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Nigel Jones
@lancefly.bsky.social
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Entomologist. Obsessed with flies. Keen on wasps and bees. Enjoy other insects, birdsong, finding places free of cars and dogwalkers. I don't look much like my avatar image anymore. Love a pint or two of a well served pale ale in a cosy pub with no tv.
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integsyst.bsky.social
Taxonomic and faunistic comments on European Scatophila Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae), with descriptions of four new species

Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202...

#Diptera #Ephydridae #shoreflies @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social
Habitus of male Scatophila spp. 13. S. oltmannsi sp. n. [holotype]. 14. S. oltmannsi sp. n., dorsal view [holotype]. 15. S. pumilio (Loew, 1860) [Portugal, Setúbal]. 16. S. quadriguttata (Meigen, 1830) [Germany, Lower Saxony, Meetschow].
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
lancefly.bsky.social
"Aren't Ravens brilliant". But it's true!
marburybirds.bsky.social Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 4d
Fun, fascinating behaviour by the Ravens this morning. Not great photos but I've never seen this behaviour before so I wanted to share! Hope you're not bored of ravens; I'm a little obsessed! Here Chips is having a snow bath and one of them is hanging upside down from a tree! #ukbirding
Chips lying on his back, bathing himself in the snow! Chips enjoying the snow! Raven hanging upside down from a tree! Raven hanging upside down from a tree!
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
lancefly.bsky.social
Jackdaws. Fabulous birds.
exmoormothman.bsky.social Andy Pym @exmoormothman.bsky.social · 8d
Who needs fireworks, eh! Much better. I got this footage standing on top of the bench in the back garden in Filton a short while ago. I nearly lent back too far!
@bristolbirding.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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dradriansmith.bsky.social
New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
Spring-Loaded Claws on a Wasp – Parasitoid Pincer Wasps
YouTube video by Ant Lab
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December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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iamnotasalmon.bsky.social
#’merica
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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rlewington2.bsky.social
It's been a long wait but an advance copy of 'Grasshoppers' has finally arrived. It's been worth the wait with excellent printing
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
lancefly.bsky.social
Top investigative work here
vc40orthops.bsky.social David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · Nov 24
It has taken over two years for @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social & I to attract another Willow Ladybird (Scymnus limbatus), an extremely small & elusive species, to the refugia we designed in an attempt to learn more about them. It has been a long wait but we found one yesterday, plus an Anthocorid bug
Willow Ladybird, a small (2mm or less) black beetle with a large, red patch on each wing-case, sitting back to back with a Hemipteran bug which is significantly bigger.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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wwbic1.bsky.social
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Exidiopsis effusa, Hair Ice Crust fungus found and recorded at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire, by Grace Brookman 📸
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
lancefly.bsky.social
An absolutely outstanding find.
sjthomasbotany.bsky.social Sam Thomas @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social · Nov 20
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 5:42 PM
lancefly.bsky.social
Just found this image from ten years ago. Seven Lypha dubia resting on my hand. Good times.
A human hand (mine) with seven small flies resting on it.
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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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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@sarahwhild.bsky.social @earthwormuk.bsky.social @peskypb.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social @pickeletto.bsky.social @lancefly.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @beetlequeen.bsky.social

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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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nvolpe.bsky.social
NO WAYYYY! 🤯🤯🤯
Is this the COOLEST stick insect ever?? 💚

This mossy girl (Taraxippus sp.) from Peru was the most incredible phasmid I have ever seen, I could not get over how perfectly camouflaged it was on the mossy trees! 🌳
So in awe of our natural world! 🌿
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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suillia.bsky.social
My first Snow Flea (Boreus hyemalis) of the winter at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve today. Nice of her to pose out in the open on a fallen leaf, so didn't need to spend hours waiting for one to emerge from the Polytrichum moss! @ynuorg.bsky.social #Mecoptera #Boreidae #ukwildlife
A female Snow Flea posing on a fallen leaf on acid grassland. One of the Mecoptera order, like scorpionflies, but flightless, living down among short, Polytrichum mosses on sandy soil.
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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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.
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The head of a Sciomyzid snail killing fly Coremacera marginata.
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
lancefly.bsky.social
Another fantastic Brexit "benefit" Another massive let down by this chronically anti-nature government.
carolinelucas.bsky.social Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · May 28
You couldn’t make it up - this is the same government that promised to deliver significant nature recovery - yet once again they’re slashing key nature funding & massively undermining farmers in the process. Madness
Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review
Exclusive: Defra sources say scheme, which pays farmers to protect nature, will be targeted at ‘small farms’
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
lancefly.bsky.social
Please do feel at liberty to share this as much as you like.
ledbydonkeys.org Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · Oct 27
Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
#Flowers that mimic the smell of injured #ants to attract #kleptoparasites as #pollinators!

Go home evolution you’re drunk!

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Olfactory floral mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly pollinators
Mochizuki reports a plant that lures pollinating flies by imitating the scent of ants injured by predators. This study reveals the first known case of ant mimicry in flowers and uncovers previously un...
www.cell.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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ashwhiffin.bsky.social
Bugs to make you go “Ooooh!” 😲🤩
sabs.bsky.social Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · Sep 29
a question for bug enthusiasts: are there any other examples of bugs doing crazy body horror (body envy!??!) stuff like this? www.science.org/content/arti...
Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food
Puppet helps insect trick real termites into feeding it
www.science.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
lancefly.bsky.social
I need to be more imaginative with my data labels. This is the level of labelling we should all be striving for. Absolutely top quality.
flygirlnhm.bsky.social Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · Sep 29
Today’s winning data label goes to this flea

I’ve no idea who collected it but I’d love to met them, sounds like they are my sort of person 🤓

#collections @nhm-london.bsky.social #fleas #databasing
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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mounty.bsky.social
5/ Some wings have evolved strategies to help reduce damage resulting from collisions. For example, we learned a few years ago that wasp wings have a flexible joint that acts like a reversible crumple zone, allowing the wing tip to easily bend out of the way when it hits things...
April 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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pilning.bsky.social
Excellent day in the Wyre Forest, Shropshire with fungi, ants, 60 Crossbills and the highlight a lovely female Araneus alsine (Strawberry Spider) found by Denise B on Neil's trousers (not their preferred habitat). nth try for these for me - what a belter! @lancefly.bsky.social #spiders #ukwildlife
Strawberry Spider (Araneus alsine) - a portly orange spider with white spots. Nationally Scarce
September 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicymru.bsky.social announce rediscovery of Holly Fern on Cwm Idwal after going missing for 150+ years.

See markavery.info/2025/09/17/b...
September 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
lancefly.bsky.social
Out for a walk in Shropshire today and I chanced across a nice pile of rotting logs. Did a quick sweep and got lots of Clusiodes gentilis plus a nice Piophilid: Allopiophila luteata. Made a good walk a very good walk. Always carry a net and tubes!
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @pilning.bsky.social
A small shiny black and yellow fly - Allopiophila luteata A small shiny black, white and yellow marked fly - Clusiodes gentilis. A pile of rotting logs.
September 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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davebriceflies.bsky.social
Nearing the end of a challenging job from Tenerife, just 90 Sarcophagidae to go! 😥 At least this one doesn't look like all of the others; Miltogramma aurifrons. Still available for ID and imaging projects, UK and Europe dipteraid.co.uk/specimeniden...
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Nearing the end of a challenging job from Tenerife, just 90 Sarcophagidae to go! 😥 At least this one doesn't look like all of the others; Miltogramma aurifrons. Image of a small, dumpy fly with large eyes and extended margin to the front of the face.
August 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM