Tristan Bantock

Looks right to me! Always a v handsome sp

I'd agree it's a probable ruficornis

A slide showing information about the lacebug Catoplatus fabricii. There is an image of the species (a small brown bug with mesh like structures at the edge of the abdomen. The text on the slide reads A medium sized species of lacebug which is strongly associated with Ox-eye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare. The thorax is rather narrow behind the head, and lacks the meshes on the margins found in other lacebugs. The third antennal segment is the same width as the fourth. A very scarce species in Bedfordshire, with only one recent record. Should be looked for where Ox-eye Daisies are found, especially in dry, sunny situations on calcareous soils. Adults over-winter in moss close to the host plant.

A new species added to the Bedfordshire bug slides, with the lacebug Catoplatus fabricii, a rather lovely creature brilliantly found and photographed by @markgurn.bsky.social last year. See all the slides here www.flickr.com/photos/runne...

Yes

Blue Shieldbug, Zicrona caerulea

Blue Shieldbug, Zicrona caerulea.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

Three frogs to be reintroduced to West Acre 'pingos' The money will be spent on breeding thousands of frogs and managing their release in 2026.

This is the height of ecological illiteracy and shows how wannabe zookeepers have taken over UK nature conservation. Evidence for native status of these species is incredibly tenuous; releasing them into one of our most ancient & irreplaceable ecosystems would be crazy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sounds highly dubious

Might well be new to Yorks I will check with Jim Flanagan.

Time really does fly

10 years ago today I looked in the moth trap and saw the critter in the first photo. I actually potted it, threw it back in the trap, then re-potted it after having second thoughts! Three days later I had another! (2nd photo). Mecidea lindbergi, 1st UK record, ID'd by @britishbugs.bsky.social

Found a leafhopper in the bedroom window on Thursday and it appears to be a Acericerus heydenii - a recent arrival in the UK (2010) and appears to be spreading. We've seen just one before - in South Bucks. @rockwolf74.bsky.social

Mottled Shieldbug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa) from pollarded Sallow branch 28/11/25. New site record #ThamesRdWetland SMINC in London Boro Bexley, managed by @thames21.bsky.social Feeds on various decidous trees. First found in UK in London area 2010, following increase on near continent. (Pic Elio G)

Empoasca vitis

Eupteryx urticae

Linnavuoriana sexmaculata

Ribautiana debilis

Winter leafhoppers.

Empoasca vitis
Eupteryx urticae
Linnavuoriana sexmaculata
Ribautiana debilis

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Cicadellidae

Looking at the last flowers of Red Campion today and this little bug appeared.
It is Dicyphus globulifer, a species found on Red and White Campion throughout Britain.

You can't beat a bit of Ozrics

Fruticidia bisignata, new to Essex (only third UK record), from my garden

Zygina lunaris, possibly new to Essex, from my garden

Liguropiajuniperi, possibly new to North Essex (VC19), from a local churchyard

What an incredible month November has been so far, and thanks to simply shaking some leaves.

Three new leafhoppers for me, two of these possibly new to Essex.

#Hemiptera
#Cicadellidae
#Leafhopper

Always love finding Ledra aurita (Eared Leafhopper) nymphs! From SE Shropshire yesterday. #Homoptera #Leafhopper #Shropshire

Developers WANT gradual release of new homes, so demand always outstrips supply to keep sales prices high. They use:

1 Land-banking - to prevent competitors building

2 Slow build-out - to keep demand high

Reforms should focus on this dynamic, plus skills shortages, and minimising slow wet trades

Yes

Utterly disgusted by this dismal disappointment of a govt

Looks good

Did you see any Calvia decemguttata? I caught up with this last week in the New Forest

I found this once on Guernsey years ago

A Wren stands upright on a mossy branch, beak open in full song, small but defiant. Against a soft golden blur, it seems to speak out for nature itself: a clear voice cutting through the noise, refusing to be ignored.

The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️

Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.

It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.

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Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

A small, brown bug on the fabric of an insect net. Its head, with eyes on protruding stalks, is lower left.

A stretch upper saltmarsh sward, consisting of a mix of grasses and fairly low-growing Sea-purslane. The bug was swept easily from this vegetation. However, it was not found where Sea-purslane grew in dense, shrubby, single-species stands.

On yesterday's @kentfieldclub.bsky.social meeting at Castle Foote on the North Kent coast, I was really pleased to find the rare ground bug Henestaris halophilus in numbers across the saltmarsh. Habitat shot has notes in alt text. #bugs #truebugs #Hemiptera #KentNature @britishbugs.bsky.social

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.

Why saving the honeybee could be bad news for other bees In this week’s newsletter: a conservation success story has a sting in its tail as wild pollinators pay the price

PLEASE READ! No more #BeeWashing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A view from Ranscombe Farm towards Luddesdown. Most of what's visible in the picture is core NNR or associated land. Rough grassland in the foreground, woods and open grassland in the background.

Iassus scutellaris - a leaf-hopper with green body and brown head, on an Elm leaf.

Vernal Shieldbug Peribalus strictus. A mid-sized shieldbug with a largely brown body and characteristic pale margins to the 'shoulders' of the pronotum.

Asiraca clavicornis, an unusual looking planthopper with expanded antennae and leaf-like front legs.

Spent the afternoon in part of the new North Kent Woods & Downs NNR. Was looking for Hop-garden Earwig (a no-show) but did find some nice bugs: Iassus scutellaris, Vernal Shieldbug Peribalus strictus & Asiraca clavicornis. #KentNature #NNR #bugs #Hemiptera @naturalengland.bsky.social

Thanks Andy. Hoping both these will be written up - nipponicus found NTB by Max Barclay in 2021, the earwig more recent.