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Wildlife enthusiast with camera,fighting against the stupidity of the world. Offering guided wildlife walks in East Devon

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@MrNickKnowles @DIYSOS Thought you were one of the nice ones who is against animal cruelty. But then you went to Cheltenham supporting the cruel horse racing 😭 Guess your love of animals was just another PR joke...

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@SiOldridge @David__Reed , please vote for the bill tomorrow!!

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@ClintonDevon showing their true colours by indirectly asking DEFRA to cull the beavers. Please share widely so everyone can see what they are really thinking.

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Red-and-black Froghopper , Cercopis vulnerata, this summer .Even filmed in slow-mo I could not get it as slow as I wanted. But then they jump at up to 13ft/s. As well as up to 70 cm.
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Outside the breeding time,when the Eurasian Skylarks , Alauda arvensis,are mainly on the ground,it is quite difficult to spot them,esp in a ploughed field.They blend in so well,only realised they were there when they moved.
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I will be changing to a different social media platform over the next day. Find me on the blue butterfly: https://t.co/qjrmVbVPA3

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@DavidLammy There is clear video evidence that the Israelis were the attackers, so you condone their violence just as the violence that is happening in Gaza? How much did you get paid by the Zionist lobby?

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While the Little owl box my amazing partner built has not attracted any owls yet, it is quite popular with the local Wood mice , Apodemus sylvaticus. They better watch out if the intended tenant moves in :-P

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The Field Digger Wasp , Mellinus arvensis, hunts flies on mammalian droppings. The female wasp walks over the droppings and with a sudden leap, seizes the fly in her mandibles; immobilises it with a sting, and then flies with it to her nest to leave it for her offspring.

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The Gasteruption wasps are parasitic wasps which lay their eggs on the body of larvae of solitary bees/wasps using its long ovipositor. Upon hatching, its larvae will devour grubs and its victim's supplies of pollen + nectar. This is possibly Gasteruption jaculator.

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@BladeoftheS I'm scared, really, really scared😭

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@DavidLammy @realDonaldTrump @JDVance What has changed since you said you gonna protest on the streets if Trump visits the UK? Is it the bribe money in your account?

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Wood ants are true ecosystem engineers.Their huge nest mounds tunnel deep into the https://t.co/FllALlrNp1 building these nests, wood ants help turn+aerate the soil.They gather pine needles,twigs+dried grass which enriches the soil with organic material.

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Mrs Bob and her legacy, The beaver family 2023 , Part 4
After the loss of Mrs Bob the beaver family has moved further downstream to what was usually the maternity lodge...
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The jewel of the wasps, the Ruby-tailed/Cuckoo wasps , Chrysididae sp. .The majority of chrysidids are parasitoids of wasps and bees.The females lay an egg in the host cell,the larva kills the egg or the young host larva + only after this set to feeding on the stored provisions.

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Dispatches can reveal how King Charles and Prince William are making millions from the taxpayer.

In a joint investigation with @thetimes we have uncovered lucrative deals with the armed forces, schools and even the NHS.

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@dan710ths Not just pets and wildlife and people with PTSD, a lot of people with severe dementia will not know what is going on , panic, possibly try to get up and hide, with the danger of falls and injuries and worse

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The male Ivy bees, Colletes hederae, emerge from late August,females a little later in early September+remain on the wing until early November.The principal pollen forage plant is ivy .The females supply the larval brood cells almost exclusively with nectar+pollen of ivy flowers.

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The European beewolf,Philanthus triangulum,is a solitary wasp which hunts Honey bees+paralyses them to lay an egg on.The larva will feed on the bee.Honeybees have been in the UK+farmed since the Roman times,wonder how long it took for the Beewolf to specialise on them

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The Waisted Beegrabber , Physocephala rufipes, has the thinnest waist amongst our flies. Like other beegrabbers they target bees or bumblebees and lay their egg on them. The larva then develops inside the bee.