Rockwolf 🇪🇺
@rockwolf74.bsky.social
Love photography, wildlife, Entomology (especially Pentatomoidea, Coreoidea and Coccinellidae!) ...nature in general! 333.19 PPM
also @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
also @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
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A portrait of the mosquito in question, Culiseta annulata, from 'British Blood-sucking Flies' (1939)
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A portrait of the mosquito in question, Culiseta annulata, from 'British Blood-sucking Flies' (1939)
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More from 'British Blood-sucking Flies', Edwards Oldroyd & Smart, 1939
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
More from 'British Blood-sucking Flies', Edwards Oldroyd & Smart, 1939
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Amis Toulousains : C'est demain ! Venez nombreuses et nombreux 😄👍🐛
Je donnerais une conférence grand public sur les perce-oreilles à Toulouse.
Venez découvrir les secrets de ces petits insectes discrets, souvent mal-aimés, mais à la vie sociale fascinante.
📅 Samedi 15 nov. 2025 à 14h.
➡️ Infos & inscription via l’affiche ci-dessous
#Conférence #Insectes #Nature
Venez découvrir les secrets de ces petits insectes discrets, souvent mal-aimés, mais à la vie sociale fascinante.
📅 Samedi 15 nov. 2025 à 14h.
➡️ Infos & inscription via l’affiche ci-dessous
#Conférence #Insectes #Nature
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Amis Toulousains : C'est demain ! Venez nombreuses et nombreux 😄👍🐛
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Very surprised to see a Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) flying around in Upshire, Essex this afternoon. #EssexWildlife #UKButterflies #flabbergasted
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Very surprised to see a Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) flying around in Upshire, Essex this afternoon. #EssexWildlife #UKButterflies #flabbergasted
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Utterly disgusted by this dismal disappointment of a govt
Amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been voted down.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections.
Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Utterly disgusted by this dismal disappointment of a govt
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⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️
Heavy rain across central parts of England and Wales
Friday 1200 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain across central parts of England and Wales
Friday 1200 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning issued ⚠️⚠️
Heavy rain across central parts of England and Wales
Friday 1200 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain across central parts of England and Wales
Friday 1200 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
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Love Fulgorids! The butt fireworks are wax lines along which honeydew waste can drip away from the body. They also serve as a defense.
Nog een foto van Borneo - echt een bijzonder, en bijzonder klein, beest, was deze cicade (Auchenorrhyncha), behorend tot de Fulgoroidea. Dat vuurwerk uit zijn "kont" zijn wasdraden waarlangs de honingdauw kan wegdruppelen, maar die natuurlijk ook dienen als afweer/afleiding. #ElkeDagEenInsect
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Love Fulgorids! The butt fireworks are wax lines along which honeydew waste can drip away from the body. They also serve as a defense.
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Ooh at last! Should be on everyone’s bookshelf.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ooh at last! Should be on everyone’s bookshelf.
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Orchid-eating Mossy Stick Insect (Taraxippus sp.) 💚
Another couple of photos of this all so incredible phasmid! 🌿
They live in the dense montane forests of South and Central America where they ONLY feed on orchids, making them even rarer to see in the forest! 🌸
Another couple of photos of this all so incredible phasmid! 🌿
They live in the dense montane forests of South and Central America where they ONLY feed on orchids, making them even rarer to see in the forest! 🌸
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Orchid-eating Mossy Stick Insect (Taraxippus sp.) 💚
Another couple of photos of this all so incredible phasmid! 🌿
They live in the dense montane forests of South and Central America where they ONLY feed on orchids, making them even rarer to see in the forest! 🌸
Another couple of photos of this all so incredible phasmid! 🌿
They live in the dense montane forests of South and Central America where they ONLY feed on orchids, making them even rarer to see in the forest! 🌸
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Shropshire Council is calling on residents to verify the credentials of anyone they hire to take away their rubbish as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Fight Fly-Tipping fortnight.
Shropshire residents urged to fight fly-tipping
Shropshire Council is calling on residents to verify the credentials of anyone they hire to take away their rubbish as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Fight Fly-Tipping fortnight.
www.shropshirelive.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Shropshire Council is calling on residents to verify the credentials of anyone they hire to take away their rubbish as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Fight Fly-Tipping fortnight.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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A Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) nymph seen in Buildwas last week. The only British shieldbug which overwinters as a nymph.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) nymph seen in Buildwas last week. The only British shieldbug which overwinters as a nymph.
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Vitellinus, intense or golden yellow, syn. Luteus, a hue between aurantiacus & flavus. Lutein is deep yellow xanthophyllous pigment, found in plant leaves, egg yolk, and in the corpus luteum. Latin luteum, meaning the yolk of an egg. (I can hear you whispering luteinising hormone.)🍄
📷 Joăo Estęvăo
📷 Joăo Estęvăo
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Vitellinus, intense or golden yellow, syn. Luteus, a hue between aurantiacus & flavus. Lutein is deep yellow xanthophyllous pigment, found in plant leaves, egg yolk, and in the corpus luteum. Latin luteum, meaning the yolk of an egg. (I can hear you whispering luteinising hormone.)🍄
📷 Joăo Estęvăo
📷 Joăo Estęvăo
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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
Please share widely
Please share widely
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Only managed to find one Striped Shieldbug (Graphosoma italicum) in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey in rather rainy conditions yesterday (10 October). #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Only managed to find one Striped Shieldbug (Graphosoma italicum) in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey in rather rainy conditions yesterday (10 October). #EssexWildlife #UKBugs
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Spent the afternoon inking out the details on my folding card. Slow going as I haven't done any work like this for ages.
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spent the afternoon inking out the details on my folding card. Slow going as I haven't done any work like this for ages.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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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! 🌿
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
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! 🌿
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! 🌿
It was good to find a different species of earwig in Brittany last month! The lovely Chelidurella acanthopygia! 🥰 #Dermaptera #Earwig #Dermaptère #France
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It was good to find a different species of earwig in Brittany last month! The lovely Chelidurella acanthopygia! 🥰 #Dermaptera #Earwig #Dermaptère #France
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A caterpillar (possibly Fox Moth) consumed by an as yet unknown fungus from Dersingham Bog yesterday. If anyone does have their suspicions as to what the fungus might be, don’t be shy!
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A caterpillar (possibly Fox Moth) consumed by an as yet unknown fungus from Dersingham Bog yesterday. If anyone does have their suspicions as to what the fungus might be, don’t be shy!
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Any fly larvae experts out there? (Geoff Wilkinson doesn't seem to be here anymore so I can't ask him.)
I was initially thinking Lonchoptera sp but it doesn't have the 2 'antennae' front & rear that I've seen previously. Found today on a Sycamore leaf. #Diptera #entomology
I was initially thinking Lonchoptera sp but it doesn't have the 2 'antennae' front & rear that I've seen previously. Found today on a Sycamore leaf. #Diptera #entomology
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Any fly larvae experts out there? (Geoff Wilkinson doesn't seem to be here anymore so I can't ask him.)
I was initially thinking Lonchoptera sp but it doesn't have the 2 'antennae' front & rear that I've seen previously. Found today on a Sycamore leaf. #Diptera #entomology
I was initially thinking Lonchoptera sp but it doesn't have the 2 'antennae' front & rear that I've seen previously. Found today on a Sycamore leaf. #Diptera #entomology
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Brett Westwood chatted with Peter Creed about progress on Pisces Publications eagerly awaited #FliesofBritainandIreland at this year's Worcestershire Entomology Day. Due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Brett Westwood chatted with Peter Creed about progress on Pisces Publications eagerly awaited #FliesofBritainandIreland at this year's Worcestershire Entomology Day. Due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
A lovely Anthicus antherinus (Anthicidae) seen in SE Shropshire yesterday, when it was almost dusk... Only the second time I've seen this species, assuming the ID is right! #Coleoptera #Beetle #Anthicidae
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A lovely Anthicus antherinus (Anthicidae) seen in SE Shropshire yesterday, when it was almost dusk... Only the second time I've seen this species, assuming the ID is right! #Coleoptera #Beetle #Anthicidae