A huddle of 7 Spot Ladybirds, Coccinella septempunctata.
Huddle!
7 Spot Ladybirds, Coccinella septempunctata.
#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55
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Posts tagged #VC55
Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis
Finally, some love for our bee log.
Red Mason Bee, Osmia bicornis.
#Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55
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Male Yellow Swarming Fly, Thaumatomyia notata, with eversible vesicles on the abdomen. These are thought to be pheromone producing glands that may play a role in the aggregation behavior of this species.
Male Yellow Swarming Fly, Thaumatomyia notata, with eversible vesicles on the abdomen. These are thought to be pheromone producing glands that may play a role in the aggregation behavior of this species.
#Diptera #VC55 #flies
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A troublesome wasp - I need some help with this one!
ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-tr...
@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social @davidnotton.bsky.social
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55
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10 Spot Ladybird, Adalia decempunctata
10 Spot Ladybird, Adalia decempunctata, with the giveaway brown legs!
One of the many disguises of the 10 Spot Ladybird, Adalia decempunctata, but all with the giveaway brown legs!
#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #OlympusTG6
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Hawthorn Mining Bee male, Andrena chrysosceles
Hawthorn Mining Bee male, Andrena chrysosceles
Lots of Hawthorn Mining Bee males, Andrena chrysosceles, hanging around hopefully in the sunny but still chilly garden.
#Hees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #OlympusTG6
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Meadow Buttercup, Ranunculus acris
First Meadow Buttercup of the year, Ranunculus acris.
#Plants #Flowers #VC55 #Botany
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Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis
Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis
Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis, with leaf mine.
Holly Leaf Miner, Phytomyza ilicis.
Mine collected 25.02.2026, fly emerged 02.04 2026.
#Diptera #VC55 #flies
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Orsillus depressus, nymph left, imago right.
Orsillus depressus, nymph & imago.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
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Hauptidia maroccana.
Hauptidia maroccana aedeagus
Hauptidia maroccana left style
Hauptidia maroccana.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Auchenorrhyncha
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Ectopsocus axillaris female
Ectopsocus axillaris female subgenital plate
Great Excitement!
Well, not so much because of tiny invertebrate blindness - it's not a pretty butterfly but it is the first record for #VC55.
Barkfly, Ectopsocus axillaris.
#Insects #Psocoptera #Entomology
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Apolygus - simplified
Apolygus is a tricky genus, but the impact of a new paper (if widely accepted) simplifies things. As a confirmed taxonomic lumper, I approve! - ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2026/03/apol...
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Miridae
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Orius laevigatus
Orius laevigatus middle tibia pake brown
Orius laevigatus.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Anthocoridae
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Slime mold, Trichia crateriformis.
This shot may not win any of them fancy #macrophotography awards, but ... Trichia crateriformis.
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #Myxogastria #Amoebozoa #macro #OMSystem #VC55
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Botryobasidium aureum
Botryobasidium aureum
Botryobasidium aureum spores
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Diapriidae, I think Trichopria? Species possible?
@davidnotton.bsky.social ?
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55
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Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes
Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes
Lots of Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes, on the Blackthorn today.
#Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55
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Swamped with Spangles
We're drowning in tiny wasps.
With some help I've figured out what's going to happen next: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2026/03/swam...
#Wasps #Hemiptera #Cynipoidea #VC55
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Pteromalus spp (?)
Pteromalus spp (?)
Another tricky Pteromalus(?). Struggling to get beyond genus with these at present.
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55
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Frog and toad spawn
NatureSpot: Seen any spawn?
Your records of frog and toad spawn are needed for the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/265320
#Amphibians #Leicester #Leicestershire #Rutland #environment #nature #wildlife #VC55
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Trissolcus cultratus - frons with characteristic parallel arched ridges.
Trissolcus cultratus.
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Scelionidae
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Frogspawn, eggs of Common Frog.
I was beginning to think we'd missed out on a visit from the Tapioca Monster this year, but better late than never. And compared with recent years, it is late.
#Amphobians #VC55 #UKWildlife
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Euplectrus bicolor female
Euplectrus bicolor female
Euplectrus bicolor female
Euplectrus bicolor female on a UK 2nd class postage stamp
Euplectrus bicolor.
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55
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Aprostocetus spp. on a pencil
Aprostocetus spp. female
Aprostocetus spp. female
Aprostocetus spp. female
Aprostocetus spp.
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55
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Microterys tricoloricornis on a UK 2nd class postage stamp.
Microterys tricoloricornis on the royal nose.
#wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #PutItOnABanknote
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Springtail, Katiannidae genus nov.1. sp. nov.2
Katiannidae genus nov.1. sp. nov.2
One day it will get a formal name...
#Springtails #Collembola #VC55
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