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@dfozzie68 @SaveStagBeetles @NatureofDorset @SightingDOR @wildlife_uk @NatureUK @Britnatureguide @DorsetWildlife @iNatureUK @InsectNews @DorsetBirdClub @harbourbirds Female Lucanus cervus

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@suerob50 @HornimanMuseum @rvodden @LevParikian @RoyEntSoc They do look very much like Cabbage moth eggs. Have a look at this great online resource. Choose English names, then look through Noctuidae for Cabbage moth

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@suewatling @InsectNews Yes, hoverfly, one of the Eristalis spp. E. pertinax as mentioned above would be a fair shout

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@AndrewPlatt4 @iNatureUK Lasioglossum ?calceatum

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@robandmaryb Fly is Rhingia sp. a Hoverfly. ‘Slime’ could be one of the Nostoc spp. a colonial cyanobacteria

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@PaulWellmanuk @SteveBackshall @ChrisGPackham Volucella pelluscens, one of our larger hoverflies. Larvae feed on organic midden and larva in wasps nests

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@SteveBackshall @LBrooker11 @ChrisGPackham @michaelastracha @BBCSpringwatch @Buzz_dont_tweet Yep, a Hornet Clearwing moth ... straight ‘out of the box’ and a great example of Batesian mimicry

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@dianafphoto @InsectNews @theroyalparks A crab spider eating a St Marks fly with a lacewing larva in attendance - cool ain’t nature interesting

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@Killgerm Not good that the image is an Eristalis app of ‘Hoverfly’ an important group of pollinators 🤔

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@emilyegg1 A ‘Vine Weevil’, Otiorhynchus sulcatus. Usually from out of potted plants where the larvae have been feeding on roots

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@kimberley82h Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis- https://t.co/XdAEa6BGPX

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@james32249857 Morning glory/Convolvulus plume Moth, Emmelina monodactyla

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@Trumpete @insectweek Steatoda nobilis, one of our 6 species of False Widow spider. An introduced species but still expanding its range in the UK

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@gerryorourke Yes, V. zonaria 👍🏻

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This morning we have been talking Blanford Fly, Simulium posticatum, with @BBCOxford - its the original ankle bitter

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Another visit earlier today to @thismorning - how to deal with the nuisance of clothes moths https://t.co/Y8QCSL5Wd6

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@girlenegreen Red Admiral butterfly

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@girlenegreen Juniper Shieldbug 👍🏻

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@girlenegreen His yellow face and those long hairs on his middle legs - a sexually dimorphic species females are all black with yellow hairs on back legs

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@stpetershc @InsectNews No but use crevices to build brood cells in - made of mud https://t.co/fcyQGzxmER