It's great to know how quickly nature can restore itself when we stop damaging it. It's high time we put nature first, for without it, we are nothing. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

A Bordered Brown Lacewing today at St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire - in exact same spot as in 2020, but none elsewhere on the site in a couple hour search. #insectconservation @naturescot.bsky.social #speciesontheedge

Interesting statistic. For the first time in recorded history, temperatures have reached or exceeded 35°C in three consecutive month, May, June & July.

Tonight's beer is 0.5% and rather delicious and refreshing in this hot weather. Drop Bear Peach Cut Lager.

Ledra aurita yesterday in Bengeo garden, Britain's largest leafhopper & associated with Oak. Their camouflage is exceptional ensuring their almost complete invisibility in oak foliage.

My latest blog post: Bastard-toadflax, Thesium humifusum. www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2026/07/10/b...

The Nationally Scarce bog dwelling spider Singa hamata - females guarding their spiderlings and a battle worn male. Cadover Bridge, Dartmoor, Devon today.

Is he going to release all the peaceful anti-genocide protestors now then? Make a bit more room in the prisons so they’re not turning rapists and murderers on to the streets?

Cordyceps consuming a beetle larva from illustrations of vegetable wasps and plant worms in colour #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

His Legacy: 1. Supporting genocide. 2. Jailing the peaceful protesters (mostly octogenarians) who objected to said genocide. 3. Attacking trans 4. Attacking disabled 5. Attacking migrants - island of strangers speech 6. Selling NHS (etc) to nazi Palantir 7. Generally being a coward 8 etc.

Golden banded dragonfly over the Beck in Bassenthwaite yesterday. I guess she is laying eggs.

Green veined Whites and Small Whites puddling in this morning’s heat

worth a listen to brighten the day 😀

Having dinner with old friends from Munich. Intense conversation about our country and their thoughts of us now They introduced me to the works of Werner Herzog. He is 83 and a German filmmaker His message to America You're waking up as Germany once did. Take a moment to read and share

A new weevil species for the #Bath area - Cleopomiarus graminis, getting busy in a Harebell flower #Nature #Wildlife #Beetle #Weevil #Insects #Naturephotography #WildlifePhotography

With Penelope Keith’s passing, I got to thinking about Paul Eddington, in his final days, facing the camera that one last time, despite the shitty hand life had dealt him, and the courage it must have taken to do so. Given the chance to spin some grandstanding bullshit, he chose to say this instead:

Church of St Andrew, Blickling, Norfolk A Perpendicular octagonal font, with a wonderful collection of rather smug looking lions. Bonus point for fire extinguisher. 🧯 😉 #FontsOnFriday

New Emperor Moth original drawing is now available. What is your favorite moth?

Latest issue of Field Mycology is out: ▶️ fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo... A fine array of fascinating funguses. "Not enough toadstools", according to one reviewer. I say, let all the fungi have their turn! (Happy to receive submissions of toadstool-based articles for next issue.)

This morning, keeping to shade as much as possible, @vannabartlett.bsky.social & I went to see Oak Ladybird (Scymnus auritus). Adult beetles & larvae, feeding on Oak Leaf Phylloxera (Phylloxera glabra) on an oak tree. Thanks to @norwichbirder.bsky.social for the tip-off. Vanna's pics. #Ladybirds

Had a male Melitta haemorrhoidalis patrolling the patch of Bellflowers in our garden in Norwich earlier in the week, then found him roosting inside one of the flowers yesterday evening. Today, a female turned up and spent her time collecting pollen and nectar from the Bellflowers.

Received copies of my book today! Very grateful to the Publishers and Editors for all their efforts towards bringing it to life. I’m very pleased with the end result. #Ichneumonidae #Pimplini #Pimplinae

This was a surprise in the daily batch of photos, re-identified as the rare migrant Lamoria anella - New for Norfolk and 4th(?) British! Well done to @annterrys-7.bsky.social #norfolkmoths #migrantmothuk

Futility. Contractors mow the grass outside the local library, even though it isn't growing in the current drought. Clouds of dust and more pointless burning of fossil fuels.

Araneus angulatus 09/07/2023 C Serbia

Zygaena carniolica 09/07/2023 C Serbia

A weekend visit to RSPB Dungeness resulted in another gall lifer! #PanSpeciesListing I spotted an unusual-looking Viper's-bugloss from a distance, and immediately thought "that's probably a gall" - and yes, a little research later revealed that it's caused by the Aceria echii mite.

Dr Shani Dhanda: "... a UN committee on the rights of disabled people said they've got so much evidence that the UK govt has committed grave & systemic violations against disabled people, & 8 years later it said the UK govt didn't do anything to address those failures" #GMB

A few from tne Brecks Stictoleptura rubra, Pantaloon Bee ♂︎ (Dasypoda hirtirpes), Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) & Broom Treehopper (Gargara genistae) attendrd by ants. @norfolknats.bsky.social

A new lacewing species for me in the trap last night Hemerobius stigma I’ll iRecord for the scheme @applewildlife.bsky.social

So these are Harebell Carpenter Bees - a great name. Thanks to @vannabartlett.bsky.social and @norfolknats.bsky.social - if you have Nettle Leaved Bellflowers in your garden/area then look out for them. Great plant not hard to grow. UK native wildflower. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

The Arctic Ocean May Have Passed a Crucial Tipping Point That Could Harm Food Webs and Worsen Climate Change

I keep reading about how the Common House-fly (Musca domestica) is much less common than it used to be. Well it's currently pretty darned common in my house. If anyone wants to twitch it .... well, you can probably find your own to be honest.

I've been on the look out for this one in Dorset for decades and looking in the same spot for the last 6 years, but today I hit the jackpot, several Oak leaf retreats with adults and egg sacs and a couple of wondering adults. Green Huntsman Spider, Micrommata virescens.

* Julikever | Pine chafer (Polyphylla fullo), vrouw | female #nationaalparkzuidkennemerland #kever #beetle #coleoptera #insectphotography

Noticed some orange feet sticking out of a clump of seaweed...

Pretty stunned to have this Light Crimson Underwing drop into my MV trap on Monday night. Part of a haul of 100+ species. Thanks to Jim Wheeler and others for help with the ID. Just a handful of Norfolk records.

On the 4th of July there had been 1,000 days of the #Gaza Genocide. In Orkney, islanders and visitors came together in vigil to express their support for the people of Palestine and to continue to raise awareness about what is happening in Gaza. youtu.be/CGjQ64NwF0E?...

Tenthredo mandibularis, 2nd record for SWYorks confirmed by @suillia.bsky.social dozens of adults seen at Broughton Sanctuary in extensive Butterbur patch 29/6/26 @ynuorg.bsky.social Hope I find larvae later in the season

Just arrived from @summerfieldbooks.com: "Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes." Looks good but we now need some rain, so I can try it out. (I may have a long wait...) #MycoBookClub #Fungi #FungiFriends

Apologies for more cute pictures of Golden-tailed Melitta bees (Melitta haemorroidalis), but I managed to find two males roosting in the same flower which is really rather sweet.

This *needs* to be Count Binface’s election poster. @trumpton.bsky.social has smashed it!

Less than a millimetre long the triungulin larvae of Short-necked Meloe brevicollis and Mediterranean Oil Beetle Meloe mediterraneus can be difficult to spot, but close examination of flowers and sometimes bees in their favoured spots will often reveal their presence. Bolberry Down, Devon today.

The Purple Emperors were very active today, the males around the treetops and females at rest on trees. Great to watch their behaviour, but no photo prizes. Foxley Wood, Norfolk. #UKButterflies @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia. Female, form valezina. Foxley Wood, Norfolk, today. butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/... #UKButterflies @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

One of my fave things in York Minster: a medieval wren stalking a spider. It reminds me that history isn't only kings and battles. Someone, centuries ago, found joy in the same things we still notice today. It's a reminder of how much we have in common over our differences.

The cool shade of Foxley Wood, Norfolk. #thicktrunktuesday

Going to the kitchen door for some cool air, an adult Little Owl is surveying the scene from the Raptor Oak. #Owls 🦉 #Birds

Found my first singing Great-Green Bush-cricket of the year at the Long Pits, Dungeness Always an impressive size and can be difficult to see well.