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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 5h

Apparently, I now have my own QR code! Point your phone at it & it takes you to MY BOOK. No idea how. No mice inside. Disappointing. 🙄 Could you give it a little share & help more people discover me? The FC calls it word of mouth. I prefer word of MEOWTH. 😹🧡🐾

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marcusbugs.bsky.social @marcusbugs.bsky.social · 21h

This the season to be confused...

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AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 23h

Spaniopus dissimilis male. #Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pteromalidae

Spaniopus dissimilis male.
Male mid tibia somewhat expanded and flattened distally, its posterior surface concave; tibia pale at base but more or less broadly fuscous to black distally. Antennal flagellum uniformly yellowish brown. Male forewing immaculate.
Parasitoids targeting gall-making insects within the Diptera family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges).
Tselikh, E.V. (2015) Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1), 41-65.

Spaniopus dissimilis male.
Parasitoids targeting gall-making insects within the Diptera family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges).
Tselikh, E.V. (2015) Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1), 41-65.

Spaniopus dissimilis male.
Male forewing immaculate.
Tselikh, E.V. (2015) Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1), 41-65.

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Pemberley Natural History Books @pemberleybooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our October #BookOfTheMonth! After meeting with Paul D. Brock at the AES fair last month, we had to 🤭 Grab your copy here: tinyurl.com/mva2s2ya

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bishop's Mitre shieldbugs were abundant during last week's wildlife group visit to Dudmaston NT property in Shropshire. So it was perhaps unsurprising that we also found the Bishop's Mitre Parasite Fly, Cistogaster globosa, a small Tachinid.

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DB @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Merothrips brunneus found in Brede High Woods this morning. #Thysanoptera #HighWeald

An elongate brown tiny insect. Its head and antennae are to the left of picture.

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When recording Shieldbugs & Allies in Kent back in 2016/17, I didn't see any Vernal Shieldbugs (Peribalus strictus vernalis). Last week, I saw quite a few! #Pentatomidae #Shieldbug #Kent

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dock Dug on Common Sorrel for #WildWebsWednesday

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AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trichomalus spp. At least 30 UK species. #Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pteromalidae

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Baroness Louise Von Pfaff of Taylor Towers @lmtaylor42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's raining! So that means winter is indeed coming! So now would be a good time to order some cosy fleece mittens from etsy.com/uk/shop/StillDisgusted & support ##RejoinEU causes 🙂

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Absolutely! It will be added to iRecord 😊

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sorry Sarah, I didn’t collect it.

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Very nice! Not too familiar with the various forms, but apparently the standard ‘all green’ is f. smaragdula. Here’s a summary of the more common ones:

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Kent Field Club @kentfieldclub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We are very excited about all shieldbug records for VC15 & VC16! See www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/projects/shi...

kentfieldclub.org.uk

An Atlas of the Shieldbugs and Allies of Kent | Projects| KFC

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some Hemiptera from Jersey. All those shown were quite common in the east, where I was based. All the Southern Green Shieldbugs I saw were nymphs.

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Annie Irving @sconzani.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A fairy metropolis

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AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dendrocerus aphidum. #Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Ceraphronoidea

Dendrocerus aphidum female. Aphid hyperparasite.
Fergusson, N.D.M. (1980) A revision of the British species of Dendrocerus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) with a review of their biology as aphid hyperparasites. Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 41, (4), 255-314.

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My first Halyomorpha halys (Brown Marmorated Shieldbug) in the UK, from Gravesend in Kent last Monday! Perhaps I oughtn't be pleased about it, but I am!! 😆 #Shieldbug #Kent #Pentatomidae

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Isn't it just! Won't be long I reckon, with the way the numbers have increased!

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Almost a decade ago, I did some shieldbug recording in Kent, and saw nowhere near as many as I did last week!! The nymphs and adults of a few species do indeed darken later in the season, with shortening days and cooler temperatures (though it's not been too cool yet this year...!)

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Thea Nicholls @thattnicholls.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Found my first wild #cockroach last night. It was chilling on the bathroom ceiling (because where else would it be?!). I think it’s a dusky cockroach, possibly a nymph. Can anyone confirm that for me please? The thorax was lighter than it looks in the photos. #insects #entomology

An insect with black eyes, very long antennae pale, spiky legs and a pair of short, thin appendages on the rear of its abdomen sits in white pot lid. Its top half (head and thorax) are light brown and its abdomen is dark brown. The wings are transparent.

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Andrew Jewels @andrew-jewels.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A patch of nettles, brambles and dock in a sunny corner of Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey produced an adult Blue Shieldbug, two nymphs of Vernal Shieldbug and 23 Southern Green Shieldbug nymphs today 5th October, with Dock Bug and Hairy Shieldbug alongside (no photo). #EssexWildlife #UKBugs

Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea) on nettle leaf

Vernal Shieldbug (Peribalus strictus) nymph on nettle leaf

Southern Green Shieldbug (Nezara viridula) on bramble leaf

Productive patch of nettles, dock and brambles in sunny corner of meadow.

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Rockwolf 🇪🇺 @rockwolf74.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's the first time I've found the snazzy torquata form of Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug) in the UK! From Gravesend in Kent last week! #Heteroptera #Kent #Shieldbug

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's behind you! Sloe Bug, Dolycoris baccarum, on a Hazel leaf. The Blackthorn bushes where behind it on the other side of the path. #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Suffolk

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Justin Walker @arcanelove.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Last week hedge trimming added Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum to the Thetford garden list. #biodiversitybonus

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Terry & Judy Wood @tandjwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Surprised to find this early instar of a Mottled Shieldbug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa) this late in the season. Adults seen daily (up to 8) in the garden now. @rockwolf74.bsky.social @bugmanjones.bsky.social

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wildlife Group's visit to the National Trust's Dudmaston Eastate last Weds produced a very surprising county first Rhombic Leatherbug. Great to see it, but presumably another sign of the general oddness of the modern world...

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yvonnecouch.bsky.social @yvonnecouch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sciocoris sideritidis has spread from its known site in Purfleet, Essex, half a mile to the wildlife garden and car park of RSPB Rainham Marshes TQ5478. I found 3 specimens here on 2 October. #Shieldbugs @britishbugs.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social

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Terry & Judy Wood @tandjwood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Haven't seen a Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) for a while so pleased to spot this one on Lantana on the 24th in the garden. One of our (many!) favourite Shieldbugs. @rockwolf74.bsky.social @bugmanjones.bsky.social

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Louise @lou-birds-bikes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Made me smile today, brilliant shieldbug action

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A random car park stop gave an opportunity for a late-season @pomscheme.bsky.social FIT Count on Ivy, with plenty of wasps + hoverflies, other flies, butterflies and honeybees

Shrubs at the edge of a car park, including plentiful flowering Ivy. A grey duct-tape quadrat marks out the Flower-Insect Timed Count.

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Baroness Louise Von Pfaff of Taylor Towers @lmtaylor42.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Christmas is coming - & those stockings aren't going to stuff themselves! Cosy fleece mittens from etsy.com/uk/shop/StillDisgusted make perfect gifts; 80% of all sales income supports #RejoinEU causes #WinWin

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Female Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima basking in the warm autumn sunshine yesterday at Start Point, Devon

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Simon Warry @ginowazza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two of three Arma custos, two of five Ornate Shieldbugs and a single Vernal Shieldbug found at Betteshanger CP (East Kent), today (25th Sept). Others found include Birch, Parent, Hairy, Crucifer, Box and Dock Bugs.

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Rob Stephens @tillingtonchum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Still buzzing with bees and hoverflies, the Nepeta in the garden is also home to a few bugs. A Corizus hyoscyami doubler, the occasional wandering Rhopalus subrufus and some very hairy Hairy Shieldbug nymphs. #bugs

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some cockroaches seen in Jersey last week: female Tawny Cockroach with ootheca; female and male Variable Cockroaches. These last are now rather common, their rate of spread across Europe in recent times is incredible.

Tawny Cockroach, Ectobius pallidus, female carrying ootheca.

Female Variable Cockroach, Planuncus tingitanus (potentially an aggregate of three species which may end up being anywhere between one & three when the taxonomists have made their minds up!). Note the length of the wings and the pale bar between the eyes.

Male Variable Cockroach, Planuncus tingitanus. Wings longer than female but still a bit shorter than a typical Tawny, plus lacking the overall spottiness of Tawny & again with a pale bar between the eyes.

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please sign if you love European wildlife

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Rob Stephens @tillingtonchum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bugs of Beeston Bump. Hundreds of Fire Bugs out today. Here’s an adult gathering, and a couple of nymphs. Also two other Beeston locals, Eurydema oleracea and Strictopleurus abutilon. #bugs #UKwildlife

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wasp Spider taken in Jersey 🇯🇪 🕷️🕸️

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Mark Hows @mammalmark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Brown marmorated Shieldbug to lure in my Little Nature reserve, not sure its established locally or it could have come in on one of the lorries from the two large hauliers next door

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Sectie Bink (NEV) @bink.nev.nl · 24/09/2026

Slim verpakt voor de winter: Europse bidsprinkhaan (Mantis religiosa) legt haar eieren in de herfst in een beschermend schuimkapsel op een stevige ondergrond (tak, stuk schors etc.). Zo’n bijzonder eipakket heet een oötheek. #SectieBink #Entomologie #ElkeDagEenInsect #InsectenWeetje

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DB @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A female Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) in the garden this afternoon. #Dragonfly

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sergius @aurumnostrum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Acrosternum heegeri 24/09/2024 C Serbia

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Female & male Wood Crickets, Nemobius sylvestris, seen in Gorey, Jersey last week. The females were quite easy to spot walking around on the road surface at the edge of the wood. Males very audible but more skulking & had to be searched for in the leaf litter.

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Dr Stuart Green @stuvigreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Visited the Somerset Levels last week. With a bit of help from the locals + some timely sunshine, we found Large Marsh Grasshoppers.

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Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why have I never been to the Horniman Museum & Gardens before??? Just wonderful, & we will be back when the natural history gallery opens next year. @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social #museumlove

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