David Notton
@davidnotton.bsky.social
Mad about diapriid wasps/bees 🐝taxonomy, zoological nomenclature, museums, entomology curation & IPM! Former NHMUK, now freelance. Recording Lauriston Agroecology Farm🌾🥕 🏴🇪🇺 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Notton #Edinburgh
New publication! Review of Tetramopria (Diapriidae) of E Palaearctic - mating behaviour and interactions with host ants. with Ryoji Kawai and Seonwoo Yoon. Free download:
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June 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New publication! Review of Tetramopria (Diapriidae) of E Palaearctic - mating behaviour and interactions with host ants. with Ryoji Kawai and Seonwoo Yoon. Free download:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
NEW publication! Gall wasps associated with buds of Holm oak Quercus ilex in Britain: Plagiotrochus britaniae new to Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), Saphonecrus barbotini new to Britain and Ceroptres cerri new host record. FREE download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
March 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEW publication! Gall wasps associated with buds of Holm oak Quercus ilex in Britain: Plagiotrochus britaniae new to Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), Saphonecrus barbotini new to Britain and Ceroptres cerri new host record. FREE download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
And thanks to Armando Mendez for arranging a stay at the historic loge in the Museum grounds
February 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
And thanks to Armando Mendez for arranging a stay at the historic loge in the Museum grounds
Delighted to be training Natural History Museum, London staff in pest identification as part of their museum/library IPM course. Bonus points if you know the moth (easier) or the beetle larval skin (harder) answers in Alt text
February 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Delighted to be training Natural History Museum, London staff in pest identification as part of their museum/library IPM course. Bonus points if you know the moth (easier) or the beetle larval skin (harder) answers in Alt text
Galls of Dryomyza lichtensteinii on Holm oak (Quercus ilex) at Highgate Cemetery today - a small tree - perhaps recently imported
February 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Galls of Dryomyza lichtensteinii on Holm oak (Quercus ilex) at Highgate Cemetery today - a small tree - perhaps recently imported
Sadly one the Barn owls at Lauriston Farm #Edinburgh has met an untimely end, not sure how as only a pile of feathers left, but perhaps a casualty of storm Eowyn
January 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sadly one the Barn owls at Lauriston Farm #Edinburgh has met an untimely end, not sure how as only a pile of feathers left, but perhaps a casualty of storm Eowyn
December 24, 2024 at 1:55 PM
NEW publication 'Review of Diapriidae of the Faroe Islands (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae)' with Mio Hübner, Hannes Gabel, Viktor Deines & Agnes-Katharina Kreiling. Free download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... We identified 10 species including Basalys abruptus (figs below)
December 19, 2024 at 2:26 PM
NEW publication 'Review of Diapriidae of the Faroe Islands (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae)' with Mio Hübner, Hannes Gabel, Viktor Deines & Agnes-Katharina Kreiling. Free download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... We identified 10 species including Basalys abruptus (figs below)
The curious folklore of the Christmas wasp... 🎅🐝 fdacsdpi.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/a...
December 15, 2024 at 5:46 PM
The curious folklore of the Christmas wasp... 🎅🐝 fdacsdpi.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/a...
New report on moths and butterfliesof Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh up to 2024, incl. some stunners: Merveille du jour, Puss moth etc. Free download: www.researchgate.net/publication/.... It's an innovative site because of agroecological management maximising biodiversity while farming.
December 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM
New report on moths and butterfliesof Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh up to 2024, incl. some stunners: Merveille du jour, Puss moth etc. Free download: www.researchgate.net/publication/.... It's an innovative site because of agroecological management maximising biodiversity while farming.
Does anyone know what these are? Locality probably Brazil. Best guess so far is catfish sting/pectoral spines but would be good to confirm/know more. Held at RBGE archive. @paoloviscardi.bsky.social #Edinburgh
December 6, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Does anyone know what these are? Locality probably Brazil. Best guess so far is catfish sting/pectoral spines but would be good to confirm/know more. Held at RBGE archive. @paoloviscardi.bsky.social #Edinburgh
Just identified this microwasp I swept from the Hawthorn hedge at Lauriston Farm. Turns out it's Torymus varians which eats hawthorn seeds - a phytophagous parasitic wasp! Rarely recorded, only one unconfirmed English record on NBN Atlas. #entomology #Edinburgh.
December 3, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Just identified this microwasp I swept from the Hawthorn hedge at Lauriston Farm. Turns out it's Torymus varians which eats hawthorn seeds - a phytophagous parasitic wasp! Rarely recorded, only one unconfirmed English record on NBN Atlas. #entomology #Edinburgh.
Platygaster subuliformis - a microwasp parasitoid attacking the pest Brassica pod midge (Dasineura brassicae). Recently found at Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh. Probably new for Scotland #entomology
November 27, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Platygaster subuliformis - a microwasp parasitoid attacking the pest Brassica pod midge (Dasineura brassicae). Recently found at Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh. Probably new for Scotland #entomology
Pleased to find that Lauriston Farm has a resident Water rail. Seen over a 5 day period foraging mostly during the day, sometimes at night. Has managed to escape the local weasel gang so far... #Edinburgh
November 18, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Pleased to find that Lauriston Farm has a resident Water rail. Seen over a 5 day period foraging mostly during the day, sometimes at night. Has managed to escape the local weasel gang so far... #Edinburgh
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November 13, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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