Andy Musgrove

Fair enough, 'av it.

Hey, it appears to be in captivity!

Least Adder's-tongue (Ophioglossum lusitanicum) on Wingletang, St Agnes, today on a fine sunny day with @andymus.bsky.social @janettem34.bsky.social About 40 plants seen in 2 tiny patches of habitat #wildflowerhour

As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body? I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause

This is the story of my daughter Milly and Lyme Disease. There was no rash, no "summer flu", NHS blood tests negative. And she's been ill for a quarter of her life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Thank you @lymediseaseuk.bsky.social & @lymeresourcecentre.bsky.social for raising UK awareness.

Heterarthrus microcephalus mines willow leaf tips

Larva in mine of microcephalus

Blotch mining Lyonetia prunifoliella

Note copious frass extruded beneath the leaf

Heterathrus microcephalus on our Weeping Willow - a sawfly miner I rarely see. Lyonetia prunifoliella mining Blackthorn seedlings in the garden. Lots of frass extruded under the leaf is characteristic

Yep!

This male Tachina from Shotesham (E Norfolk) in August looks pretty spot-on for the newly colonising (or at least newly recognised) T. magnicornis

Species 8,298: Macrosteles sardus, a hopper beaten from Great Willowherb on Shotesham Common, 100m from my desk. Thanks to @tim-hodge.bsky.social for the suggestion!

Merveille du Jour

Ypsolopha parenthesella

Carabus problematicus

Well Merveille du Jour finally crossed my peepers today thanks to @laurasharp.bsky.social and Helen Rowe, also Ypsolopha parenthesella and a stunning (and wonderfully named) Carabus problematicus beetle #teammoth

Absolutely, a classic @panspecieslisting.bsky.social song!

A cluster of Mycena, with brown thimble-shaped caps with white frilly lower edges, growing out of a log.

A reminder that we have a weekend of NNNS fungi-related events coming up. On Saturday 27th Sept 2025 at 10:30, national fungus expert & author Geoffrey Kibby will be leading a walk at Litcham Warren. See norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa... for meeting point details.

A group of small white Mycena species growing out of the side of a large piece of dead wood.

On Sunday 28th September 2025, 10:30-4, county fungus recorder Dr Tony Leech is putting on a whole-day fungus identification workshop at Wheatfen, inc both lab & field parts. There is a cost of £15 & places are limited, so please book with Tony, details on norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/events-pa...

Marginal veins of Nymphaea alba (left) and Nymphaea candida (right) for comparison.. Veins of candida join to form closed loops, those of alba end at the leaf edge. Of course there’s a hybrid too, which is common where they meet.

Not one I recognise if so

Now available Harry

A plastic garden compost bin with the lid off showing the contents - a mixture of kitchen and garden waste. On the grass next to the bin are a plastic bucket, a black plastic garden riddle (sieve) sitting over a red bowl, a smaller potting sieve on a round plastic plant pot tray and a white plastic tray with sieved compost in it.

A white plastic tray with sieved garden compost in it. Roughly in the centre is a tiny pseudoscorpion which has been circled in blue on the photo.

White plastic tray with sieved garden compost and two tiny pseudoscorpions in the middle, highlighted with blue arrows on the photo.

Close up of a pseudoscorpion on a white plastic tray. It is pale reddish brown with long arm-like pedipalps that end in claws.

Finding pseudoscopions. Our compost bin had Pselaphochernes scorpioides in it. To search: scoop out top layer of kitchen/garden waste & put in bucket. Sieve next layer down using garden riddle over a bowl. Then use finer potting sieve over tray. They are small, around 2mm. 1/2
@duleyp.bsky.social

will do

Great find, very few recent records of this species.

Really enjoyed talking sawflies all day long today with the @norfolknats.bsky.social

Great stuff, thanks for confirming!

Increasingly regular now across much of the south-east.

Not a Clancy's Rustic Ian?

Still never had Clancy's here in Shotesham. It's so often the case that migrants/colonists take longer to get established out here in the sticks, compared to the city.

I've even prepared some sawflies for people to play with...

I'm not great at getting politically active, but these guys are, so seem like a decent bunch to give a few quid to.

Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.

So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.

From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:

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It doesn't help that the damn wings are so see-through when I look at them in alcohol. Always have to grit my teeth before starting on a typhlo!

I found E diversa yesterday, a Dogwood species. Seems very seldom recorded, but as you say, these can be a bit of an epic journey to get to the name.

Yep, deffo!

Check out Hemichroa australis, those J shaped notches are the classic feeding signs