Gary

Is it correct that 22 spot ladybirds feed on mildew? @ukladybirds.bsky.social ... I suspect the white patches are mildew on green alkanet

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Many thanks

Very distinctive hoverfly on water mint ... probably Volucella but difficult to assign a species @norfolknats.bsky.social

Very bright 22 spot ladybird @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Jack of all trades, and certainly, master of them all too.

One of cricket's most highly-regarded all-rounders, and a true Nottinghamshire great, celebrates his 89th birthday today.

Many happy returns to the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers.

#OnThisDay

Joined by extremely gregarious crow in the garden this morning

Beautiful small ermine disturbed from garden spindle ... could be Yponomeuta cagnagella @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Mint moth Pyrausta aurata with plenty of yellow spots on water mint ready to flower @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Another Freddie Freeman delivery #LAD

Many thanks ... I thought that was an option ... is the colour too light for a common?

Although footman are relatively featureless they always look serene ... this is probably a common Eilema lurideola @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

I think that is what a shoot out looks like at rugby league

In a moment of absolute clarity Jimmy Sirrel ... the Notts County manager ... once said "the best team always wins" #NCFC #COYP

Mathematician Boaz Klartag smiles at the camera, sitting in front of a bookcase wearing a black plaid shirt

The mathematician Boaz Klartag recently published the biggest improvement in high-dimensional sphere-packing since 1947. “I thought, I’m 47 years old, all my life I wanted to study lattices, if I don’t do it now then it’s never going to happen.”
www.quantamagazine.org/new-sphere-p...

Very small grey moth ... therefore possibly a small grey ... Eudonia lacustrata ... but reference images are particularly varied so uncertain id @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Rare find: interstellar visitor seen blazing through our Solar System The comet-like body called either C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS is now zipping past Jupiter.

An object from another solar system is hurtling our way. It is just the third interstellar object ever spotted, though many others have likely gone by un-noticed.

https://go.nature.com/3IaPzbO

Many thanks ... it is rather ironic because my field rose is adjacent to a cultivated rose ... and this year is the first for a decade that I have successfully prevented black spot! ...

I think this is the damage caused by a rose sawfly lava on a field rose (skeletonization ?)... and a culprit ( v small ... approx 1mm ) Garden safari @norfolknats.bsky.social

Fantastic spider with a web in a box of pebbles ... Not sure about id ... possibly a cavity spider Nesticus cellulanus @britishspiders.bsky.social

Fantastic spider with a web in a box of pebbles ... Not sure about id ... possibly a cavity spider Nesticus cellulanus @britishspiders.bsky.social

Many thanks

Initially confused by this picture but it may be a female wolf spider carrying eggs? @britishspiders.bsky.social

Cases of Salmonella and Campylobacter reach 10-year high

#Salmonella and #Campylobacter are common causes of food poisoning, and can lead to serious illness in the young, elderly and those with weakened immune systems. Cases of both infection increased by 17% between 2023 and 2024.

Find out more on our news story: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Excellent ... thank you

Many thanks ... is there a good introductory guide book?

As well as this which I assumed was a dark bush cricket ...

I saw an oak bush cricket too today ... but only got half of it in a photo ... thanks for all your help

@britishspiders.bsky.social Are any of the spider identification apps ok to use for an amateur?