@ajcann.bsky.social
Gentleman Scientist. Ancora imparo. Trustee of NatureSpot: https://www.naturespot.org Secretary, Leicestershire & Rutland Entomological Society: https://leicestershirerutlandentsoc.blogspot.com #Arachnids #Bugs #Environment #Hemiptera #Leicester
Chthonius orthodactylus?
Chthonius orthodactylus?
Chthonius orthodactylus?
Can I check this one with @vannabartlett.bsky.social - OK for Chthonius orthodactylus?
24.10.2025 11:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lepthyphantes minutus
Lepthyphantes minutus.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #Arachtober
Tenuiphantes zimmermanni male OM System OM-5 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f3.5 Macro IS PRO Godox V680-O
Tenuiphantes zimmermanni.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #Linyphiidae #Arachtober
Macrargus rufus female. OM System OM-5 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f3.5 Macro IS PRO Godox V680-O
Macrargus rufus female. OM System OM-5 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f3.5 Macro IS PRO Godox V680-O
Macrargus rufus.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #Linyphiidae #Arachtober
Microneta viaria female
Microneta viaria male
Microneta viaria epigyne
Microneta viaria palp
Nothing says autumn to me like Microneta viaria.
I only ever find them when sifting leaf litter.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #macrophotography #macro
They all are!
21.10.2025 12:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One day one of these #VC55 specimens is going to turn out to be something other than Dicranopalpus ramosus senu stricto...
#Arachnids #Opiliones #macro #OlympusTG6 #Arachtober
Happy to help.
21.10.2025 11:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fungal Defence
A new research paper shows that a Japanese shieldbug uses fungi to ward off parasitoid wasp attacks.
ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/fung...
#Bugs #Hemiptera
That's right.
21.10.2025 10:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Lining up with the leaf veins?
21.10.2025 10:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Laura Weldon, Founder of the eDNA Consultancy, joins us to discuss the applications of eDNA as a wildlife monitoring tool 🧬 Register for the online BDS Annual Meeting on Saturday 15 November 2025👉 british-dragonflies.org.uk/event/annual...
21.10.2025 07:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hi all, the next Leicester Peregrines watch will be tomorrow 21st October. Come and say hello to the group at the Leicester Cathedral gardens from 9.30am to 12.30 as usual @lrosbirds.bsky.social #ukbirding #peregrines #leicester
20.10.2025 13:00 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Flame Shield, Pluteus aurantiorugosus
Glowing like a day-glo beacon in the gloom, Flame Shield, Pluteus aurantiorugosus.
#Fungi ##fungifriends #VC55 #mycology
Sift some leaf litter.
19.10.2025 13:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0Interesting. I never seem to find anything else!
19.10.2025 13:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social donate button is live, joining other key parts of our knowledge infrastructure @wikimediafoundation.org @archive.org @inaturalist.bsky.social that rely on donations as part of their funding.
19.10.2025 04:20 — 👍 7 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0Thank you.
18.10.2025 17:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Unidentified slime mold.
Unidentified slime mold.
18.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 26 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
🍎 Did you know rotten fruit can attract rare beetles?
Species like Epuraea imperialis love decaying apples! 🪲
Join beetle expert @theponker.bsky.social on November 25th for a webinar on beetle survey methods. 🌎 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1401740326...
@colsocbi.bsky.social
LibreOffice is better than OO and improving all the time. Bit of a learning curve if you're used to MS but you'll never go back.
16.10.2025 10:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes, I've sent them to Richard.
14.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'm delighted that we have a whole range of talks from our Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project taking place this winter on Tuesday evenings.
Want to learn more about conifers? Rushes? Clubmosses? Hawthorns? Plant Pathogenic Fungi? ROBOTS??
See them all here:
bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
Spiders of the Rutland Water Lagoons
Palmer, P., Cann, A., Sexton, T., Fox, B., & Pitt-Miller, S. (2025) Spiders of the Rutland Water Lagoons: An Exploratory Survey. ISBN 979-8269245362
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/spid...
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
The Biological Recording Company and the British Mycological Society are reviewing how fungi records in the Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland are verified and shared. Recorders are invited to join an online survey and workshop to help shape a new national verification protocol for fungi
12.10.2025 16:36 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Field Damsel Bug, Nabis ferus.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Nabidae
Of course it is! Thanks for the correction.
11.10.2025 19:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Paroligolophus agrestis.
Paroligolophus agrestis.
#Arachnids #Opliones #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Tachycixius c.f. pilosus nymph.
Lots of these around out there in the leaf litter at the moment.
Tachycixius c.f. pilosus nymph.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
