Julian Sidney
@butterflyjulian.bsky.social
Treasure hunting for butterflies, sometime birds, bees, dragonflies and spiders with my spotter (wife).
North East Essex
Photos using Fujifilm X T5 straight out of the camera
North East Essex
Photos using Fujifilm X T5 straight out of the camera
Got my first one in the trap Saturday
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Got my first one in the trap Saturday
Ragwort Fly, Sphenella marginata I believe. Seen today at The Naze.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ragwort Fly, Sphenella marginata I believe. Seen today at The Naze.
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Following on from yesterday's lovely sighting of a female Holly Blue in our #wildspaces, I wasn't expecting to find she had found a mate when i got home today.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Following on from yesterday's lovely sighting of a female Holly Blue in our #wildspaces, I wasn't expecting to find she had found a mate when i got home today.
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A surprise find in our #pollinator garden this afternoon, 21st October. A very fresh looking female Holly Blue.
Not seen one this late in the year before.
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Not seen one this late in the year before.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A surprise find in our #pollinator garden this afternoon, 21st October. A very fresh looking female Holly Blue.
Not seen one this late in the year before.
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#irecordbutterflies
Not seen one this late in the year before.
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#irecordbutterflies
It was a good night in my garden with a lovely Red-green Carpet and Merveille du Jour both staying outside the trap
#teammoths
#teammoths
October 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It was a good night in my garden with a lovely Red-green Carpet and Merveille du Jour both staying outside the trap
#teammoths
#teammoths
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Phasia obesa seen this afternoon feeding on daisies in our garden.
Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
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Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
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#flies
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Phasia obesa seen this afternoon feeding on daisies in our garden.
Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
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#flies
Phasia obesa is a parasitoid of shield bugs. Specifically, its larvae parasitize nymphs of several Heteropteran species, including shield bugs.
I count a dozen Shieldbug daily in our garden.
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#flies
Northern Deep-Brown Dart
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
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was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
#moths
#teammoths
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Northern Deep-Brown Dart
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
#moths
#teammoths
was the highlight of the moth trap on Saturday night in our North East Essex garden on a windy night.
#moths
#teammoths
A male Spilichneumon occisorius
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
October 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A male Spilichneumon occisorius
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
This must be my find of my life. Very few verified records in the uk.
Verified today by Malcolm Storey #irecord
Thanks for the reply.
Seen again this evening in same area.
Got a few more photos
Seen again this evening in same area.
Got a few more photos
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thanks for the reply.
Seen again this evening in same area.
Got a few more photos
Seen again this evening in same area.
Got a few more photos
On my daily wander around our North Essex garden with camera, I found this fly, about 5mm long on shady side on hedge.
Can anyone id please, possible Paraplatypeza atra (Meigen, 1804)
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Can anyone id please, possible Paraplatypeza atra (Meigen, 1804)
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October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
On my daily wander around our North Essex garden with camera, I found this fly, about 5mm long on shady side on hedge.
Can anyone id please, possible Paraplatypeza atra (Meigen, 1804)
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Can anyone id please, possible Paraplatypeza atra (Meigen, 1804)
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A couple of nice finds Chris.
I believe I had one in our garden on the Monday .
I believe I had one in our garden on the Monday .
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A couple of nice finds Chris.
I believe I had one in our garden on the Monday .
I believe I had one in our garden on the Monday .
Palomena prasina Common Green Shieldbug 2nd instar nymph I believe, see this evening in our garden.
#shieldbug
#irecord
#shieldbug
#irecord
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Palomena prasina Common Green Shieldbug 2nd instar nymph I believe, see this evening in our garden.
#shieldbug
#irecord
#shieldbug
#irecord
Had a iRecord June record redetermined by the Simon, the country recorder to Horehound Long-horn Nemophora fasciella.
A scarce species, distributed mainly in the south and south-east of England, but very local.
Another good garden find.
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A scarce species, distributed mainly in the south and south-east of England, but very local.
Another good garden find.
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#moths
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September 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Had a iRecord June record redetermined by the Simon, the country recorder to Horehound Long-horn Nemophora fasciella.
A scarce species, distributed mainly in the south and south-east of England, but very local.
Another good garden find.
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#moths
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A scarce species, distributed mainly in the south and south-east of England, but very local.
Another good garden find.
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#moths
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A day spent at @nationaltrust.org.uk #Flatford today. Wandering along the river Stour the most abundant Damselfly was the Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis)
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September 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A day spent at @nationaltrust.org.uk #Flatford today. Wandering along the river Stour the most abundant Damselfly was the Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis)
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European hornet (Vespa crabro) seems to be doing well this year.
This one on flowering ivy in my garden.
This one on flowering ivy in my garden.
September 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
European hornet (Vespa crabro) seems to be doing well this year.
This one on flowering ivy in my garden.
This one on flowering ivy in my garden.
A couple of hours spent at #greathollandpits today with good numbers of 3rd brood Common Blue and Small Copper on the wing.
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#savebutterflies #irecordbutterflies
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September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A couple of hours spent at #greathollandpits today with good numbers of 3rd brood Common Blue and Small Copper on the wing.
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#savebutterflies #irecordbutterflies
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#savebutterflies #irecordbutterflies
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A couple of keen fisherman seen out of the hide today at Great Holland Pits. The Kingfisher was entertaining us for 1/2 an hour with the water level as low as I've seen it.
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#kingfisher
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#kingfisher
September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A couple of keen fisherman seen out of the hide today at Great Holland Pits. The Kingfisher was entertaining us for 1/2 an hour with the water level as low as I've seen it.
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#kingfisher
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#kingfisher
A great day spent @nationaltrust.org.uk #Blickling estate today after checking out of Blacksmith Cottage.
Weather was lovely, staff and volunteers were helpful and knowledgeable. Views were stunning as seen looking from the house down to the Parterre.
Weather was lovely, staff and volunteers were helpful and knowledgeable. Views were stunning as seen looking from the house down to the Parterre.
September 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A great day spent @nationaltrust.org.uk #Blickling estate today after checking out of Blacksmith Cottage.
Weather was lovely, staff and volunteers were helpful and knowledgeable. Views were stunning as seen looking from the house down to the Parterre.
Weather was lovely, staff and volunteers were helpful and knowledgeable. Views were stunning as seen looking from the house down to the Parterre.
Can anyone confirm my id on this moth please.
Is it Choreutis nemorana, which is commonly known as the Fig-leaf Skeletoniser or Fig-leaf Roller?
Seen yesterday at Mannington Hall rose gardens in Norfolk.
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Is it Choreutis nemorana, which is commonly known as the Fig-leaf Skeletoniser or Fig-leaf Roller?
Seen yesterday at Mannington Hall rose gardens in Norfolk.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Can anyone confirm my id on this moth please.
Is it Choreutis nemorana, which is commonly known as the Fig-leaf Skeletoniser or Fig-leaf Roller?
Seen yesterday at Mannington Hall rose gardens in Norfolk.
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Is it Choreutis nemorana, which is commonly known as the Fig-leaf Skeletoniser or Fig-leaf Roller?
Seen yesterday at Mannington Hall rose gardens in Norfolk.
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Peacock Butterfly in the garden of our Blickling holiday cottage along with 42 Peacock and 2 Herald over wintering in a 100 year old shed at Mannington Hall
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#Manningtonhall
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#Manningtonhall
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Peacock Butterfly in the garden of our Blickling holiday cottage along with 42 Peacock and 2 Herald over wintering in a 100 year old shed at Mannington Hall
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#Manningtonhall
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#Manningtonhall
Got a Square-spot Rustic in my garden trap yesterday morning just across the estuary from you.
September 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Got a Square-spot Rustic in my garden trap yesterday morning just across the estuary from you.
County recorder believes this is possibly a Sciota rhenella
Poplar Knot-horn, which came to my garden light in June this year. If correct the 5th Essex record since 1990 in Essex.
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Poplar Knot-horn, which came to my garden light in June this year. If correct the 5th Essex record since 1990 in Essex.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
County recorder believes this is possibly a Sciota rhenella
Poplar Knot-horn, which came to my garden light in June this year. If correct the 5th Essex record since 1990 in Essex.
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Poplar Knot-horn, which came to my garden light in June this year. If correct the 5th Essex record since 1990 in Essex.
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Came across this bee today at Walton-on-the-Naze, which I believe to be a Brown-banded Carder Bee.
Would be grateful for any thoughts on my ID. 🤔
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Would be grateful for any thoughts on my ID. 🤔
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September 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Came across this bee today at Walton-on-the-Naze, which I believe to be a Brown-banded Carder Bee.
Would be grateful for any thoughts on my ID. 🤔
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Would be grateful for any thoughts on my ID. 🤔
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