Per Smiseth

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✨ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us! 🍻
Special shout-out to our featured scientists:

🪲 @persmiseth.bsky.social , Lecturer in Animal Behaviour

🪰 @darrenobbard.bsky.social, Professor of Evoluntionary Genetics

🦋 Simon Martin, Royal Society University Research Fellow

#ScienceCommunication

I’m now pretty sure it’s this species. Where in the country was this?

Cream-streaked Ladybird (Harmonia quadripunctata) from Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning. #Ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

I’m wondering if it might be a female Kolbia quisquillarum. It’s not a species I’ve seen. A scarce species, so would be a good record.

… and finally Deraeocoris lutescens, Buff Footman caterpillar, & the barkflies Valenzuela flavidus & Elipsocus hyalinus. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Cream-spot Ladybird.

2-spot Ladybird.

Dromius quadrimaculatus.

Hawthorn Shieldbug.

… also: Cream-spot & 2-spot Ladybirds, Dromius quadrimaculatus & Hawthorn Shieldbug …#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

18-spot Ladybird.

Larch Ladybird.

Eyed & Orange Ladybirds.

Harlequin Ladybird eating a hoverfly (Syrphus sp) larva

Collection of critters from yesterday’s visit to Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh: 18-spot, Larch, Eyed, Orange & Harlequin #Ladybirds (I counted 356 of the latter, including 1 eating a hoverfly larva) ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Blaste quadrimaculata.

Elipsocus hyalinus.

Valenzuela flavidus.

Cerobasis guestfalica.

Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Duddingston Kirk Graveyard, #Edinburgh: Blaste quadrimaculata, Elipsocus hyalinus, Valenzuela flavidus & Cerobasis guestfalica. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Peripsocus milleri.

Graphopsocus cruciatus.

Cerobasis guestfalica.

Valenzuela flavidus.

Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Peripsocus milleri, Graphopsocus cruciatus, Cerobasis guestfalica & Valenzuela flavidus. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Female Metylophorus nebulosus from Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (VC83), this afternoon. A large (6-7mm) & attractive #barkfly. #Psocoptera #Metylophorusnebulosus #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Yes, it does!

Bagworm - possibly Lichen Case-bearer (Dahlica lichenella) - feeding on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. Initially mistaken for snail poo. #TeamMoth #Moths #Psychidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by 7-spot Ladybird found today on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #Braconidae #Parasitoids #Ladybirds #Dinocampuscoccinellae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) from Greyfriars Kirkyard, #Edinburgh, this morning. 1 of 3 seen in this site. #TeamMoth #Moths #Chrysoclistalineella #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

8x Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) found yesterday on gravestones under lime tree in Old Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #moths #teammoth #Chrysoclistalineella
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Male Hairy Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus hyalinatus) from my #Edinburgh garden. #bees #HylaeusHyalinatus.

Eupterycyba jucunda (beaten from alder).

Pied Rabbit Moth (Ypsolopha sequella).

Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by its still living 7-spot Ladybird host.

Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata).

Some of today’s records from Rosebank Cemetery, #Edinburgh: leafhopper Eupterycyba jucunda, Pied Rabbit Moth (Ypsolopha sequella), Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by its 7-spot Ladybird host & Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata). #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Congratulations! That is exciting news. Great it finally has a proper name.

I'm so excited to share that this springtail, one that seems to have rapidly appeared in graveyards and gardens across the UK, now has a proper name: Entomobrya petri!

I hope this will be the first of many new species descriptions, allowing us to track our rapidly changing springtail fauna. 🧵⬇️

Female.

Female.

Female & nymph under silk web.

Male.

Female & male Reuterella helvimacula found today under silk web on gravestones in Colinton Kirkyard, #Edinburgh. A small (1.5-2mm) #barkfly. Females: wingless. Males: long wings with sinuous wing edge. Status as uncommon in UK. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Thanks for replying! I’m not surprised. I was trying to get a photo from above but it wouldn’t let me. Hopefully, I’ll get another chance.

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) today in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. #SmallSkipper #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Parent Bug.

Eyed Ladybird.

Peripsocus subfasciatus.

Unidentified louse fly.

Some records from visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh, on 30 June. Parent Bug, Eyed Ladybird, Peripsocus subfasciatus & an alert unidentified louse fly. @denisewawman.bsky.com #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Just spotted error in mentioning ichneumons & ichneumonidae.

Yesterday: 3 Lime Flame (Chrysoclista linneella) in Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh (VC83). Only known from two locations in Scotland; Falkirk & Edinburgh. #TeamMoth #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae

Female Clistopyga incitator found ovipositing on a wall in Liberton Cemetery, #Edinburgh this afternoon. This species oviposits in egg sacs of spiders.
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae

Ivy Boring Beetle (Ochina ptinoides).

Calobata petronella.

Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata).

Platybunus pinetorum.

Records from yesterday’s visit to Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh. Highlight: Ivy Boring Beetle (Ochina ptinoides) hiding on a gravestone. Also Calobata petronella, Broken-barred Carpet & Platybunus pinetorum. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth

Regal Piercer (Pammene regiana).

Cherry Bark Tortrix (Enarmonia formosana).

Male Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella).

Garden Mompha (Mompha subbistrigella).

Collection of micro moths found on gravestones in Edinburgh on 21 & 22 May: Regal Piercer, Cherry Bark Tortrix, Male Bee Moth & Garden Mompha. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth

6 Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) on Garlic Mustard in Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, yesterday. #TeamMoth #Moths #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Reilig Odhrain with Iona Abbey in the background.

Brown Silver-line.

New Zealand Flatworm.

Sea Bristletail, possibly.

Some records from visits to Reilig Òdhrain, #Iona, 1-3 May. A small rural graveyard dating back to 8th century. Thought to be burial place of some early Scottish kings, including Kenneth mac Alpin. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.