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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Saw plenty of this along the river Tas near Trowse ... @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm sure I'm biased but ... Mason crane or LPW ... #NCCC

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think this is knopper gall ... but usually associate these with a lime green colour ...

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think this is a hairy shield bug Dolycoris baccarum ... head first in teasel ..

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stumbled on a hive of activity at Lady Belt today ... I think these are common wasps Vespula vulgaris ... busy

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This might be a 16 spot ladybird Micraspis 16-punctata ... moving very fast @norfolknats.bsky.social @ladybug014.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A pair of green veined white ... Pieris napi ... fantastic details in the veins @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Found a curled leaf on Spindle tree ... inside a hive of activity ... I think these are candy striped spiders ... @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fantastic visitor to garden shed today ... can only be a large yellow underwing Noctua pronuba ... @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I think these are small ermine moths ... Yponomeuta ... and probably reasonable to expect more next year ... @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This looks like a bug but is completely transparent and not alive ... guessing it is a shedded skin/skeleton ... but amazingly complete @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's hard work to keep water mint under control in a small garden pond ... but when the moths arrive ... Pyrausta aurata ... well worth it

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Seen several reports of firebugs in Norfolk ... Pyrrhocoris apterus ... so great to spot some in Keswick today @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Definitely the most common moth in the garden ... Mother of Pearl. .. Pleuroptya ruralis @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Bright white moth difficult to identify from below ... possibly a common white wave but 4 spots suggest a cream wave Scopula floslactata @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Beautiful darter but unsure whether this is common or ruddy female ... spectacular wings in the sunshine @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Beautiful darter but unsure whether this is common or ruddy female ... spectacular wings in the sunshine @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Looks like a candy stripe spider ... Enoplognatha ... not sure which @norfolknats.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Jacob's ladder is difficult to grow and then doesn't always flower ... but a beauty when it does

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Quiet afternoon in the garden ... but joined by a visitor eating new shoots in the green alkanet ... possibly a wood mouse ... but way out of my comfort zone @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Irrespective of the result ... impossible not to admire Pakistan captain Fatima Sana Kahn ... well played

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I think this is the brilliantly named bladder campion ... Silence vulgaris ... pleasant change from white and red

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Don't come across many green spiders. This one ... from below ... is quite photogenic and I think the red spot indicates a cucumber orb web spider ... Araniella cucurbitina ... on hogweed and eating something black! @britishspiders.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Glorious Mullein moth caterpillar ... Shargacucullia verbasci ... on a Mullein leaf - not sure vibrant does these colours justice @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

There must a technique for photographing an object on a window ... sadly I don't know what it is ... but even with a poor image the gateway guide points to a small dusty wave ... Idaea seriata @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Worked hard to identify this as the nymph stage of a blue shield bug Zicrona caerulea ... predating on an unidentified larva @norfolknats.bsky.social ... spectacular colours

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Small moth that behaves like a butterfly ... feeding on meadow buttercup with wings raised ... identification tricky ... could be twin spot carpet Mesotype didymata or grass rivulet Perizoma albulata ... or others ... @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Mayfly are fascinating ... Carl Linnaeus placed them in genus Ephemera ... Greek not his usual latin ... meaning for a day ... short lived things appear to have been a fascination for ancient Greeks ... including for Aristotle who observed Mayfly ... 2000 year on ...

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Nothing more exquisite than a mayfly ...

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Nurseryweb spider and egg-sac ... amazing

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Beautiful spider with crazy paving markings ... elongated abdomen suggests Tetragnathidae ... but species uncertainty @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Not sure about these fish ... looking like trout and behaving like spawning ... but in the wrong place at the wrong time? @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Gorgeous Marsh Orchid ... possibly Dactylorhiza purpurella ... Northern Marsh Orchid? @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Brightly coloured speckled wood ... Pararge aegeria

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Markings on this fly are exquisite ... probably Chrysotoxum cautum

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

First two spot ladybird I have spotted this season ... and the situation looks a bit perilous ... crab spider but unsure which one @britishspiders.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Suspect this is a female Philodromus dispar ... crab spider on Cow Parsley @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

World class save by Hannah Hampton in the 90th minute at Wembley #lionesses

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It is exactly 80 years since publication of the essay "Politics and the English Language" ... "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind" ... it's difficult to see real progress George

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Gateway guide points to a common plume ... Emmelina monodactyla ... abject attempt to photo leg spurs ... guide indicates fences for resting ... in this case a wheelie bin @norfolkmoths.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Two months on from a false start this might be a summer snowflake? @luciemr.bsky.social ... second picture a bit messy from underneath!

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Usually see a few of these... but this is a particularly colourful example ... most probably a double striped pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Apart from cowslips and wood sorrel this afternoons garden safari found this gorgeous hawthorn shield bug ...

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Wood sorrel ... magnificent

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Spectacular Marsh marigold in garden pond ... yellow!

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Two yrs ago I bought plugs from a nursery ... wood sedge ... carex sylvatica ... but now it has flowers i am not so sure ... might be gt wood rush ... Luzula sylvatica @norfolknats.bsky.social ... great addition to the garden either way

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Coloured Primrose in the hedgerow

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

First sight of Honesty in flower

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Gorgeous afternoon for a Norfolk walk ... a blackthorn sort of day

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