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David Fotheringham

@blueleafnature.bsky.social

Production journalist and biodiversity services provider, based in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Diptera, Hymenoptera and all manner of other insects. Birder and Moth-er. Traveller and Photographer. Garage Rock, New Wave and passenger on the Paisley Underground.

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Feeling stoked to find a superb male Rhinocerous Beetle Sinodendron cylindricum today on a broken chestnut tree near Bishopton (VC76). Rare in these parts with just a single other Central Belt record on NBN @glasgownathist.bsky.social @bugmanjones.com.web.brid.gy @ashwhiffin.bsky.social

25.06.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sadly, I missed #worldrobberflyday - but here’s some Leptarthrus brevirostris from Lochawe (VC98) last week. Excellent numbers, so a big local emergence, of a species that is near annual at the site @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

30.05.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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High numbers of Pearl-bordered Fritillary and a decent count of five Chequered Skipper at my Argyll VC98 survey site near Loch Awe last week. It was good to catch up with them before the weather turned

30.05.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a male Orange-tip yesterday (1/4) at Linwood Community Woodland - not surprisingly my earliest ever!

02.04.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hooray! Like Corrie the Dog, I’m excited to join the BlueSky community. Hoping to connect with other entomologists and wildlife people and talk flies, moths and other insects. Plus a bit of photography and music

14.11.2024 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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