A handsome yellow and black hoverfly on yellow flowers.
I didn't expect to spot any #hoverflies in December, but this Eupeodes luniger (I think) was out and about in Chelsea Physic Garden
11.12.2025 18:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Origami flies
📄 Origami Fly 🖌️
Thought I would have a go at something different today, #Origami.
See my attempts below of a simple fly designed by Adriano Mariani with my little twist….
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Syrphidae #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
11.12.2025 10:28 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hoverflies of Britain and NW Europe
A review of the book Hoverflies of Britain and North-West Europe (2023): A photographic guide to 400 hoverfly species, distribution & phenology bars
📚 Love spotting hoverflies? My go-to guide: Hoverflies of Britain & Northwest Europe!✨
Check my review 👇
#Hoverflies #NatureSpotting #Entomology #Pollinators #FieldGuide #NatureLovers #Insects #naturewriting #Flies #Insects #Syrphidae #Knowledge #Biology
A super book, well worth consideration. 🔍
09.12.2025 17:11 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Hoverflies of Britain and NW Europe
A review of the book Hoverflies of Britain and North-West Europe (2023): A photographic guide to 400 hoverfly species, distribution & phenology bars
📚 Love spotting hoverflies? My go-to guide: Hoverflies of Britain & Northwest Europe!✨
Check my review 👇
#Hoverflies #NatureSpotting #Entomology #Pollinators #FieldGuide #NatureLovers #Insects #naturewriting #Flies #Insects #Syrphidae #Knowledge #Biology
A super book, well worth consideration. 🔍
09.12.2025 17:11 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Day 9 of #InsectAdvent and our thoughts turn to a Christmas vacation.
And where best to go than Christmas Island where we can find Syritta maritima - one of the compost hoverflies whose larvae (the munching maggots) will recycle our leftovers
@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
09.12.2025 12:02 — 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of frog being eaten by a large bird but look where the frogs hands are!!!!!
🌍 Don’t ever give up! 🌎
For all volunteers, conservationists & environmentalists: keep pushing to make the world a better place & stop extinction! 🌱💪 #Nature #Conservation #ClimateAction #Wildlife #EcoWarrior #Sustainability #Biodiversity #World
07.12.2025 16:08 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hoverfly White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pyrastri)
White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pyrastri): A review of its importance in bio-control, artwork from 1720, Identification tips, its lifecycle etc.
White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pryastri) Fascinating #Hoverflies. Hope you will visit the site and enjoy the read. Thanks for the artwork suggestion @jillwhitelock.bsky.social.
#Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Syrphidae #Knowledge #Biology #Diptera #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
04.12.2025 16:40 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A very interesting statistic that we should all take note of - In 2015, nearly one in four front gardens in the UK were completely paved over, more than three times as many as in 2005.
04.12.2025 12:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
What's under your Feet?
A few thoughts for World Soil Day
In advance of World Soil Day (5 December), my latest post on my Crafty Green Poet Substack focuses on soil. You can read it here: craftygreenpoet.substack.com/p/whats-unde...
03.12.2025 09:51 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Did u know? Flea treatments for pets are poisons that kill invertebrates not intended as targets, just like other commercial pesticides. Try a different approach. Use preventative herbal drops that deter fleas & ticks & won't harm biodiversity. See @davegoulson.bsky.social a/c for more info. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐕🐈
04.12.2025 06:23 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Acrostic Syrphus genera postcard with Common and Hairy-eyed Banded Hoverflies and fascinating facts. Can be seen this time of year around Ivy
🐛 Hoverfly Genera 🐝
Buzzing with facts! An acrostic postcard all about Syrphus hoverflies. Learn & Share! 🌸 #Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
03.12.2025 09:43 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Autumn's Joy
A poem inspired by an autumn walk to my parents earlier this month.
🍂 An Autumn Poem 🍂
Linnets flutter to fields afar,
Skylarks rise like Vaughan Williams's star.
Dutchman's breeches drift in sky's embrace,
while pansies plead for a bee's brief grace.
#Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SkyPoets #Autumn #NatureLove #AutumnVibes #NatureWalk. Click to read full poem.
01.12.2025 13:07 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Autumn's Joy
A poem inspired by an autumn walk to my parents earlier this month.
🍂 An Autumn Poem 🍂
Linnets flutter to fields afar,
Skylarks rise like Vaughan Williams's star.
Dutchman's breeches drift in sky's embrace,
while pansies plead for a bee's brief grace.
#Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SkyPoets #Autumn #NatureLove #AutumnVibes #NatureWalk. Click to read full poem.
01.12.2025 13:07 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Acrostic Helophilus genera postcard with Common and Lemon Tiger Hoverflies and fascinating facts.
🐛 Hoverfly Genera 🐝
Buzzing with facts! An acrostic postcard all about Helophilus hoverflies. Hope it makes you smile! 🌸 #Nature #Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
28.11.2025 18:11 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
STOTEN | Science of The Total Environment | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Science of The Total Environment at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
Fipronil being found in water courses downstream for water treatment from bathing pets, washing their bedding and its overuse. Great research by vet Rosemary Perkins. Can we look to reducing its usage and therefore its impact on the environment please. #Pesticides #Pets @davegoulson.bsky.social
27.11.2025 12:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides with Dave Goulson
Last night attended a talk by @davegoulson.bsky.social on insect declines, organised by Western Sussex rivers trust. Super talk highlighting the impact of neonicotinoids/insecticides use not only in farming but surprisingly on our pets. #Pesticides #Pets. #Pollinator #Insects #Moths #Butterflies
27.11.2025 12:03 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Bright Nights Festival
Experience Barnsley’s Bright Nights Festival 2025 –Stunning nature-themed art Installations that remind us of the importance to connect with nature.
My latest blog is on Barnsley Bright Nights festival! 🌟 Stunning nature-themed art installations that remind us of something vital.🌿✨ #BarnsleyBrightNights #Barnsley
@barnsleychronicle.bsky.social, @barnsleymht.bsky.social, @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social, @barnsleycivic.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social
25.11.2025 16:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Been a while but well done @nytimes.com for todays #taxonomicfail (and @bfly52.bsky.social for pointing this out)
Do love a Spelling Syrphid Forum..
03.09.2025 10:20 — 👍 39 🔁 8 💬 7 📌 0
Bright Night festivals light up the UK! Barnsley’s ‘The Collectors’ by Bethan Maddocks blends art & nature beautifully. Such an Inspiration 🌙✨
#Nature #Light #Illuminations #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders #Autumn #EcoEducation #Birds #Insects #Moths #Butterflies #Ladybirds
23.11.2025 17:19 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Volucella genera acrostic postcard of fascinating facts
🐛 Hoverfly Genera 🐝
🌿 Discover Volucella hoverflies with an acrostic postcard of fascinating facts! 🦋 Learn & share!
#Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
22.11.2025 18:03 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Just seen the feature on Gardeners world, superb and with it your very important message. Hope it inspires more builders and estates to do something in their local community that promotes wildlife and biodiversity for the future.
22.11.2025 17:20 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Water spider, pea mussel, sticklebacks, backswimmers, pond and ramshorn snails all relocated.
Volunteering at #RSPB Old Moor yesterday, cleaning out a pond - searching for Hairy #Dragonfly nymphs (Brachytron pratense). Adults recently discovered at the site. NBN- handful of records North of Leeds. 🐉 #Nature #Insects #Pondlife #ClimateChange #Conservation #Biodiversity. Nymphs relocated.
20.11.2025 15:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A Rose by Any Other Name....
Thoughts about scientific vs common names, and yes the photo is a hoverfly not a rose
My latest post on my Crafty Green Substack is about common vs scientific names for wildlife, focussing on hoverflies. The hoverfly in the photo is known variously as Tiger, Footballer or Sunfly. A mention to @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social for his commitment to common names substack.com/home/post/p-...
19.11.2025 08:15 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
And Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly) basking with wings spread. You usually see it with folded wings.
17.11.2025 22:33 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The Myth of Bugonia
Exploring an unexpected link between a biblical riddle (Judges 14:14), a tin of treacle, and the fascinating hoverfly known as the Common Dronefly
Weird link alert! 📖 🐝 🍯
What connects the Bible, a hoverfly and a tin of treacle —curious? Click below!
#NatureMystery #FunFacts #CuriosityUnlocked #Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Nature #Myth #Art #Curiosity #HiddenWonders
18.11.2025 10:04 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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