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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Collection of mating ladybirds from yesterday’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Lots of aphids under sycamore trees. #ladybirds #spring #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Some of yesterday’s records from Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Brindled Pug, male Early Reveller (Diurnea fagella), Eyed Ladybird & Buchananiella continua. #moths #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE

Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhD

Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Records from Wiston Churchyard, Lanarkshire, visited on 21 March (1/2). Highlights: Hieroglyphic Ladybird & Trypodendron domesticum. Some other decent records too, including female Dotted Border … #ladybirds #beetles #moths #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Harlequin attempting to mate with 2-spot Ladybirds found yesterday in Saughton Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Previously I’ve found attempted matings between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds & between 2-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds. #InterspecificMating #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Mating between Harlequin & 2-spot Ladybirds.

Mating between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds.

Mating between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds (same pair as in previous photo).

Mating between 2-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning, part 1/2: Striped, 18-spot, Eyed & Larch Ladybirds. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Some of today’s arthropod records from Colinton Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Part 1: 2-spot, Larch, 10-spot, Eyed, Pine & 7-spot Ladybirds, Juniper & Bronze Shieldbugs. #ladybirds #shieldbugs #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

2-spot, Larch, 10-spot & Eyed Ladybirds.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle (Pogonocherus hispidulus) found on gravestone in Cockpen & Carrington Parish Churchyard, Midlothian, on 11 March. New for me. #beetles #cerambycidae #longhornbeetles #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Striped Ladybird found yesterday on gravestone under Austrian Pine in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Tim Worfolk @timworfolk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Another hour in Topsham Cemetery today and a few goodies: Beetles and Barkflies: looks like two new species for me. Names in Alt Texts

Mecinus circulatus (Curculionidae) a scarce coastal species in Devon. I've found a couple of times previously in our garden just across the road.

Psococerastis gibbosa (Psocidae) the largets UK Barkfly. Quite widespread but appears to be uncommon: probably under recorded.

Very poor photo but it was dark and the beetle was moving but I'm fairly sure this is Rhyzobius lophanthae (Coccinellidae) a new ladybird sp. for me.

Trichopsocus brincki (Psocidae) A new Barkfly sp. for me. Probably quite widespread abut also probably under recorded. Thanks to @persmiseth.bsky.social for confirming.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

10 species of #ladybirds found yesterday on gravestones in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Surprisingly good haul (best of 2026 so far) despite the dreich weather. Part 1: Cream-streaked, Eyed & Larch Ladybirds … #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Newington Cemetery; many species found under this Austrian pine tree.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Female Dotted Border, male Pale Brindled Beauty & female Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis from Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh, yesterday. The latter a non-native #barkfly originally from S America; 1st recorded in UK in 2016. #moths #psocodea #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Highlights from Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh, today: Sphaeriestes castaneus (Salpingidae), Striped Ladybird (Coccinellidae), Western Conifer Seed Bug (Coreidae) & Ectopsocus axillaris (Ectopsocidae). #insects #beetles #hemiptera #psocodea #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Rabocerus gabrieli, #Salpingidae, found today in Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Nationally scarce. Small (3-4mm) & active in winter. My 66th record from Edinburgh’s cemeteries (+1 from Perthshire). #beetles #coleoptera #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Mixed species clusters of overwintering ladybirds from today’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Hoping to learn more about these clusters this winter. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Orange, Harlequin, Cream-spot & 10-spot Ladybirds. Also a Red-legged Shieldbug nymph.

10-spot, 2-spot, Harlequin & Cream-spot Ladybirds.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglussus occidentalis) on gravestone under Austrian Pine in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this afternoon. My 1st record of this non-native bug originally from North America. #Hemiptera #Coreidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Highlights from #Edinburgh cemeteries last week: Male Pale Brindled Beauty, Ocys quinquestriatus (nationally scarce), cluster of 2-spot, Harlequin, 10-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds & Buchananiella continua with Anthocoris nemorum. #insects #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Cluster of 2-spot, Harlequin, 10-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds.

2 Buchananiella continua (top) with Anthocoris nemorum.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Grypotes puncticollis found today on gravestone under pine in Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh. 3rd Scottish record I think. Associated with pine. #leafhopper #GrypotesPuncticollis #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Some of yesterday’s records from Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Highlight was Neobisium carcinoides, my 1st #pseudoscorpion on a gravestone. Also #beetle Phloiophilus edwardsii, #fly Drosophila suzukii (male) & #leafhopper Balclutha punctata. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Yesterday’s records from Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh (VC83) included 3 species 1st recorded in Scotland (as far as I know) as part of #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity: Buchananiella continua, Peripsocus milleri & Acericerus heydenii. #iRecord #insects

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Highlights from today’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Female Mottled Umber, Cuneopalpus cyanops (a barkfly), Rabocerus gabrieli & several species of ladybirds. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Mixed cluster of 2-spot, Harlequin, 10-spot and Cream-spot Ladybirds.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

My 1st ever record of an undescribed species of #Tephrochlamys. ID confirmed. Unlike other members of the genus, this species has a pair of presutural dorsocentral bristles. #Diptera #Heleomyzidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! My 1st records for #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity for 2026, all from my local Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Acericerus heydenii, cluster of Red-legged Shieldbug nymph, Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds & Acompocoris alpinus. #iRecord #ladybirds

Cluster of Red-legged Shieldbug nymph, Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Some of today’s records of #insects from Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh, part 1: Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds, Phloiophilus edwardsii … #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Cluster of Harlequin & Orange Ladybirds.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Collection of #insects found on gravestones in Comely Bank Cemetery, #Edinburgh, on 15 December, part 1: Tetratoma fungorum, female Mottled Umber & Cream-streaked Ladybird … #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Female Winter Moth walking across old spiderweb with Harlequin Ladybird hiding underneath. Spotted yesterday in Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh. #Moths #WinterMoth #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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The University of Edinburgh's Science Magazine @eusci.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

✨ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us! 🍻 Special shout-out to our featured scientists: 🪲 @persmiseth.bsky.social , Lecturer in Animal Behaviour 🪰 @darrenobbard.bsky.social, Professor of Evoluntionary Genetics 🦋 Simon Martin, Royal Society University Research Fellow #ScienceCommunication

Bold green text reads ‘Pints with Scientists.’ Below, logos for the ‘University of Edinburgh Biological Society’ and ‘EuSci’ are displayed. Below the logos is a group photo from the event, with decorative animal illustrations around it

Polaroid-style collage of photos from the event, with decorative animal illustrations and a green background

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Cream-streaked Ladybird (Harmonia quadripunctata) from Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning. #Ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Collection of critters from yesterday’s visit to Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh: 18-spot, Larch, Eyed, Orange & Harlequin #Ladybirds (I counted 356 of the latter, including 1 eating a hoverfly larva) ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Harlequin Ladybird eating a hoverfly (Syrphus sp) larva

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Duddingston Kirk Graveyard, #Edinburgh: Blaste quadrimaculata, Elipsocus hyalinus, Valenzuela flavidus & Cerobasis guestfalica. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Peripsocus milleri, Graphopsocus cruciatus, Cerobasis guestfalica & Valenzuela flavidus. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Female Metylophorus nebulosus from Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (VC83), this afternoon. A large (6-7mm) & attractive #barkfly. #Psocoptera #Metylophorusnebulosus #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Bagworm - possibly Lichen Case-bearer (Dahlica lichenella) - feeding on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. Initially mistaken for snail poo. #TeamMoth #Moths #Psychidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by 7-spot Ladybird found today on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #Braconidae #Parasitoids #Ladybirds #Dinocampuscoccinellae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) from Greyfriars Kirkyard, #Edinburgh, this morning. 1 of 3 seen in this site. #TeamMoth #Moths #Chrysoclistalineella #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

8x Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) found yesterday on gravestones under lime tree in Old Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #moths #teammoth #Chrysoclistalineella #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Male Hairy Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus hyalinatus) from my #Edinburgh garden. #bees #HylaeusHyalinatus.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Some of today’s records from Rosebank Cemetery, #Edinburgh: leafhopper Eupterycyba jucunda, Pied Rabbit Moth (Ypsolopha sequella), Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by its 7-spot Ladybird host & Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata). #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Eupterycyba jucunda (beaten from alder).

Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by its still living 7-spot Ladybird host.

Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata).

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James McCulloch @jamesimcc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I'm so excited to share that this springtail, one that seems to have rapidly appeared in graveyards and gardens across the UK, now has a proper name: Entomobrya petri! I hope this will be the first of many new species descriptions, allowing us to track our rapidly changing springtail fauna. 🧵⬇️

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Female & male Reuterella helvimacula found today under silk web on gravestones in Colinton Kirkyard, #Edinburgh. A small (1.5-2mm) #barkfly. Females: wingless. Males: long wings with sinuous wing edge. Status as uncommon in UK. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) today in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. #SmallSkipper #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Some records from visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh, on 30 June. Parent Bug, Eyed Ladybird, Peripsocus subfasciatus & an alert unidentified louse fly. @denisewawman.bsky.com #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Yesterday: 3 Lime Flame (Chrysoclista linneella) in Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh (VC83). Only known from two locations in Scotland; Falkirk & Edinburgh. #TeamMoth #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Female Clistopyga incitator found ovipositing on a wall in Liberton Cemetery, #Edinburgh this afternoon. This species oviposits in egg sacs of spiders. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Records from yesterday’s visit to Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh. Highlight: Ivy Boring Beetle (Ochina ptinoides) hiding on a gravestone. Also Calobata petronella, Broken-barred Carpet & Platybunus pinetorum. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth

Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata).

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Collection of micro moths found on gravestones in Edinburgh on 21 & 22 May: Regal Piercer, Cherry Bark Tortrix, Male Bee Moth & Garden Mompha. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth

Cherry Bark Tortrix (Enarmonia formosana).

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

6 Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) on Garlic Mustard in Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, yesterday. #TeamMoth #Moths #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Some records from visits to Reilig Òdhrain, #Iona, 1-3 May. A small rural graveyard dating back to 8th century. Thought to be burial place of some early Scottish kings, including Kenneth mac Alpin. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Reilig Odhrain with Iona Abbey in the background.

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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

3 female Belted Beauty (Lycia zonaria) found on fence posts on #Iona on 2 May. #teammoth #moths #LyciaZonaria

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