Tanyptera Project
@tanyptera.bsky.social
Promoting Invertebrate Recording & Conservation in North West England - Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside & Greater Manchester 🐝🐞🕷
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Why do bees buzz - and how can their vibrations inspire micro-robots? 🐝
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Why do bees buzz - and how can their vibrations inspire micro-robots? 🐝
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
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Improve your bumblebee ID and recording skills. This online course includes 3 recorded webinars covering the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, from common to rare and cuckoo species, + ecology and survey guidance.
Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
UK Bumblebees Online Course: ID, Ecology & Recording”
Discover the UK's 24 bumblebee species in this expert-led online course. Learn ID skills for common, rare & cuckoo bumblebees, explore their ecology, lifecycle and conservation. Gain practical recordi...
courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Improve your bumblebee ID and recording skills. This online course includes 3 recorded webinars covering the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, from common to rare and cuckoo species, + ecology and survey guidance.
Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
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🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 !
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨 Only 30 places left for #NBNconf25 !
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿
🎤 Programme & speakers: bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity #Data #Networking
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Dr Phil Smith's October Wildlife Notes are now available on our website. They are always a highlight of the month for me and remind me that I need to get out recording more! Have a read and please share to any other likeminded and interested individuals. merseysidebiobank.org.uk/blog/2025/11...
Wildlife notes October 2025
Dr Phil Smith This month was the 3rd dullest October on record and, although slightly warmer than average, it was relatively dry for a month that is normally one of the wettest. Rachael Parks recorded...
merseysidebiobank.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Dr Phil Smith's October Wildlife Notes are now available on our website. They are always a highlight of the month for me and remind me that I need to get out recording more! Have a read and please share to any other likeminded and interested individuals. merseysidebiobank.org.uk/blog/2025/11...
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Here's that talk from last night, about humane insect collection. It's worth a watch I think - especially the bit about freezing specimens. Thanks to the @tanyptera.bsky.social for organising this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection
YouTube video by The Tanyptera Project
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September 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Here's that talk from last night, about humane insect collection. It's worth a watch I think - especially the bit about freezing specimens. Thanks to the @tanyptera.bsky.social for organising this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=12at...
Don't forget to book your place to join us for the 'What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection' webinar on Monday!
*NEW EVENT ADDED*
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Don't forget to book your place to join us for the 'What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection' webinar on Monday!
*NEW EVENT ADDED*
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
*NEW EVENT ADDED*
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🐞 What we know, and don't know, about humane insect collection - Webinar 🐝
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Join LCES for their upcoming Autumn Meeting - All Welcome
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
August 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Join LCES for their upcoming Autumn Meeting - All Welcome
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Join us for an Introduction to Water Mites workshop next month!
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
August 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Join us for an Introduction to Water Mites workshop next month!
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
The workshop will include an introduction to their complex life cycle, identification and collection techniques.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/waterm...
Join us next Monday for a webinar on the fascinating world of Britain's Freshwater Sponges 🧽
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
August 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join us next Monday for a webinar on the fascinating world of Britain's Freshwater Sponges 🧽
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
🧬 Free DNA Barcoding Offer for North West Invertebrate Recorders 🧬
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
August 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🧬 Free DNA Barcoding Offer for North West Invertebrate Recorders 🧬
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
A maximum of 3 invertebrate specimens per person can be identified free of charge via DNA barcoding, deadline for receipt of specimens 15th August.
More info here: mailchi.mp/400f113cf86e...
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A teneral male Red-rumped Ladybird, Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, seen at Brereton Heath LNR in Cheshire recently. The usually black areas are a muddy brown in this recently eclosed individual. @tanyptera.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A teneral male Red-rumped Ladybird, Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, seen at Brereton Heath LNR in Cheshire recently. The usually black areas are a muddy brown in this recently eclosed individual. @tanyptera.bsky.social
🦟Update to the Lancashire & Cheshire Diptera (True Flies) Checklist 🦟
121 additions since the last update (22 for VC58, 23 for VC59 and 76 for VC60). 32 species new to the region!
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/lan...
Image by Janet Graham - CC BY 2.0
121 additions since the last update (22 for VC58, 23 for VC59 and 76 for VC60). 32 species new to the region!
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/lan...
Image by Janet Graham - CC BY 2.0
July 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🦟Update to the Lancashire & Cheshire Diptera (True Flies) Checklist 🦟
121 additions since the last update (22 for VC58, 23 for VC59 and 76 for VC60). 32 species new to the region!
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/lan...
Image by Janet Graham - CC BY 2.0
121 additions since the last update (22 for VC58, 23 for VC59 and 76 for VC60). 32 species new to the region!
www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/lan...
Image by Janet Graham - CC BY 2.0
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A pair of Spiked Shieldbugs (Picromerus bidens) I disturbed at Bagmere NR (a private site) in Cheshire last Friday. One of the predatory shieldbug species, the female has impaled a sawfly. @tanyptera.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A pair of Spiked Shieldbugs (Picromerus bidens) I disturbed at Bagmere NR (a private site) in Cheshire last Friday. One of the predatory shieldbug species, the female has impaled a sawfly. @tanyptera.bsky.social
🗓 Upcoming Events
🔎 7th Aug - Leeches in the Field
🔬 8th Aug - Leech ID at World Museum
🌳 8th Aug - Macclesfield Forest Recording Day
🧽 18th Aug - Freshwater Sponges Webinar
🐝 30th Aug - Kindling Farm Recording Day
More info/booking: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/events/
🔎 7th Aug - Leeches in the Field
🔬 8th Aug - Leech ID at World Museum
🌳 8th Aug - Macclesfield Forest Recording Day
🧽 18th Aug - Freshwater Sponges Webinar
🐝 30th Aug - Kindling Farm Recording Day
More info/booking: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/events/
July 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🗓 Upcoming Events
🔎 7th Aug - Leeches in the Field
🔬 8th Aug - Leech ID at World Museum
🌳 8th Aug - Macclesfield Forest Recording Day
🧽 18th Aug - Freshwater Sponges Webinar
🐝 30th Aug - Kindling Farm Recording Day
More info/booking: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/events/
🔎 7th Aug - Leeches in the Field
🔬 8th Aug - Leech ID at World Museum
🌳 8th Aug - Macclesfield Forest Recording Day
🧽 18th Aug - Freshwater Sponges Webinar
🐝 30th Aug - Kindling Farm Recording Day
More info/booking: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/events/
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Red-patched Ladybird, Nephus redtenbacheri, a sub-2mm Micro Ladybird. One of three vacuumed sampled from damp grasssland at Prenton Dell Claypit NR, Wirral. @tanyptera.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Red-patched Ladybird, Nephus redtenbacheri, a sub-2mm Micro Ladybird. One of three vacuumed sampled from damp grasssland at Prenton Dell Claypit NR, Wirral. @tanyptera.bsky.social
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The unusual macropterous form (f. burri) of the usually flightless Short-winged Conehead. Males are v. difficult to tell from Long-winged C-H but females like this are easier as they have shorter, curving ovipositors. A 1st for me, seen yesterday at Prenton Dell Claypit. @tanyptera.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The unusual macropterous form (f. burri) of the usually flightless Short-winged Conehead. Males are v. difficult to tell from Long-winged C-H but females like this are easier as they have shorter, curving ovipositors. A 1st for me, seen yesterday at Prenton Dell Claypit. @tanyptera.bsky.social
Join us for an Invertebrate Recording Day at Bagmere and Brereton Heath, Cheshire next week 🐝🐞🦋
Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
July 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Join us for an Invertebrate Recording Day at Bagmere and Brereton Heath, Cheshire next week 🐝🐞🦋
Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Learn how to survey for and identify Leeches in our upcoming workshops
Leeches in the Field 7th Aug - Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve, Wirral www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeche...
Leech Identification Workshop 8th Aug - World Museum, www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeches/
Leeches in the Field 7th Aug - Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve, Wirral www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeche...
Leech Identification Workshop 8th Aug - World Museum, www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeches/
July 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Learn how to survey for and identify Leeches in our upcoming workshops
Leeches in the Field 7th Aug - Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve, Wirral www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeche...
Leech Identification Workshop 8th Aug - World Museum, www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeches/
Leeches in the Field 7th Aug - Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve, Wirral www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeche...
Leech Identification Workshop 8th Aug - World Museum, www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/leeches/
Our next workshop will be the Dragonflies & Damselflies Weekend with Tony Parker at Rixton Clay Pits, Warrington on 5th & 6th July.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/dragon...
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/dragon...
June 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Our next workshop will be the Dragonflies & Damselflies Weekend with Tony Parker at Rixton Clay Pits, Warrington on 5th & 6th July.
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/dragon...
Book your place here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/dragon...
On Friday we'll be at Starr Hills Dunes, Lytham St Annes for our next Invertebrate Recording Day, book your free place to join us: app.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
June 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On Friday we'll be at Starr Hills Dunes, Lytham St Annes for our next Invertebrate Recording Day, book your free place to join us: app.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Join us at Kindling Farm, Merseyside for an Invertebrate Recording Day this Sunday.
Kindling Farm is an organic, community-led 78-acre farm. The land includes species-rich native hedgerows, wildlife-friendly margins & several ponds
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Kindling Farm is an organic, community-led 78-acre farm. The land includes species-rich native hedgerows, wildlife-friendly margins & several ponds
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Join us at Kindling Farm, Merseyside for an Invertebrate Recording Day this Sunday.
Kindling Farm is an organic, community-led 78-acre farm. The land includes species-rich native hedgerows, wildlife-friendly margins & several ponds
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Kindling Farm is an organic, community-led 78-acre farm. The land includes species-rich native hedgerows, wildlife-friendly margins & several ponds
Book your free place: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
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Next Friday ourselves and @tanyptera.bsky.social are hosting a spotlight session covering Soldierflies and Allies. Join us as we practice ID in a friendly setting.
FREE event, find out more and book 👉https://www.tickettailor.com/events/recordlrc/1734115
FREE event, find out more and book 👉https://www.tickettailor.com/events/recordlrc/1734115
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Next Friday ourselves and @tanyptera.bsky.social are hosting a spotlight session covering Soldierflies and Allies. Join us as we practice ID in a friendly setting.
FREE event, find out more and book 👉https://www.tickettailor.com/events/recordlrc/1734115
FREE event, find out more and book 👉https://www.tickettailor.com/events/recordlrc/1734115
Join us at Trowbarrow Local Nature Reserve & Hawes Water for our next Invertebrate Recording Day 🐜🐝🦋
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
June 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Join us at Trowbarrow Local Nature Reserve & Hawes Water for our next Invertebrate Recording Day 🐜🐝🦋
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
Book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...
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🙋♀️ Help us search for an elusive species of hoverfly.
🧐 Parasyrphus nigritarsis is a 'Nationally Scarce' species. We want to see if this unusual species is living in the Nature Reserve at Chester Zoo and for this we need your help!
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/recor...
@tanyptera.bsky.social
🧐 Parasyrphus nigritarsis is a 'Nationally Scarce' species. We want to see if this unusual species is living in the Nature Reserve at Chester Zoo and for this we need your help!
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/recor...
@tanyptera.bsky.social
Register – Search for a Nationally Scarce Hoverfly – Chester Zoo Nature Reserve
We're looking for volunteers to help with the search for an elusive species of hoverfly. Parasyrphus nigritarsis is a 'National...
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June 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🙋♀️ Help us search for an elusive species of hoverfly.
🧐 Parasyrphus nigritarsis is a 'Nationally Scarce' species. We want to see if this unusual species is living in the Nature Reserve at Chester Zoo and for this we need your help!
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/recor...
@tanyptera.bsky.social
🧐 Parasyrphus nigritarsis is a 'Nationally Scarce' species. We want to see if this unusual species is living in the Nature Reserve at Chester Zoo and for this we need your help!
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/recor...
@tanyptera.bsky.social