Derek Binns
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Derek Binns
@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
Amateur naturalist - parasitic wasps (and other tiny insects) specialising in UK Trichogrammatidae and Mymaridae. All posts are my own finds, and all are found in Sussex (unless otherwise stated).
Born at 317.68ppm.
He is a young man in need of guidance. He has been failed by his father and paternal grandfather and great grandfather. Those men have instilled a gross disrespect for his mother and grandmother, and for the norms of life. Now he needs a routine on which to build his future.
#TheArchers
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We've yet to hear from Mrs Trellis of North Wales ...
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank you.
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
That was my first thought, but I've never seen a solitary one. Hence wondering about other possibilities.
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This was really good! Excellent insight into a hidden world.
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Like this a lot, such beautiful work.
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This was a brilliant interview. The phrase "give him enough rope" springs to mind!
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
If Peggy's Will stipulates a holiday that includes all the family, then Ruairi is surely deviating from the terms of the Will by booking a holiday that excludes some family members. In that case the Will won't pay for the holiday unless the Executors seek to alter the terms formally?
#TheArchers
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There is something quite meditative about this. The care and precision of movement becomes fluid, and thence three dimensional. Strangely absorbing.
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Congrats Graeme. A huge amount of work led up to this moment!
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
My favourite of yours!
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thanks for these images. Most likely id is a male Centrodora dorsati, a wasp of the Aphelinidae that is an egg parasitoid of the Short-winged Conehead.
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Those took a great deal of skill. Beautiful work.
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM