Kat Dahl

Yes it’s an army! 🐛💂😁

Love them! The larvae are really cool too!

My fave find on a survey yesterday was this awesome pollinator: a beautifully betrousered Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtipes) twerking on Chicory flowers as she rubs her gloriously hairy legs on her abdomen to gather the pollen she has collected underneath. #BeesNeedsWeek #bugsky

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I like that you wear normal trousers and carry a machete.

A freshly emerged beauty sitting out a passing storm at a private site managed by @rspb.bsky.social on our fabulous @greenwingstours.bsky.social Swallowtail weekend. #papiliomachaonbritannicus #norfolkbroads #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Yes it’s very much L5, but unfortunately some males are more coy about their gonads so I can’t be certain it’s female. I do think it might be female, but that’s based on the stage it’s at compared to the others we’ve found.

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Found this magnificent beast @kneppwilding.bsky.social a few days ago. Looking forward to catching up with him/her on the wing next month when leading the Purple Emperor Trail for @greenwingstours.bsky.social #hisimperialmajesty #apaturairis #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Yes I think so too! They look much more like ghosts than butterflies, but sadly the name Ghost Orchid is already taken!

Greater Butterfly Orchid @kneppwilding.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #orchidchallenge

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Is it nacreous maybe?

Twiglet moth time 👏😁 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) from my trap in the garden. #ukmoths #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky

Yup 👍 There aren’t any other Yponomeuta that feed on willows.

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My favourite life stage 👍

Delighted to get this lifer in the trap: Peppered Moth f. carbonaria (dark form). The speckled white form (typica) regained its dominance in the 1980s and I have caught several of those over the years, but this is my first carbonaria 🖤 #teammoth #mothsmatter #bugsky

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Nut-tree Tussock f. avellana

🤩 I love their butt-snorkels.

Green Hairstreak butterfly perching on a Broom blossom.

My favourite butterfly on the first day of my favourite month 💚💚💚 #mayday #greenhairstreak #callophrysrubi #britishbutterflies #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Of all the #woodlandplants Toothwort has to be one of the most unconventional, with its chlorophyll-less pallor, living parasitically on, in this case, Hazel, in a @southdownsnp.bsky.social woodland. #wildflowerhour

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Doh 🤦🏼‍♀️ I hadn’t twigged what date it was! 😆

That’s amazing! Why doesn’t he appear on your cuckoo tracking page?

Pearl-bordered Fritillary caterpillar sunbathing in front of breakfast first thing this morning at a site in Sussex. This rare butterfly has a flourishing colony here, thanks to great wildlife-friendly woodland management 👏😁 #boloriaeuphrosyne #sussexbutterflies #ukbutterflies #bugsky

Maybe not, but it’s a clever technique and works for her kids!