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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 11h

October 3rd, Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, North-east Derbyshire garden. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Derbyshire #Butterfly

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Female Methocha articulata a predator of Tiger beetle larvae. Pitfall trapped from area of restored colliery spoil, Nottinghamshire. #Hymenoptera #Coleoptera #Nottinghamshire #Wasp

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My seven year old granddaughter found this in the air vent of their imported Toyota. Educated guess but think it’s Protaetia orientalis, the Oriental Flower Beetle. Not one I was expecting in North-east Derbyshire. #Cetoniinae #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So much pleasure seeing this Small Tortoiseshell in my new garden today. Plant the right plants and they will come. #Derbyshire #Butterfly #Lepidoptera @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Field Pansy, Viola arvensis, making a welcome appearance in my garden after a bit of soil disturbance. I reckon people would travel for miles to see this plant if it was rare. Luckily it’s not. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Absolutely no surprise that the first spider in the new shed was Scotophaeus blackwalli. #Araneae @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Chicken of the Woods, Laetiporus sulphureus, unusually growing out of the ground, no sign of where a tree used to be but presuming rotting roots just under the surface. #Fungi

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I do an annual survey of several Reens and Ditches in South Wales, a small job I’ve kept on since retirement. Both Dytiscus dimidiatus and Hydaticus transversalis had been missing for several years until this year when they made an appearance once more. #Coleoptera #Dytiscidae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hydaticus transversalis from a rather polluted ditch just outside of Cardiff. Strangely several species of scarce water beetles found over last three days but not a single Agabinae or even the ubiquitous Hydroporus palustris. Hot summers, strange times. #Coleoptera #Dytiscidae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Epibiosis, where the alga grows harmlessly on this water stick insect, Ranatra linearis. South Wales Reen earlier today #Hemiptera #bug

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

No plants in the garden I’ve moved into. Therefore dig a bed and get some in. They don’t have to be native to UK but do have to have insect appeal. Four days from planting and here’s a couple of early results. #Lepidoptera #Syrphidae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@britishbugs.bsky.social Hi Tristan, how common is this chap now, I have several running around in my Derbyshire garden at the moment. #Hemiptera

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Rarest animal in the garden this summer. Had a little rain overnight hear in Derbyshire. Brought this beast out. #Mollusc #Slug #Rain

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Almost like I’m back in the 1970’s the amount of Small Tortoiseshell I’ve seen today on a walk in Derbyshire. #Butterfly #Nymphalidae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A nice brief encounter yesterday evening. #Bittern #Bird

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It’s a very good year for Vanessa cardui. Nottinghamshire garden earlier today, and a new bug for me, Aphanus rolandri, in my new Derbyshire garden. #Lygaeidae #Nymphalidae #Hemiptera #Lepidoptera #Butterfly #Bug

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Feathers. Give yourself a massive pat on the back if you can name the bird species these are from. Interested to know what you think, I’ll give answer later if no one identifies correctly. #birds #Nottinghamshire #Ornithology #Birdwatching

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Dasypoda hurtipes, the Pantaloon Bee, Bedfordshire. #hymenoptera #bee

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Roesel’s Bush Cricket, flew in the door. North-east Derbyshire. #Orthoptera #Bush-Cricket

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Things to do on a hot day, Granddaughters catching Bullheads in the shade.

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sparrowblock on the house I’ve moved into. Anyone out there had any success with them? One problem, it’s on a west facing wall. #sparrows #birds

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

First walk from my new Derbyshire home to my new local pub and first Cerambycidae on the way. Rutpela maculata, North-east Derbyshire. #Cerambycidae #Coleoptera #Beetle

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A live Whelk, Buccinum undatum. First one I’ve ever found alive. #Mollusca Morfa Nefin, Wales.

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Final part of my house move and the most important - moving my reference collection. @colsocbi.bsky.social #Beetles #Coleoptera

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Granddaughter looking at a couple female Sinodendron cylindricum we found in the garden this evening after walking home from school. #Lucanidae #Coleoptera #Saproxylic

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A common beetle if you’re by the coast, Broscus cephalotes, quite excited to find it today 80 miles from the nearest beach in sunny Nottinghamshire on the pan of where an old colliery used to be, present with Amara fulva another lover of sandy soils. @carabidaeuk.bsky.social #Carabidae #Coleoptera

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina, Dorset meadow, also present Common Blue and a nice surprise of a Clouded Yellow. #Nymphalidae #Butterfly #Lepidoptera

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Anthropocene rock art, Dorsetshire Holloway, Shute’s Lane.

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Always a favourite, Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris, Charmouth undercliffs, Dorset. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Claytonia perfoliata, miner’s lettuce, named as eaten by gold rushers. An introduction from the Americas. Found on old colliery spoil heap, Nottinghamshire. Not rare but first time I’ve found it in Nottinghamshire and something I usually associate with coastal sites @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Retired last week after 46 years of continuous employment, went back to “work” last night helped out my old employees with a Nightjar survey in Nottinghamshire. Turn volume up. #Nightjar #Birding

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Orange-tip caterpillar, north-east Derbyshire garden #Lepidoptera #Pieridae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Chrysolina oricalcia, arable field margin, Nottinghamshire. #Chrysomelidae #Coleoptera #Beetle

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

If you sweep arable margins with Mayweed you’ve a very good chance of encountering Microplontus melanostigma. It always amazes me that such small beetles can live in such transient and ephemeral habitats. #Curculionidae #weevil #Coleoptera

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Coastal weevils on an old colliery spoil heap in the English Midlands currently being restored back to heathland. Philopedon plagiatum and Charagmus griseus both found in good numbers on bare sandy habitats. #Curculionidae #Weevils

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Viviparous Lizard, restored heathland, Nottinghamshire. #Reptile #Lizard

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Haematopota fluvialis in the garden. It saw me before I felt her! #Diptera #Tabanidae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Garden beetle, north-Derbyshire this morning. Carabus nemoralis #Carabidae #Coleoptera

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