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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 14h

Killing Joke, the first band I was allowed to see on my own 2 days after my 16th Birthday. Still an all-time favourite 😀

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 20h

A fun couple of days working on by-catch including lots of Trichoptera (Caddis Flies) a few Neuroptera (Lacewings), one chunky Megaloptera (Alder Fly) and a couple of Plecoptera (Stoneflies). More records for the client, beyond Diptera. A close up of Agrypnia varia below dipteraid.co.uk/projects/

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I will be giving an introduction to the aquatic wildlife around Buckfastleigh including Dippers, Lampreys and Kingfishers at this free event. Moor Imagination Centre, Chapel Street, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0AB on Saturday 10 October 2026 at 11 am

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 07/10/2026

🪰 Meet Britain’s largest fly! The Hornet Robberfly can reach 2.5cm and mimics a hornet as it hunts flies, wasps, grasshoppers and beetles. Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar! 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Get along to see those nice BENHS people at their Annual Exhibition - lots to see and clever people to catch up with! @britentsoc.bsky.social dipterists.org.uk/events/benhs...

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have some too. Hopefully, get to have a nosey around there one day🙂

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rru.eurosky.social @rru.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Four of those square meters (2 yoga mats worth) are mine, all mine! Yoga teachers cannot expect to provide free beach sessions and not get gifted a piece of wetland in return. So nice to see the joy it brings when you tell somebody that their kind act sparked another. Priceless.

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 06/10/2026

🪰 Big fly + moustache = robberfly! Learn how to spot these fascinating predators and tell them apart from similar flies in our online Robberflies webinar with @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct 🌎 🧪 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

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Carl Sayer @carlsayer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Surveying ponds, lakes & river in North Norfolk for the @uclgeography.bsky.social MSc Aquatic Conservation & MSc Conservation fieldclass 2026. Brilliant students loving fish, beavers, eels & crayfish. A celebration of freshwater biodiversity in the R. Glaven catchment

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 06/10/2026

Sponsoring some square meters of grassland or wetland would be a brilliant way to balance our books, and if you buy a few I’ll come show you to them. There’s so much coming I’d love to see happen before we have to close up shop. If I had a salary I’d sacrifice it. protect.earth/sites/warlei...

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 05/10/2026

🪰 Quiz time! Which of these flies is NOT a robberfly? Put your ID skills to the test, then join @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct for an online training webinar exploring this fascinating group of insects. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976908981... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'll give it a soak and see if it loosens up. Genus was a good start tho' 🙂 Thanks.

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@vannabartlett.bsky.social starting to attempt non-diptera sent in samples, not the best condition, I think i can see six holes where setae were on rear edge of cephalathorax, tergites are not split, Chthonius orthodactylus? Maybe should have started with a pristine specimen 🙂 Any help appreciated!

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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dear councils, Are you helping restore 30% of nature by 2030? By cutting verges annually like traditional meadows, and not spraying, 1000s miles could become beautiful wildflower havens, while ensuring driver visibility prioritised. Pic courtesy @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Wildflowers growing in a sloping grassy verge alongside a road

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Border Terrier? Sounds like ours 🙂

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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Want to conserve #birds, #mammals and other vertebrates? Then don’t forget their #insects. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity paper explores the many ways vertebrates depend on insects — for food, shelter, protection and much more. I’ve written about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/09/30/w...

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Want to conserve birds and mammals? Then conserve their insects – our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity sets out the details

It’s sometimes easy to forget quite how much of the living world depends upon insects. That might seem an odd thing for someone who has spent much of his career studying insects and their relations…

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Flies can be hard to identify. Here is some potential help!

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Calling ecologists! Diptera backlog? Need ID work done before next season? Planning lots of diptera work next year? We can help! Please contact me for Diptera ID, full species lists and conservation status etc, see dipteraid.co.uk/projects/ Please share Conicera tibialis (Phoridae) for interest.

Conicera tibialis (Phoridae) tiny fly with huge pointed antenna

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great, thanks, I'll have go and see where I end up 🤔🙂

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are there any keys or ID guides at all? Just found a couple in a diptera sample, would be good to get to a name to record.

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Liam Olds @liamolds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🌿 Help shape a new wildlife & heritage project in the Ogmore Valley! @gloinatur.bsky.social are exploring a potential project at Ogmore Washeries and Wyndham/Western Colliery, bringing wildlife, coal-mining heritage and community activities together. We’d love to hear from local people! 👇

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 25/09/2026

Fine I’ll sneak out this one beaver video of matey just milling around, but if you want to see matey boy washing their belly and being cute as hell you gotta follow @protect.earth first.

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Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Chrysopa dorsalis yesterday in Bengeo garden, rare lacewing associated with Pines. One of two green lacewing species with significant darkened markings on head & body. Head pattern distinguishes it from much commoner perla. @kitenet.bsky.social #Neuroptera #attractedtolight

Chrysopa dorsalis head pattern which confirms ID

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Gary Lawrence @garysworld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've followed, have you? 🤔

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium 21 Oct 2026 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Tickets £1 - £30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540... Featuring the brilliant minds of: @flygirlnhm.bsky.social Erica McAlister @denisewawman.bsky.social Denise Wawman Ian McGowan Meghan Barrett @biologicalrecording.co.uk

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Fly Research and Conservation Virtual Symposium

Join us during Insect Week to explore some of the latest research and conservation projects about true flies (Diptera).

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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Calling walkers, birders, nature lovers, or anyone fancying a break... October & November dates available in our new BnB, if anyone's interested? On the southern edge of Bodmin Moor, which is a great place to explore, and wonderfully peaceful at this time of year www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/173324...

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Guest suite in Tremar Coombe · ★5.0 · 1 bedroom · 1 bed · 1 bathroom

Beautifully renovated annexe near Bodmin Moor

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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A request! We can't grow this account fast enough. So please follow us if you aren't already, and please share this post to spread the word. Help us do our bit to share positive solutions to the nature & climate emergencies, and bring more nature into people's lives. Thank you 😊🐝

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Diary Date - 2027 Dipterist Forum spring identification workshop will be on... Dolichopodidae! This hugely popular annual event will run 12th -14th March with tutors Martin Drake (author of the new RES Dolichopodidae Handbook) and Dave Brice (DF training officer). dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...

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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Dear councils, 97% of UK meadows are gone. So if you have wildflowers like ox-eye daisies on roadverges and in public spaces, don't spray them with weedkiller or over-mow them. Let's give pollinating insects like bees and butterflies a chance 🐝

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BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

BENHS – Dinton Pastures October 17 @ 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Tachinid fly identification workshop – Chris Raper and Matt Smith benhs.org.uk/events/ To book a place please mail, supplying a contact phone: indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk Image: Marc Taylor

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Rob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Boosting this back out there. Just a couple weeks to apply!

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Ian Andrews @suillia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fungi are appearing in woods now, marking the start of Suillia season, as these spiny-winged flies hold territory atop their chosen cap. Suillia notata here at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve today. ID help here... dipterists.org.uk/heleomyzid-s... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lots of Diptera 'good stuff' coming up in October from those nice people at @biologicalrecording.co.uk. The days are getting colder and the nights are drawing in so let's get prepped ready for next year! dipterists.org.uk/events/robbe... dipterists.org.uk/events/surve... @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

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Ian Andrews @suillia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's that late summer time of year when parasitic tachinid flies are abundant...these all in numbers at the @ldvnnr.bsky.social centre at Bank Island yesterday. Tachina fera, Linnaemya picta, Phasia obesa and Voria ruralis...bugs and moths beware! @ynuorg.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Should you wish to indulge your love of beetles (and why wouldn’t you) this brilliant and scholarly website will certainly help. It’s a work of art by a human. www.rosspiper.net/2020/01/10/s...

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Saproxylic beetles - Dr. Ross Piper

This is an intro and visual guide to the extraordinary diversity of beetle species associated with dead and decaying wood in the UK. Numbering some 650 species, this habitat supports the greatest dive...

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 08/09/2026

Learn about the UK's bee-flies with @kitenet.bsky.social. Discover all 9 mainland UK species, their identification, ecology, behaviour, mimicry, life cycles, habitats & recording techniques 🌎 🧪 Ideal for naturalists, ecologists and recorders. 🔗 courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bee-...

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Bee-flies of the UK Online Course

Learn to identify the 9 UK bee-fly species with entomologist Dr Tony Madgwick. Explore bee-fly ecology, life cycles, mimicry, key ID features, and recording through Bee-fly Watch. Includes expert guid...

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Charlie Bingham @charliebingham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm skint & on the hunt for some extra work please let me know if I can help with your event management, social media management, writing projects, voice overs or anything else(within reason ha). I have worked with the RSPB, World Land Trust and Curlew Action, book industry + more! Thanks!

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Martyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is wonderful.

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

2026 DF Dipterists Day will be at National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP Sat Nov 14th hosted by Dr Thom Dallimore, Senior Curator in Entomology. The Museum Diptera collections will be available to view Fri 13th, with the Dipterists Supper that eve. dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...

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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Grapefruit skins & the search for the larvae of one of the rarest flies in the UK - the Barred Green Colonel. Larvae live in wet moss in a rare habitat - a calcareous (lime-rich) alkaline spring-fen in just one site. Great work by the SRT! @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My son is a scout leader and his group is fund-raising to keep their building safe and secure gofund.me/2a08c7561 - they do a brilliant job for local kids, any donations and re-posts welcome 🙏

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Donate to Scout hut refurbishment project, organized by Nina Sweet

Want to join us in making a difference? We are raising money to benefit PRINCES RISBOROUGH … Nina Sweet needs your support for Scout hut refurbishment project

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Let's get this petition to 100,000 by the weekend.

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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We currently have TWO collections-based vacancies at National Museums Scotland! As part of the upcoming DiSSCo UK program, we’re seeking a Digitiser and Senior digitiser to work with our insect collection: careers.nms.ac.uk/vacancies (Apply by 31st August) #Digitisation #Insects #MuseumJobs

Preserved bumblebee specimens with data labels below each individual

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