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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Off to the AES exhibition on Saturday. Plenty of artwork, prints & books for sale, plus this fantastic Swiss made Wild binocular microscope, with carrying case, camera lucida, photo tubes and eye-pieces. Has helped with many books I’ve worked on. Looking forward to meeting many ento friends.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Celebrating receiving an advance copy of my new Magnum Opus (with 4,000 images), by catching a Clifden Nonpareil on the same day.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Too pretty to actually use!

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Who said moths are dull and eat clothes? Royal Mail stamps issue, release date 9th July

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thanks Anna. In fact I’ve mentioned Ron Freeborn in my forthcoming book.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Lots of Orange-tips around. My favourite butterfly, so I thought I’d paint a male on Cuckoo Flower, with egg from a visiting female.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

One of 4 Bryony Ladybirds in the garden this morning, along with a Bryony Mining Bee. Two rare insects.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today is the official launch date of the 6th edition of ‘Dragonflies’. Also, nice review by Peter Mill in the @britishdragonflies.bsky.social magazine.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

So, just watching ’The Other Bennett Sister’ and I see the Box Tree Moth was around in Jane Austen’s time! Oh dear.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🦗 This #WorldWildlifeDay, discover Britain's grasshoppers, crickets & allied species in a brilliant new field guide! It's co-written by our former colleague Björn Beckmann with recording scheme coordinator Peter Sutton. Allied species are earwigs, stick insects, mantids and cockroaches 🪳 🧪 1/

Illustrations of grasshopper, cricket and earwig on the front cover of a book called Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Thanks Sarah, I hope you get plenty of chances to put it to use in the next few months.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Pleased it’s finally out now, Stephen and good to hear you like it.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Just received an advance hardback copy of ‘Dragonflies’ with masses of fantastic new photos, mostly by Steve Cham, and many new artworks. Also received, a reprint of ‘Bees’, both excellently printed in China.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Pleased you are pleased, Nick. Thanks for your endorsement.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It's been a long wait but an advance copy of 'Grasshoppers' has finally arrived. It's been worth the wait with excellent printing

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Unexpected 3rd brood Holly Blue in the garden this morning.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Proofs of Field Guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies of GB&I have arrived and look good. Written by Steve Brooks & Steve Cham with many new artworks, photos and detailed maps, make it the most complete guide to British Odonata. The 6th edition in 28 years

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

It seems that Robins are partial to Box Tree Moths!

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - Ornithoptera alexandrae, the world's largest butterfly, male wingspan 19cm female 24 cm. Swallowtail - Papilio machaon, Britain's largest butterfly, wingspan 7cm. Print from a recent painting www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I've just added a few original invertebrate originals to my website www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The holy grail this morning and then it was away - Clifden Nonpareil

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Little male Yellow Loosestrife Bee - Macropis europaea on its host plant by the garden pond

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The once rare Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus now found in my garden

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Wylie Horn @wyliehorn.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Grey-patched Mining Bee, Andrena nitida photographed on a sandy track near a former golf course in Oxfordshire today As ever HT to Steven Falk and @rlewington2.bsky.social for their wonderful 'Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland'A

A grey-patched mining bee sitting on a Meindl shoe. The key id features are the reddish pile on top of the thorax that contrasts with the shiny black abdomen, patches of white hairs (which look grey in the field) at the sides of tergites 1-3, and white-haired femora (from Falk & Lewington, 2017).

These features are visible in the photo.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Thanks Wylie. The guide should introduce you to most of the spiders you encounter in your travels - the species appearing in it were carefully chosen.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

First damselfly of the year in the garden, a female Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The aerobatic Dotted Bee-fly - Bombylius discolor in the garden yesterday

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Nice review by Bill Parker, of my spider guide, in the @britishspiders.bsky.social newsletter

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Yes, I’m beginning to wonder if Labour is just like all the other parties, in making promises to get votes and then doing nothing.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Reed Bunting have just started visiting the garden, very twitchy.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A dull breezy morning, brightened up by a lively group of Long-tailed Tits.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Sadly, this fantastic Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 IS PRO lens has to go. For further details, please visit www.richardlewington.co.uk Repost appreciated

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This male Gadwall wont let this female Mallard out of his sight in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He’s been obsessed with her for months.

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Bloomsbury Wildlife @chiffchat.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Publishing this week – Richard Lewington's brilliant new guide to British spiders. Pocket-sized, field-friendly and packing a powerful arachnid punch. Perfect for all lovers of Britain's wildlife. Order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pocket-gu...

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Pocket Guide to British Spiders

Featuring 130 of the most common and readily identifiable species, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the naturally o…

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British Arachnological Society @britishspiders.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

In bookshops from 30th January and available now on pre-order, @rlewington2.bsky.social's authoritative and exquisitely illustrated new @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social pocket guide to Britain's commonest and most easily recognizable spiders. Highly recommended! #spiders #arachnology

The cover of Richard Lewington's new pocket guide to British spiders - illustrated with a Wasp Spider

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Thanks, pleased to hear you like it.

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Katty Baird @kattyponder.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

New spider book!🕷 @rlewington2.bsky.social has produced this beautiful guide to some of our UK species. A while ago I provided 'models' of cave-dwelling sps. V. happy to get a copy of the finished book as thanks😊 Buy it. And make 2025 the year you get into spiders! @britishspiders.bsky.social

Front cover of a new book on British spiders by Richard Lewington. It has an illustration of a Wasp Spider. Published by Bloomsbury.

Meta menardi in a cave. A glossy dark brown spider. It is resting on white spherical egg sac hanging from the ceiling.

Metallina merianae, in a culvert. This is the more unusual var. celata, with a broad cream stripe down the dark brown abdomen.

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

5 Stock Dove and 10 Wood Pigeon in my frosty garden this morning.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Good morning! This @wildjustice.bsky.social petition on driven grouse shooting is 2nd most-signed petition in last hour. We approach 6k signatures. I'd love to reach 10k before 3:30pm (ie first 24hrs). It'll be tough but let's send a strong message to Defra. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting

Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...

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