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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland

@colsocbi.bsky.social
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A society promoting, researching and recording the 4,000+ beetle species on Britain and Ireland. 🪲 Events, field meetings and networking...🪲🪲 Website: www.colsoc.org

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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The FINAL programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day. We are excited to see one and all on Saturday 21st February for a day dedicated to the best order of insects on planet earth 🪲
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Mihai Milan @sapianphotography.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Coccinella septempunctata 🐞 Epping Forest 2026 #entomology #macro #macrophotography #beetle #beetles #insects #nature #wildlife #naturelover #ladybug #ladybird
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 29/01/2026
Beetles have survived ice ages and mass extinctions — but can they survive today’s global change? 🪲 Join our FREE entoLIVE webinar on 17 Feb with Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social on mapping the beetle tree of life and what it tells us about biodiversity’s future. 🧪 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day is here...
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Potatos across the UK breathe a sigh of relief
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Talks from past coleopterist days ... This year's is on the 21st of February🪲
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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
BBC News - Nature loss is a national security risk, intelligence groups warn - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nature loss is a national security risk, intelligence groups warn
The degradation of ecosystems around the world threatens UK food security, a long-awaited report says.
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
!Please Read! Coleopterists Day is happening on Saturday 21st February, not the 22nd as previously circulated. Accept our apologies for this confusion, we hope to see you there for discussions, presentations and more...🪲🪲🪲
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Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
SAVE THE DATE! Saturday 21st February 2026 is Coleopterists Day at Liverpool Museum. A fun and informative programme of talks with access to the entomology collections in the afternoon. We look forward to seeing you there. Details on how to attend following soon 🪲 @colsocbi.bsky.social
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Speakers, collection tours (YOU can meet the Lucanus cervus on the last image) and more to be revealed?🐞... See the programme for Coleopterists Day on Sat Feb 22! Scuttle over to Oxford Natural History museum @morethanadodo.bsky.social for some beetle fun! #science #nature #entomology #conservation
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WayneS @wsnatureandfossils.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
A beautiful Carabus granulatus I found yesterday in North Dorset. First time I've found this species 😀 #carabidae #coleoptera #macrophotography #macro #ukwildlife
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Plazi @plazi-species.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#NewSpecies! New weevil from #indonesia just snuck in: Exophthalmida elytrodon Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/9A690710-... Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Zootaxa #ExophthalmidaElytrodon #FAIRdata #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #entomology #insects #coleoptera #weevils
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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Amazing work, so pleased to support the @biologicalrecording.co.uk. Want to learn more? Check out and share their fantastic webinars and help enrich the world with #InsectScience 🪲 Register for upcoming #EntoLIVE events: biologicalrecording.co.uk/entolive/ #entomology #invertebrates #SciComms
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WayneS @wsnatureandfossils.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A wonder of macro is spotting things that would be missed with the naked eye. This picture of two Cryptocephalus aureolus? beetles at Cerne Abbas revealed a stowaway. It's an Oil Beetle larva. Well worth looking at their fascinating life cycle! #coleoptera @colsocbi.bsky.social #macrophotography
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Neither a beetle of Britain or Ireland, still amazing (Dynastes tityus)
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Jewelry by Jamie @jewelrybyjamie.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
A really cool Hercules beetle I found in the garden ❤️🌿🍄 #entomology #insects #beetle #curio #naturesky #nature #bug #goblincore #herculesbeetle #wildlifephotography
A female Hercules Beetle among the dried leaves. Her shell is a light green with spots of black. A rare sight in my garden.
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If you have an interest in natural history within the county of Norfolk then do check out the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society website norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/then and follow them on Bluesky 😉
norfolknaturalists.org.uk
| Founded 1869 Registered Charity No. 291604
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Chris Wirth @ageofarthropods.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
It’s #TenebTuesday! Another “pancaked” #Adelostomini —Stips sp.—photographed at night near Gobabeb Namib Research Institute. The adult beetles spend the days buried in the sand, emerging at night to forage on the dunes. #Coleoptera #Tenebrionidae
A flattened/circular, dark brown beetle, with three raised ridges on its elytra, sitting on orange sandA flattened/circular, dark brown beetle, with three raised ridges on its elytra, burrowing into orange sandA ventral view of a flattened/circular, dark brown beetle with legs held tightly against its body
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AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My first of the year - 7 Spot Ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata. #Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #UKWildlife #Ladybirds #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #OM5 #HeliconFocus #FocusStacking
My first of the year - 7 Spot Ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata.
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Roll up roll up, join us at @morethanadodo.bsky.social on February 22, 2025 from 10:00 ! We’re bringing together a mount-Rushmore level crossover of beetle experts, enthusiasts and curious minds for a day of engaging talks + tours and discussions!🐞 #insects, #entomology, #bugs,🌍
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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
We are the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland!🐞, Our aim is to further beetle research, standardise and promote recording, and to develop and encourage public awareness and conservation of the 4,000+ species of beetles found on these islands. Check us out: www.colsoc.org
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ColSoc is the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland, dedicated to the study of the 4,000+ species of beetles found on these islands.
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