Cambridge Natural History Society
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Founded in 1857 as Cambridge Entomological Society. CNHS is open to everyone interested in natural history: palaeontology, conservation, entomology, ecology, zoology, geology, botany.
Great silver diving beetle (Hydrophilus piceus). Holly videoed this beetle being released after we found it at the bottom of the moth trap this morning in the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens #cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #mothsmatter
October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great silver diving beetle (Hydrophilus piceus). Holly videoed this beetle being released after we found it at the bottom of the moth trap this morning in the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens #cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #mothsmatter
Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) crawling across a lawn today in Cambridge - probably looking for some leaf litter to pupate in #mothsmatter
September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) crawling across a lawn today in Cambridge - probably looking for some leaf litter to pupate in #mothsmatter
A Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) in a central Cambridge meadow . The main food item for this spider is orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers), so perhaps it has caught one of the many Field grasshoppers in the meadow.
September 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) in a central Cambridge meadow . The main food item for this spider is orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers), so perhaps it has caught one of the many Field grasshoppers in the meadow.
A Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) amongst the fallen autumn leaves today in Cambridge.
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) amongst the fallen autumn leaves today in Cambridge.