@xylota @RyanM_Sussex@andymus1 @ecology_digest I've swept Ogcodes pallipes from an isolated shrub on the side of a chalk grassland hill and Acrocera orbiculus from an upland calcareous seepage alongside Oxycera pardalina.
The Chloropidae Neohaplegis glabra has been on my target list for a while now. I swept this one from the flower-heads of grasses on chalk downland whilst searching for Dicraeus.
@_alanbradbury @EntoMarc@StevenFalk1@WKWT @jell_1982 @SteveTrotter1@jones44832 @xylota @ConopsEnto@NickMott7@WildlifeTrusts I would like to see a widespread formal agreement that permits us to carry out biological recording activities on NT, WT, RSPB etc sites. It should be based on a code of conduct and registered either through society membership e.g, BENHS or a free permit system administered by NE
OK mind BLOWN
@Ento_Allan showed me this amazing micro beefly Leylaiya spp with its concertina mouthpartsโฆ.
Is this not the most amazing MOUTHPART you have ever seen???
@xylota @RyanM_Sussex@DipteristsForum Had a walk around this unimproved neutral grassland yesterday and it was absolutely heaving with insects which made a nice change, I would love to see more farmland looking like this as it would be great for biodiversity and I bet it's great nutrition for cows too!
@DrRossPiper Still visible to the naked eye, more or less as in this photo and you could see the beams of light slowly moving through the sky. Get out tonight and see them if you can!
Aurora borealis from Pitstone Hill last night. Started off with just the green band across the sky before erupting into colour just as everyone was heading back to their cars!
At last some decent spring sunshine. A trip out to streamside woodland yesterday yielded 2 top finds: A new site for Logjammer hoverfly and the scarce Anthomyiidae Alliopsis pilitarsis. Logjammer pic by Jim Cresswell.
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