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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 19h

Ahasverus advena, scuttling on the bookshelf this afternoon. “The Foreign Grain Beetle” little chap at just over 2 mm. #Coleoptera #Silvanidae #Beetle #Derbyshire

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Mycology definitely not my strong point. Experts out there what are these beasts? About the size of a dinner plate, I believe they’re feeding of roots of dead laurel. @britmycolsoc.org.uk

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

This is just one of many. They all look the same but several species hiding amongst this lot.

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

A morning of Pompilidae determination from a summer survey. Tricky little chaps. #Hymenoptera #Pompilidae

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A little garden jewel today. Chrysolina americana. North-east Derbyshire. #Chrysomelidae #Coleoptera

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A successful evening fishing with my son after that rarest of coarse fish a big Roach, Rutilus rutilus. #fishing #Angling

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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

It is and although not recorded from Notts surprisingly turns up at several locations I’ve surveyed in the last few years. Always wondered how the wingless females find isolated areas that contain tiger beetles, and that didn’t previously have tiger beetle present.

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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

That’s exactly what I aim to try and do, my last garden was too spring orientated. Going to try to make sure this has something throughout the spring through till autumn. Sadly still lacking in garden birds, but several species observed.

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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

It happened to be my first garden spider as well. It had made its web on Patrinia scabiosifolia (flies love it). Nice to have a very blank canvas, every plant has to have a purpose for insects, doesn’t have to be native just attractive to them.

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

Totally agree, but I still got a little annoyed.

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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

These I survey are now choked with Phragmites. NRW clear them every now and then but they’re definitely not in tip top condition.

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

Spot on, not many of the reens I now survey have the right profile, they’re now too steeply sided but still enough to keep me going back.

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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 · 09/08/2026

It is indeed, bargain British native, Jacob’s Ladder went in today. Only a small garden but private from all neighbours.

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

And I can remember a couple of wheat fields where after the harvest they used to have over a dozen Grey Heron feeding on Harvest Mice. No longer the case. Harvest mice now rather scarce here in the East Midlands.

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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

Yes rather common in my new unplanted garden. Its a very fast bug.

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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

Difficult to get a “proper” bitter now with all this American and citra hopped beers. I don’t mind them but prefer a darker beer unless it’s Doom Bar which is always a shocking drink. As for mild, my local in the late 70’s early 80’s if you drunk bitter they looked at you as if you were odd.

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

I was a Shipstones drinker myself. Currently drinking Abbeydale Moonshine in Tupton Tap, I’ve migrated from Notts to Derbyshire! Now got the Eastern Moors as my new patch.

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

Night out in Retford only bettered by a night out in Mansfield!

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

Bang on. On an old colliery spoil heap in Nottinghamshire being returned to heathland. Currently a good number of Nightjar, they like birch/heather scrub.

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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 · 15/07/2026

Brown pronotum rather black in male.

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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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