Melanie Shears

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[Jane E Hall @clothofnature]

As your beetling about this week, remember to pause and notice the beauty of small things. A Dor beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), hurriedly crossing my path. #smallbeauties #contemplativelife #nature #insects #beetles

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

@SomeInsects Does this mean I've finally found a beetle you don't already have in your collection?! 👀

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

Fab time with @ReadingBioSci biodiversity field course @FSCSlaptonLey. Lots of lovely insects to be seen... Favourite find of the week was this absolute beauty: Chlaenius vestitus 😍

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

@AstonPottery garden was hooching with insects yesterday! Managed to capture this little pompom while it was nectaring on a coneflower 🌸🐝 #bumblebee

[John Redhead @RedheadGIS]

Agri-environment schemes can significantly increase local bird and butterfly populations. New #OpenAccess paper in @JAppliedEcology https://t.co/Kl1FhvmK8f 1/5

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

Cannot rave enough about these opportunities @ydmt. If you want hands on (and paid!) experience, with an amazing support network, then get applying!🌿

[Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshire_dales]

.@ydmt has exciting opportunities for young people aged 16-24 with a love of the outdoors to join their Rural Apprenticeship Scheme (one based with our Ranger team in Hawes). Apply by 1st August 👇

https://t.co/vCDNzmI2So

#Apprenticeships #JobsOutdoors

📸 Paul Harris

[Chris Foster @hatbirder]

If anybody sees a used red Carrera Intercity folding bike for sale, please check to see whether it might be mine! Unfortunately I'm not sensible enough to have a record of the frame number but it has some quirks. https://t.co/YgrleQcp6p via @stolenbikes_uk

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

Not the best photo of this lovely cockchafer #beetle, but those antennae really are gorgeous! #Scarabaeidae #Coleoptera

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

@SomeInsects This is so symmetrical 🙌

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

Highlight of the day: seeing this newly emerged broad-bodied chaser #dragonfly @BBOWT Woolley Firs!

[Royal Entomological Society @RoyEntSoc]

Dear #Students or #EarlyCareer #Entomologists,

@BritEntSoc has a #grant for you to help with your #research!

https://t.co/QabEME05Bl

#Bursary #Education #Student #University #Career #Course #Study #Science #Insects #Animals #RESfuture

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

@SomeInsects So cool!

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

It's #WeevilWednesday! Here's a lovely little heather weevil I picked up last week in the sunshine ☀️

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

@StephSkipp Thanks! 😊

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

I've been a busy beetle this morning identifying #Chrysomelidae and managed to snap a few semi-decent pics... I'm always amazed at how differently their colours appear using a light disperser - these all looked uniformly black to the naked eye! #Coleoptera

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

Lots of people asking us about #bumblebees at the moment - why they’re seeing them on the ground - so here’s a quick thread to explain what they’re up to. Please share as every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year! 1/7

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

Made the most of the sunshine today and went hunting for insects!

[Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @ColSocBI]

ANNOUNCING!!

ColSoc: New Beetle Society Launched

A new society for coleopterists and beetle enthusiasts was launched today, the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland, or ColSoc for short. Check it out!

https://t.co/wGk9rel5FR

[Melanie Shears @Melanie_Shears]

This would be amazing 👌

[Carrion Beetle Recording Scheme @SilphidaeUk]

Enough talk of birds, when is there going to be a #BigGardenBeetleWatch? 😉

Paging #TeamBeetle @ColSocBI…

📷 Phosphuga atrata