Digitalsafaris
@digitalsafaris.bsky.social
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Harwell, south Oxfordshire. Mainly local wildlife and landscapes. Now posting only on Blue sky. Was @digitalsafaris on Instagram and Threads.
Harwell, south Oxfordshire. Mainly local wildlife and landscapes. Now posting only on Blue sky. Was @digitalsafaris on Instagram and Threads.
Definitely a Birch Catkin Bug (Kleidocerys resedae) and probably silver birch aphid (Euceraphis betulae) n the first picture. Aphids and eggs in the next pics - are they the same aphid. All in SIlver Birch tree.
May 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Definitely a Birch Catkin Bug (Kleidocerys resedae) and probably silver birch aphid (Euceraphis betulae) n the first picture. Aphids and eggs in the next pics - are they the same aphid. All in SIlver Birch tree.
Probably Birch Catkin Bug (Kleidocerys resedae). Mating?
May 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Probably Birch Catkin Bug (Kleidocerys resedae). Mating?
April 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Seen at Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve, Milton Keynes. @theparkstrust.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Seen at Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve, Milton Keynes. @theparkstrust.bsky.social
Never knew they existed, until I saw this one: Dark-edged Bee Fly (Bombylius major). Harmless. Mimics a bee, so as to lay its eggs in the mining bees nest. (Ectoprasitoid). Single wing pair, long legs, straight proboscis. Excellent. Seen in Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve, Milton Keynes.
April 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Never knew they existed, until I saw this one: Dark-edged Bee Fly (Bombylius major). Harmless. Mimics a bee, so as to lay its eggs in the mining bees nest. (Ectoprasitoid). Single wing pair, long legs, straight proboscis. Excellent. Seen in Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve, Milton Keynes.
For Easter, the Pasqueflower, from the Aston Upthorpe downs, the sole remaining native site for the Pasqueflower in Oxfordshire. Thanks to the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social volunteers for showing me where they are, and removing the rabbit protection for the photos.
www.theastons.net/environment/...
www.theastons.net/environment/...
April 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For Easter, the Pasqueflower, from the Aston Upthorpe downs, the sole remaining native site for the Pasqueflower in Oxfordshire. Thanks to the @plantlifeuk.bsky.social volunteers for showing me where they are, and removing the rabbit protection for the photos.
www.theastons.net/environment/...
www.theastons.net/environment/...
Early crocus in Inkpen crocus field and Combe Gibbet in Sunday's mist.
February 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Early crocus in Inkpen crocus field and Combe Gibbet in Sunday's mist.
Some birds from my final Instagram/threads post - to help get started here on BlueSky.
January 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Some birds from my final Instagram/threads post - to help get started here on BlueSky.
Starling murmuration 30 Dec 24 @rspbotmoor.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Starling murmuration 30 Dec 24 @rspbotmoor.bsky.social
That's us at Otmoor. Thanks copyclare @bartlebeans.bsky.social
Murmuration admiration @rspbotmoor.bsky.social
It’s the sound of thousands of wings…
It’s the sound of thousands of wings…
January 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That's us at Otmoor. Thanks copyclare @bartlebeans.bsky.social
Bit of a niche subject for a first post. Found on silver birch. Photographed indoors.
Probably Silver birch aphid (Euceraphis betulae)
Family huddle of Two adults, wingless brown egg-laying female (oviparae) and winged male plus nymph (fourth instar immature fundatrix?)
Probably Silver birch aphid (Euceraphis betulae)
Family huddle of Two adults, wingless brown egg-laying female (oviparae) and winged male plus nymph (fourth instar immature fundatrix?)
November 17, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Bit of a niche subject for a first post. Found on silver birch. Photographed indoors.
Probably Silver birch aphid (Euceraphis betulae)
Family huddle of Two adults, wingless brown egg-laying female (oviparae) and winged male plus nymph (fourth instar immature fundatrix?)
Probably Silver birch aphid (Euceraphis betulae)
Family huddle of Two adults, wingless brown egg-laying female (oviparae) and winged male plus nymph (fourth instar immature fundatrix?)