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

Go in the early morning on a misty autumnal day ... it is fantastic

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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 · 28/08/2026

Thanks for this .. I guess these are only mm in size .. just enough to catch the activity ... I was basing my id guess on an adult very close! It seemed clear that this leaf had been prepared for the youngsters to emerge

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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

Many thanks ... ovata would have been my guess based on the pictures in the field guide. This spider seems to stand differently to most

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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

Many thanks .. my field guide only has one image of the red spot so i went with that ... but you are correct the small print does say i can't be sure ...

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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

Also ... marble.hangs.likes

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

Think it should be patch.boss.lion in w3w

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

This is in the sw corner of Marston marshes in Norwich ... Patches.Boss.Lion in w3w ... I saw about 6 plants but there could have been others ... and I am very amateur ... a regular boggy habitat ... but not at the moment!

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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

Thanks both ... The biggest fish here are about 60cm ... is that about right

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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 · 14/05/2026

I find PlantNet quite useful ... it is willing to give a percentage for confidence and gives alternative names as well as the binomial ... V. sublobata in this case ... I think i would steer clear of PictureThis

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Gary @gcb112358.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Many thanks ... this is prolific in my garden in March... as a mat of dicotyledon ... flowers April and plantnet suggests that name ... I am very amateur so know no better 🙂

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