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Dave Brice
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Fascinated by insects, especially flies, studies Sphaeroceridae. Diptera identification services, morphological illustrations, and high-quality imaging. Bespoke identification training is also available.
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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · Jan 13
Simulium reptans, male with large and small facets to the eyes; females feed on mammals inc. humans.
Anyone ecologists needing help with diptera backlog from this year? Or planning lots of diptera work next year, please contact me if I can help.
Please share, ta!
www.dipteraid.co.uk
Simulium reptans, this is a male with large facets at the top of the eyes and smaller ones below. Females feed on mammals including humans
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dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Can't make the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Dipterist Day 2025 in Cambridge this Saturday 15th November - fear not! Sign up through the link in the page below and we'll send you the recordings. The wonders of Modern technology...
dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...

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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
The wonderful Adrian &I have gone Korean!

Metamorphosis - How Insects are changing our world by myself with Adrian Washbourne or now known as Little Conquerors has been published by @gombooks

@nhm-london.bsky.social @csiropublishing.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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learnfromnature.bsky.social
Yes folks it’s the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Day & AGM
dipteristsforum.bsky.social DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 7d
It's that time of year again, Dipterists Forum 'Dipterists Day & AGM' 🪰

Nov 14th 2025- a day in the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Diptera collections

Nov 15th 2025 - Dipterists Day and AGM

For more details please go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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linbrice.bsky.social
@davebriceflies.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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sjthomasbotany.bsky.social
I'm currently updating and making corrections to the Ephydridae key prepared for the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social workshop. Please let me know if you've noticed any errors or anything that might need updating. Comments, DM or email to sjthomasbotanyATgmail.com please.

#Diptera #entomology
Cover page of keys to the British Ephydridae with lateral macro images of two small ephydrid flies
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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davebriceflies.bsky.social
@linbrice.bsky.social just updated the Website, it's been a busy 18 months dipteraid.co.uk/projects/ looking ahead to next year already. Anyone ecologists needing help with diptera backlog from this year? Or planning lots of diptera work next year, please contact me if I can help.
Please share, ta!
The head of a Sciomyzid snail killing fly Coremacera marginata.
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
davebriceflies.bsky.social
@linbrice.bsky.social just updated the Website, it's been a busy 18 months dipteraid.co.uk/projects/ looking ahead to next year already. Anyone ecologists needing help with diptera backlog from this year? Or planning lots of diptera work next year, please contact me if I can help.
Please share, ta!
The head of a Sciomyzid snail killing fly Coremacera marginata.
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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dipteristsforum.bsky.social
It's that time of year again, Dipterists Forum 'Dipterists Day & AGM' 🪰

Nov 14th 2025- a day in the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Diptera collections

Nov 15th 2025 - Dipterists Day and AGM

For more details please go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Can't wait to visit @zoologymuseum.bsky.social & see the Fly collection, followed by a fab set of talks the next day. This meeting will also be hybrid (But please do sign up)

@teamdiptera.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @hau-entomology.bsky.social
@unirdgento.bsky.social
dipteristsforum.bsky.social DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 7d
It's that time of year again, Dipterists Forum 'Dipterists Day & AGM' 🪰

Nov 14th 2025- a day in the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Diptera collections

Nov 15th 2025 - Dipterists Day and AGM

For more details please go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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respublications.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess work in #RESMedVetEnt by @denisewawman.bsky.social, @sheldonbirds.bsky.social & A.L. Smith reports on how #CitizenScience reveals host-switching in louse flies & keds (#Diptera: #Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70029

@wileyeco.bsky.social
The Bird Louse Fly, Ornithomya avicularia, on a Starling. Credit: (c) Jo Lashwood, 2021.
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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dipteristsforum.bsky.social
We have a great line up of speakers, exhibits and a visit to the Cambridge Diptera Collections can be arranged. Flies are so important so come and join us to find out what we can do to help you whether you are an old hand at diptera or new to this fantastic group of insects. See you there Lin!
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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denisewawman.bsky.social
More Mapping the UK's Flat Flies Project results published today with Adrian Smith & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social 212 host-parasite interactions, including 70 not previously reported, & a recent switch to gulls by some Louse Flies, Hippoboscidae. @btobirds.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies ...
doi.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
The wonderful @yukihaba.bsky.social and I went beneath London to help solve the riddle of the Underground Mosquito...

Debunking rather than spelunking ;)

@marakat.bsky.social @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
nhm-london.bsky.social Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 18d
A long-held myth about a mosquito evolving in the London Underground has been debunked! 🦟

The insect gained notoriety in the Second World War, when it fed on Londoners seeking shelter in the rail tunnels during the Blitz.

Discover its true origin story.👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Origins of the London Underground mosquito revealed | Natural History Museum
New research reveals that these insects likely evolved in the Mediterranean basin more than 1,000 years ago.
www.nhm.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
It’s #worldslothday

Did you know that sloths themselves are fantastic ecosystems?

A completely mobile ecosystem supporting beetles, flies, worms and a special species of Moth. Check out my kids book #ABugsWorld for more fun insect facts

@hachette #books #insects
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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sjthomasbotany.bsky.social
Gonatherus planiceps female #Scathophagidae. A uncommonly collected, spring-flying, species of upland flushes and other wet habitats in the mountains. This one from Beinn Ghlas in the Ben Lawers NNR this May.

#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Lateral macro of a small dark grey fly with brown shaded wings, yellow legs and a pale yellow lower half of the head Lateral macro the head and thorax of a small dark grey fly with a pale yellow lower half of the head Dorsal macro the head and thorax of a small dark grey fly with yellow frons Head-on macro the head of a small dark grey fly showing the geniculate arista and pale whiteish yellow face
October 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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biologicalrecording.co.uk
🍎 Did you know rotten fruit can attract rare beetles?

Species like Epuraea imperialis love decaying apples! 🪲
Join beetle expert @theponker.bsky.social on November 25th for a webinar on beetle survey methods. 🌎 🧪

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1401740326...

@colsocbi.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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aspenecology.com
Announcing another chance to learn #lichens online! My next 'Lichens for Beginners' course starts in January. Perfect for anyone just discovering these unique and beautiful life-forms. All you need to know to understand lichens and identify common species. Join me! aspenecology.com/lichens-for-...
Variospora (Caloplaca) flavescens : England : VC25 East Suffolk : TM3389 : September 2022 : On limestone gravestone
October 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy.

But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."

Let's make that description Labour votes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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ecology-digest.bsky.social
#Arachtober is a good month to remind folk my book #SpidersAndHarvestmenOfYorkshire by @naturebureau.bsky.social ought to be available to purchase by the end of the month.

It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...

@britishspiders.bsky.social
Spiders & Harvestmen of Yorkshire – An Atlas naturebureau.co.uk
NatureBureau - one company, two passions. NatureBureau is a design and ecological consultancy, established more than 30 years ago. We combine ecological expertise with a distinctive style in graphic d...
www.naturebureau.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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gregorynorminton.bsky.social
A Crowdfunder to save Beer Mill farm - 112 acres of rare, species rich land in Devon. There's matched funding, so your donation would be doubled. Please chip in if you can. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @rewildingbritain.org.uk
PLEASE SAVE BEER MILL FOR NATURE
Help us save 112 acres of rare, species-rich land in Devon for nature
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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andymus.bsky.social
I've even prepared some sawflies for people to play with...
norfolknats.bsky.social Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · Sep 18
A last reminder that there is an NNNS Sawfly workshop running on Sunday 21st Sept 2025 at Sheringham Park - see details below and get in touch with Mark Welch if you are interested in booking a place.
Poster screenshot reads: Sawfly Identification Workshop with Andy Musgrove 21st September 2025 Description: Bring your own microscope if you wish, but we will have 5 suitable ones available on the day. Where: Meet at 09:45 in the courtyard by the cafe (as we did for the Diptera workshop in May). Sheringham Park Bring a packed lunch and drink - or you could go to the cafe. Booking & Price: £15. Please email Mark Welch m.welch@nhm.ac.uk for details and to reserve a space. A photo of a sawlfy on a green leaf. The saefly is mostly black but with a large red band around the body and some white on the hind femur.
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save COUL LINKS protected nature from destructive Déjà Vu Groundhog golf course
I've just signed the petition opposing plans to build a destructive luxury golf course at beautiful rugged Coul Links in the Scottish Highlands. Will you sign too?
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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norfolkponds.bsky.social
We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"

Please help by following us & reposting!!!
A stunning dreamy planty pond. Pond covered in pondweeds
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · Sep 10
**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM