? Send your submissions to [email protected] by 27 June. Let's fill it with Suffolk's amazing nature!

Great turn out to our field trip at Raydon Wood yesterday. The weather was great, the nightingales sang accompanied by cuckoo and everyone had a great time.

Join us tomorrow (10th May) at 10:30am in Raydon Wood nr Hadleigh for a recording day and walks. sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...

Landing on our members doormats over the next couple of days! The latest White Admiral is out. #suffolknaturalists

Barn owl quartering Mellis common early this evening.

Bit surprised to find Melanohalea exasperatula this week. On oak, Ringsfield, TM48/VC25 East Suffolk. First record for hectad; maybe 20th for county. Ascending lobes thick with inflated to spade-shaped isidia; pale underside with scattered rhizines; medulla C-, K-. @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social