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Here at DaNES we enjoy exploring the diverse and fascinating world of insects and their non-marine arthropod relatives. We hold events and field visits to help record invertebrates across our area and have a database of over half a million records.
A small fly that resembles a new tachinid fly species that arrived in Britain in 2019.
I thought at first this was Phasia hemiptera but i now think it is a male Ectophasia crassipennis (seen in Sussex)? A recent colonist to BI in 2019 that is established in the south and now spreading north. No NBN records for Derbys/Notts.
21.09.2025 18:36 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
From the MV in Belper last night, this amazing-looking Hook-winged Lacewing (Drepanepteryx phalaenoides), a first for me. @belperbirder.bsky.social @richardttaylor.bsky.social @danmartinwildlife.bsky.social @cliveaderbys.bsky.social @chrisjacksonlrps.bsky.social @derbysnottsentsoc.bsky.social
11.05.2025 08:09 — 👍 45 🔁 4 💬 6 📌 1Looks like a cicada species rather than a locust.
17.05.2025 04:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Up to three insect species become extinct in Australia every week, report says
10.12.2024 06:51 — 👍 79 🔁 40 💬 5 📌 15
Side view photograph of an oddly proportioned reddish brown insect with yellow stripes standing alert on the end of a stick against a blurred natural background.
The wasp mantisfly, Climaciella brunnea, is not a wasp, a mantis, or a fly. It is instead a type of spider-eating lacewing that keeps itself safe by looking like it has a painful sting, which is does not.
Evolution continues to be marvelous. 🧪 #Entomology
Please #repost/#share for the #bees.🙏🏼🐝
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
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Due to an amazing response, there are now two Conservation + biodiversity 🌱 starter packs:
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UK supermarkets urged to stop using #neonics and other bee-toxic #pesticides. Call comes as @PAN_UK ranks supermarkets on efforts to protect consumers, farmworkers & wildlife from pesticides.
Take action & see where your supermarket ranked: www.pan-uk.org/supermarkets/
Hand holding soil and an earthworm, background of green grass and autumn oak leaf
Did you know there are more living organisms in one handful of healthy soil than there are people on Earth? It can take 100s of years for just 1cm of soil to form, so it's vital we look after it – avoiding pesticides is one easy action.
More: bit.ly/3ULsOhO
#biodiversity #nature
