Matt Harrow

Dipterist/
invertebrate ecologist

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@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.

[NatureBureau @NatureBureau]

Great day watching flies buzzing around an old 'Goat Moth' oak in the New Forest- here are 4 of the special ones seen today, the hoverfly Volucella inflata was particularly impressive #FliesofBritainandIreland @gailashton @Ecoentogeek @StevenFalk1 @flygirlNHM @HantsIWWildlife

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

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.

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@Bertolicus Xylota segnis

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@_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

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@kitenet @StevenFalk1 @WildlifeTrusts @BritEntSoc @amentsoc @RoyEntSoc @DipteristsForum @bwars2000 @KieronHuston @BirdingDad @EcoLlogik @graemelyons @BBOWT Don't think I'll bother with that then!

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@StevenFalk1 @WildlifeTrusts @BritEntSoc @amentsoc @RoyEntSoc @DipteristsForum @bwars2000 @KieronHuston @BirdingDad @EcoLlogik @graemelyons @kitenet @BBOWT My local National Trust reserve was a lot more blase about it and emailed to say that I can do as I please, for this reason most of my local recording is done there, I then upload to iRecord and send occasional updates, easy! Any type of barrier just puts me off visiting a site.

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@StevenFalk1 @WildlifeTrusts @BritEntSoc @amentsoc @RoyEntSoc @DipteristsForum @bwars2000 @KieronHuston @BirdingDad @EcoLlogik @graemelyons @kitenet @BBOWT were very good about it a few years ago and they gave me a 2 year permit (need to redo) for reserves I had the go ahead and signed RA's for. Originally exact dates were required but I said I cant provide these as I survey in my free time and I don't decide until that day

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@flygirlNHM @Ento_Allan Incredible, would love to see it in action!

[Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM]

OK mind BLOWN

@Ento_Allan showed me this amazing micro beefly Leylaiya spp with its concertina mouthparts….

Is this not the most amazing MOUTHPART you have ever seen???

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@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!

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@SomEcoWorrier @DipteristsForum @RoyEntSoc @flygirlNHM Looks like Platyura marginata

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@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!

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

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!

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

Much better than last year's show https://t.co/P1m5O6k03o

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

#auroraborialis put on a show last night from Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire, and was even visible to the naked eye!

[Nigel Jones @jones44832]

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.
@DipteristsForum @StevenFalk1 @xylota

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@StevenFalk1 @dwhitmore79 @X @NHM_London @flygirlNHM @Buzz_dont_tweet @WildlifeMag @Coleopterist @dipterists @xylota @NHM_Science @StevenFalk1 if you're concerned about security issues by adding your DOB just wait until you have to scan in an ID document to verify your age!

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

@EntMikeAshworth @flygirlNHM Something like Tmemophlebia?

[Matt Harrow @m_harrow1]

Always nice to see Epiphragma ocellare, a common saproxylic Cranefly that I find more often in areas of woodland with higher humidity