Rob Jaques
@episyrphusb.bsky.social
This is great. Now I hope we can change most ladybird common names so they are actually helpful
I have edited my website page for Calvia decemguttata, removing the unpopular name Jersey Ladybird. I have opted instead for White-spot Ladybird as suggested by @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social. This links the two Calvia species together as Cream-spot and White-spot Ladybirds.
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is great. Now I hope we can change most ladybird common names so they are actually helpful
Uloborus plumipes, though I think the common name Garden Centre Spider works well. In a Thetford supermarket, having created a web over a box of twixes, not far from the exotic plants it was presumably brought in with. @britishspiders.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Uloborus plumipes, though I think the common name Garden Centre Spider works well. In a Thetford supermarket, having created a web over a box of twixes, not far from the exotic plants it was presumably brought in with. @britishspiders.bsky.social
I took a picture
We have about 700 endemics - species found nowhere else other than *right here*. What’s interesting is that barely any of them are well known, even within the natural history community, despite being, arguably, our most important species.
📷: Northern February Red, by @episyrphusb.bsky.social
📷: Northern February Red, by @episyrphusb.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I took a picture
Does anyone have a clue on this presumed moth larva? Doesn't look right for any of the common bagworm species. Found in Thetford, on a small patch of rough ground. @norfolkmoths.bsky.social @arcanelove.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Does anyone have a clue on this presumed moth larva? Doesn't look right for any of the common bagworm species. Found in Thetford, on a small patch of rough ground. @norfolkmoths.bsky.social @arcanelove.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Never seen a Segestria florentina outside of its tunnel before. An absolute behemoth with beautiful shiny green chelicerae. Found on a pub toilet in Sevenoaks @britishspiders.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Never seen a Segestria florentina outside of its tunnel before. An absolute behemoth with beautiful shiny green chelicerae. Found on a pub toilet in Sevenoaks @britishspiders.bsky.social
The ridiculously shaped beetle Hololepta plana, otherwise known as the Stupid Flat Idiot. @bsbicountries.bsky.social
@arcanelove.bsky.social
@arcanelove.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The ridiculously shaped beetle Hololepta plana, otherwise known as the Stupid Flat Idiot. @bsbicountries.bsky.social
@arcanelove.bsky.social
@arcanelove.bsky.social