FINALLY broke my Clifden Nonpareil duck!! 🥳😅 I almost choked on my gasp when I found this stunning bat-sized bucket-list lifer under one of the eggboxes in my trap 🤩💙 #teammoth #mothsmatter #ukmoths #bugsky

Autumn Ladies’ Tresses, like a tiny mediaeval lady’s twisted braid, the last orchid of the year to flower 🤍🍂 📷 at Newtimber Hill @nationaltrust.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Silver-spotted Skipper floof on floof 😍 @nationaltrust.org.uk @southdownsnp.bsky.social Newtimber Hill #ukbutterflies #bugsky

My fave find on a survey yesterday was this awesome pollinator: a beautifully betrousered Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtipes) twerking on Chicory flowers as she rubs her gloriously hairy legs on her abdomen to gather the pollen she has collected underneath. #BeesNeedsWeek #bugsky

A freshly emerged beauty sitting out a passing storm at a private site managed by @rspb.bsky.social on our fabulous @greenwingstours.bsky.social Swallowtail weekend. #papiliomachaonbritannicus #norfolkbroads #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Found this magnificent beast @kneppwilding.bsky.social a few days ago. Looking forward to catching up with him/her on the wing next month when leading the Purple Emperor Trail for @greenwingstours.bsky.social #hisimperialmajesty #apaturairis #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Greater Butterfly Orchid @kneppwilding.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #orchidchallenge

Twiglet moth time 👏😁 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) from my trap in the garden. #ukmoths #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky

Delighted to get this lifer in the trap: Peppered Moth f. carbonaria (dark form). The speckled white form (typica) regained its dominance in the 1980s and I have caught several of those over the years, but this is my first carbonaria 🖤 #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky

My favourite butterfly on the first day of my favourite month 💚💚💚 #mayday #greenhairstreak #callophrysrubi #britishbutterflies #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Of all the #woodlandplants Toothwort has to be one of the most unconventional, with its chlorophyll-less pallor, living parasitically on, in this case, Hazel, in a @southdownsnp.bsky.social woodland. #wildflowerhour

Pearl-bordered Fritillary caterpillar sunbathing in front of breakfast first thing this morning at a site in Sussex. This rare butterfly has a flourishing colony here, thanks to great wildlife-friendly woodland management 👏😁 #boloriaeuphrosyne #sussexbutterflies #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Marvellous mother Dark-edged Bee-fly collecting soil to add ballast to her eggs before firing them with well-aimed butt-flicks at Yellow-legged Mining Bee nest holes. #parentingstyles #happymothersday #bombyliusmajor #andrenaflavipes #bugsky @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

98 moths of 18 species in the trap last night in Berkshire. Bodes well for insects in 2025 🤞🤞🤞 #ukmoths #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky

Explored a heavenly slice of @southdownsnp.bsky.social ancient woodland this evening, filled with the leaves of Wild Garlic, Bluebell and Yellow Archangel, and lots of wild Green Hellebore 💚 #greenflowers #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

And for my next trick… #oakbeauty #bistonstrataria #ukmoths #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky

Especially pleased to see my first Early Bumblebee of the year amongst all the Buff-taileds yesterday. #spring #earlybumblebee #bombuspratorum #britishbees #bugsky @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @davegoulson.bsky.social @bumblebeegill.bsky.social

Good morning. We love our British wildlife & our range of day trips & tours is increasing year on year. One of our most popular days out is in Sussex with @wildkatdahl.bsky.social for Purple Emperor, plus other butterflies & more. It's nearly full so book soon: greenwings.co/our-holidays...

Gorse properly blooming now 🌞 Shame I can’t post the delicious smell 🥥 #spring #wildflowerhour

Box-fresh Hebrew Character in my first trap of the year this morning. #hebrewcharacter #hebrewcharactermoth #orthosiagothica #britishmoths #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky

Shared this morning’s sparkling sunshine with dozens of beautiful Brown Hares 🤎 @southdownsnp.bsky.social #brownhare #europeanhare #lepuseuropaeus #sussexmammals #britishmammals

Seems appropriate that my first @bsky.app post should be a #bluebug on #bluemonday 🩵🩵🩵