Wil J. Heeney

Maybe... Going to keep a certain shroud of mystery to keep you on your toes a bit 😉

Not even half 9 and I've mapped about 30 clusters of webs, each with at least 4 webs in each cluster. It's going to be a slow day at this rate @britishspiders.bsky.social

Pulled this little one out of the ditch yesterday. The farmer tells me it's doing fine.

'Go Sheep Lightening'

More crap photography

Mama... @britishspiders.bsky.social

Fuck yeah Ozzy, fuck yeah. What a life. Go on home big man, take the crazy train.

Life hack, crab the binos to the shirt when out of use... I've had years of it banging into my chest

Lots of these stripy arsed spidders around yesterday @britishspiders.bsky.social while Fen Rafting

Me, the walking stick, and Fen Raft Spiders

Been quiet recently. Will make more effort going forward, again.

Staying away for big chunks of time in the van on a contract in Sussex.

Mint and Lamb burger anyone?

Ant people... I come across a lot of ants in pitfall traps. Any tips for spotting the more obscure species that live within the more common species nests amongst the ant soup that's left once I've taken the rest out?

Van timing belt gone, hire vehicle for a month while it has half the engine rebuilt.
At least these turned up today to give me a smile

It is!

You have made my week with this. How did I not drop that in ... Managed to wangle the Descendants into the chat

Anyone seen me on Country File last night?

Got NoFX on the BBC... Oh and talked a bit about beetles.

Species Status Review from 2019 (?) should come up on the Google

On the walk back to base, the star attraction of the day appeared as I looked on the hedgerow for micro moths. This stunning Longhorn beetle was definitely new to me & after some research, turns out it's a bit rare - Saperda scalaris (a rather restricted range in UK).
What a bobby-dazzler!
#buglife

Nothing like some Municipal Waste to get the blood flowing in the morning

Longhorns are appearing!

Beauty.

Schweet, ta buddy

@brianecambs.bsky.social still into your snails? Is this Cochlodina laminata, or Clausilia dubia?

I've barely even messed around with it yet, so expect much better results over the coming weeks.

Amara familiaris

Messing around with the new set up. Test subject, Amara familiaris

Bravo good Sir. You've inspired a generation of insect botherers

Stunner.

It begins. For Longhorn beetles, please tag me and add the data to iRecord

1st. Old method, phone down the scope.
2nd. Photo of the monitor I've hooked up to a new HDMI microscope camera.

Wicked.

Look out