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Dave Brice
@davebriceflies.bsky.social
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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!
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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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After being rather busy and after much procrastination, today I started on the outline for a new Sphaeroceridae key; this may take a while (a couple of years maybe)! Copromyzinae first, pic of Alloborborus pallifrons @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Image of a Lesser Dung Fly (Sphaeroceridae)
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Ooh, interesting package arrived from @denisewawman.bsky.social time to breed out some bird nests! Looks suspicious 😅 but all legal, more to follow www.dipteraid.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Join us in Costa Rica for Fly School IV! Applications are now open. Visit dipterists.org/fly_school.h... for application & info. @dipterists.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @bertonemyia.bsky.social @ariannatc.bsky.social @phorid.bsky.social
Willistoniella sp., ropalomerid fly (Ropalomeridae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.social Limoniinae,bobbing crane fly (Tipulidae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.social Stilt-legged fly (Micropezidae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.social Lauxaniid fly (Lauxaniidae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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naturebureau.bsky.social
Our new 416pp #FliesofBritainandIreland covering over 1300 species & with over 1500 photos is now being printed - due mid Feb 2026. You can still pre-order until 31 Jan bit.ly/4dqQI8Z
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January 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
What a time to be alive!! #FliesofBritainandIreland coming out SOON

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naturebureau.bsky.social NatureBureau @naturebureau.bsky.social · 8d
Our new 416pp #FliesofBritainandIreland covering over 1300 species & with over 1500 photos is now being printed - due mid Feb 2026. You can still pre-order until 31 Jan bit.ly/4dqQI8Z
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Join us for our dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte... Love to see lots of beginner dipterists, so much to learn! Bursary available to help fund email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk deadline extended to 31-3-26. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social
@royentsoc.bsky.social
#entomology #flies
Image Westhay Moor Somerset Levels, CopyrightDr Mike Ashworth.
January 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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taxonfoundation.bsky.social
For 2026 we have space for new community science projects in the Netherlands or abroad. So if you are a team of neighborhood nature enthusiasts who need expert help with biodiversity inventories, please drop us a line.

#scicomm #insects #Biodiversity #communityscience #citizenscience #urbannature
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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inccymru.bsky.social
Our first work party of the year at our Llwyndewi Nature Reserve. This time for the UK’s most threatened resident bird – the Willow Tit. Thank you to all our volunteers and to all those who are helping.
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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suillia.bsky.social
My first invertebrate record for 2026...Boreus hyemalis (Snow Flea) at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve this am. Exciting to think what else might turn up this year. 😀 @ynuorg.bsky.social #mecoptera #ukwildlife
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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megabunus.bsky.social
Last chance to book on our Arboreal Harvestmen webinar taking place this evening, all about legs, prey capture and much more!

Participants can book and watch the presentation later as it will be recorded and distributed.

Date: 30 dec • 18:30

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arboreal-h...
Arboreal Harvestmen
Learn about the harvestmen species of the UK found on vegetation with Meg Skinner.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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andersonkieran.bsky.social
Utterly brilliant people, well worth attending!
dipteristsforum.bsky.social DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 23d
Learn more about #diptera Funding available for Summer field meeting 2026 #fieldcraft #entomology #pollinators #foodwebs #detritivores
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk
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Processing the contents of a vacuum sampling session. Copyright Nigel Jones
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Learn more about #diptera Funding available for Summer field meeting 2026 #fieldcraft #entomology #pollinators #foodwebs #detritivores
Application deadline is 5th Jan. Email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk
@britentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Processing the contents of a vacuum sampling session. Copyright Nigel Jones
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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megabunus.bsky.social
Not long now! Book your place on my course: Arboreal Harvestmen (recording available after the event if booked/requested). Very excited for this one, we will be talking about legs and the physiology that harvestmen use for their arboreal lifestyle!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arboreal-h...
Arboreal Harvestmen
Learn about the harvestmen species of the UK found on vegetation with Meg Skinner.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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vannabartlett.bsky.social
A walk in the woods at Felbrigg with @jeremybartlett.bsky.social brought a longed for insect - Boreus hyemalis aka Snow Flea. Managed to spot a male then found a female and another male in a second patch of moss. Happy days!
A small, strange looking insect with long legs facing right on a brown leaf on the ground. The animal's head has big eyes and long beak like mouthparts. The body is dark brown and shiny. The vestigial wings are modified into strange curved spines. This one is a male. A small, strange looking insect with long legs facing right on a brown leaf on the ground. The animal's head has big eyes and long beak like mouthparts. The body is dark brown and shiny. The vestigial wings are modified into strange curved spines. It has quite long thin antennae. This one is a male. Looking down on a female Snow Flea half hidden in bright green moss. Her body is dark brown and shiny, the tip of the abdomen is extended into a long thin ovipositor. She is wingless. A female Snow Flea in a glass specimen pot facing left but slightly head on. The head is extended downwards into a beak-like structure. The top of her body is shiny dark brown but the flanks are pale whitish. Her orangey coloured ovipositor has a dark tip and is held curved slightly upwards.
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Thank you all for your support
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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benjaminfallow.bsky.social
Hi ☺️ it’s Benji here 👋 I hope people will see my artwork and remember to care for nature 💚 I’m trying to raise money for charity by selling cards and prints of my artwork. Every single card really makes a difference 🥰 Please share 🙏thanks so much ❤️ benjaminfallow.etsy.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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uk-wildlife.bsky.social
If you are looking for a Christmas present for a Freshwater Invertebrate obsessed friend (or someone that thinks they are cool) I have something might be ideal, I used some of pond life photos into a handy Pond life ID chart shirt

Link my Teemill page here: uk-wildlife.teemill.com/product/pond...
Screen grab of web page selling the tshirt of pond life on on white background Closer view of the images of pond life on on white background including dragonfly nymph, Diving beetle and Bloodworm
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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petersketch.bsky.social
If you're enjoying the #DragonflyAdventCalendar you may also like the @britishdragonflies.bsky.social monthly e-newsletter. Free to sign up and you don't need to be a member. british-dragonflies.org.uk/get-involved...
e-newsletter - British Dragonfly Society
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December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
For #FlyFriday or #Flyday why not a new podcast with me talking flies with Paul McGuinness on #WildLives (ignore the one of the worlds experts - many better than me!!) #bbcwildlife

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Why flies matter, with Dr Erica McAlister
Podcast Episode · Wild Lives · 05/12/2025 · 50m
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December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Still 30% discount on my Poyser, The Marsh Tit & the Willow Tit. Just in time for Christmas!
The flexiback/paperback is real a steal at £24.50, but the hardback is really worth getting for the even higher production quality (and £18 discount). #birds #ukbirding
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marsh-tit...
The Marsh Tit and The Willow Tit
'A superb account of the ecology and behaviour of two declining bird species whose lives are intimately shaped by their woodland habitats.' – Rob Fuller'There c…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
It's time to prepare the next scheme newsletter! Contributions gratefully received, e.g. short articles/brief notes on interesting sightings/photos. I'll need them before Christmas please 🙏 If you don't have my email you can contact me via the link on the website dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...
uk-soldierflies.bsky.social Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social · Nov 27
A Recording Scheme newsletter was sent out to @dipteristsforum.bsky.social members last spring, but I've just realised that I hadn't uploaded it to the website. That omission has now been put right, and newsletter 11 is available along with all the others here dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...
Newsletters | Dipterists forum
dipterists.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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A Recording Scheme newsletter was sent out to @dipteristsforum.bsky.social members last spring, but I've just realised that I hadn't uploaded it to the website. That omission has now been put right, and newsletter 11 is available along with all the others here dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...
Newsletters | Dipterists forum
dipterists.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Learn to spot and identify lichens in your local landscape!

Lichens of Britain & Ireland offers practical field tips, vivid images, and habitat insights.

Perfect for nature lovers and budding lichenologists. Pre-order now!
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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#Bugsky 🐙🌿 Who wants another baby earwig update? Everyone? Thought so. The babies are now two days old and slightly darker than when they hatched. Mama is guarding them and will stay on the job until their second molt. Btw, in the earlier post, the newly-hatched babies only had--
A macro photo of a mother earwig guarding a cluster of her tiny, pale babies, all of them on damp earth.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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sjthomasbotany.bsky.social
A dipterist's dipteron, the elusive Borboropsis puberula. The only member of the family in the UK. Restricted to the Scottish Highlands. This one from Ben Lawers is probably the 7th UK record.

#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Lateral macro of a small fly in ethanol. The thorax is dark while most of the head, legs and abdomen is orange/yellow.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM