Hannah Breach
@hannahbreach.bsky.social
Naturalist. Norfolk. Mostly wandering about looking at invertebrates with Kevin Radley (in which case all photos his) or observing the creatures in my garden.
Some attractive leaf mines seen today in the Yare Valley.
A Beech leaf with Stigmella tityrella and Phyllonorycter messaniella mines. A Hazel leaf with what I believe is a Stigmella microtheriella mine.
#leafminers #teammoth #norfolkmoths
A Beech leaf with Stigmella tityrella and Phyllonorycter messaniella mines. A Hazel leaf with what I believe is a Stigmella microtheriella mine.
#leafminers #teammoth #norfolkmoths
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Some attractive leaf mines seen today in the Yare Valley.
A Beech leaf with Stigmella tityrella and Phyllonorycter messaniella mines. A Hazel leaf with what I believe is a Stigmella microtheriella mine.
#leafminers #teammoth #norfolkmoths
A Beech leaf with Stigmella tityrella and Phyllonorycter messaniella mines. A Hazel leaf with what I believe is a Stigmella microtheriella mine.
#leafminers #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia quattuordecimguttata) seen today in the Yare Valley. #UKLadybirds
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia quattuordecimguttata) seen today in the Yare Valley. #UKLadybirds
Disturbed this Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) whilst trimming Bramble back in the garden today. It settled back further in and we'll be careful to avoid that area from now on so that it can over-winter in peace. (photo taken as it was getting dark) #brimstone #hibernation
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Disturbed this Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) whilst trimming Bramble back in the garden today. It settled back further in and we'll be careful to avoid that area from now on so that it can over-winter in peace. (photo taken as it was getting dark) #brimstone #hibernation
This has surely been a 'Clouded Yellow year' but very pleased to have one in our Breckland garden today. A first for here and the best views I've ever had of one!
#norfolkbutterflies #cloudedyellow
#norfolkbutterflies #cloudedyellow
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This has surely been a 'Clouded Yellow year' but very pleased to have one in our Breckland garden today. A first for here and the best views I've ever had of one!
#norfolkbutterflies #cloudedyellow
#norfolkbutterflies #cloudedyellow
4 commonly seen invertebrates in & around fens. Amber Snail (Succinea putris),
Spiked Shield-bug (Picromerus bidens)
Milky Slug (Deroceras agreste) and Drinker (Euthrix potatoria).
I believe D. agreste is restricted to the Yare Valley in Norfolk. All photos taken on phone so not great!
#broads
Spiked Shield-bug (Picromerus bidens)
Milky Slug (Deroceras agreste) and Drinker (Euthrix potatoria).
I believe D. agreste is restricted to the Yare Valley in Norfolk. All photos taken on phone so not great!
#broads
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
4 commonly seen invertebrates in & around fens. Amber Snail (Succinea putris),
Spiked Shield-bug (Picromerus bidens)
Milky Slug (Deroceras agreste) and Drinker (Euthrix potatoria).
I believe D. agreste is restricted to the Yare Valley in Norfolk. All photos taken on phone so not great!
#broads
Spiked Shield-bug (Picromerus bidens)
Milky Slug (Deroceras agreste) and Drinker (Euthrix potatoria).
I believe D. agreste is restricted to the Yare Valley in Norfolk. All photos taken on phone so not great!
#broads
This is a slight cheat as it's not a recent photograph! I found this photo I'd taken a couple of years ago in Surlingham of a
?Ormyrus nitidulus and thought it's such a smart beast I had to post it! Not something I've encountered before or since, this individual was on my car. #hymenoptera
?Ormyrus nitidulus and thought it's such a smart beast I had to post it! Not something I've encountered before or since, this individual was on my car. #hymenoptera
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is a slight cheat as it's not a recent photograph! I found this photo I'd taken a couple of years ago in Surlingham of a
?Ormyrus nitidulus and thought it's such a smart beast I had to post it! Not something I've encountered before or since, this individual was on my car. #hymenoptera
?Ormyrus nitidulus and thought it's such a smart beast I had to post it! Not something I've encountered before or since, this individual was on my car. #hymenoptera
Blending in beautifully these Walls (Lasiommata megera) have been seen regularly in a Yare Valley garden. Photo Kevin Radley
#butterfly #wallbrown
#butterfly #wallbrown
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Blending in beautifully these Walls (Lasiommata megera) have been seen regularly in a Yare Valley garden. Photo Kevin Radley
#butterfly #wallbrown
#butterfly #wallbrown
Carabus granulatus preying on a Succinea putris (Amber Snail) about 50 cm above ground level showing that not all 'ground beetles' follow the rules!
Also seen yesterday in the Yare Valley numerous Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger) cats & Picromerus bidens.
#beetle
Also seen yesterday in the Yare Valley numerous Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger) cats & Picromerus bidens.
#beetle
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Carabus granulatus preying on a Succinea putris (Amber Snail) about 50 cm above ground level showing that not all 'ground beetles' follow the rules!
Also seen yesterday in the Yare Valley numerous Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger) cats & Picromerus bidens.
#beetle
Also seen yesterday in the Yare Valley numerous Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Ruby Tiger) cats & Picromerus bidens.
#beetle
The Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi) larva is now fully grown and looking rather magnificent.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
October 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi) larva is now fully grown and looking rather magnificent.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
Another day another charming moth larva! Saw good numbers of Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) cats today in the Ant Valley, most apparently 'basking' in the sunshine.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Another day another charming moth larva! Saw good numbers of Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) cats today in the Ant Valley, most apparently 'basking' in the sunshine.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
Very tatty but still a beauty, this Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) was attracted into our garden polytunnel by the Nicotiana sylvestris that's growing in there.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
October 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Very tatty but still a beauty, this Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) was attracted into our garden polytunnel by the Nicotiana sylvestris that's growing in there.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
I've seen more Earwigs in the last 3 weeks than in the last 3 years put together. The species had a dramatic collapse in numbers around here so it's fantastic to see them again.
There's a v interesting paper 'Recent drop in numbers of the Common Earwig' by J. Murray in the Ent. Rec Vol. 137 Part 4
There's a v interesting paper 'Recent drop in numbers of the Common Earwig' by J. Murray in the Ent. Rec Vol. 137 Part 4
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I've seen more Earwigs in the last 3 weeks than in the last 3 years put together. The species had a dramatic collapse in numbers around here so it's fantastic to see them again.
There's a v interesting paper 'Recent drop in numbers of the Common Earwig' by J. Murray in the Ent. Rec Vol. 137 Part 4
There's a v interesting paper 'Recent drop in numbers of the Common Earwig' by J. Murray in the Ent. Rec Vol. 137 Part 4
Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) larva feeding on Bramble in the garden today.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) larva feeding on Bramble in the garden today.
#norfolkmoths
#norfolkmoths
Kevin found this single hindwing today in the Yare Valley. Turns out he and I are both good at finding leftover bits of Clifden Nonpareil...still not seen a whole one!
#teammoth #blueunderwing
#teammoth #blueunderwing
September 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kevin found this single hindwing today in the Yare Valley. Turns out he and I are both good at finding leftover bits of Clifden Nonpareil...still not seen a whole one!
#teammoth #blueunderwing
#teammoth #blueunderwing
An early 5th instar Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) larva, likely 2nd generation, seen today in the Yare Valley.
#norfolkbutterflies
#norfolkbutterflies
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
An early 5th instar Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) larva, likely 2nd generation, seen today in the Yare Valley.
#norfolkbutterflies
#norfolkbutterflies
Giant Willow Aphids (Tuberolachnus salignus) in the garden today. #aphid #invertebrates
September 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Giant Willow Aphids (Tuberolachnus salignus) in the garden today. #aphid #invertebrates
Intrigued to know the identity of the moth larvae feeding on a Diascia I've planted by the house I reared a few to find out.
5 Beautiful Plumes Amblyptilia acanthadactyla emerged yesterday. I've seen the imagines plenty of times but not the equally remarkable looking pupae.
#teammoth
5 Beautiful Plumes Amblyptilia acanthadactyla emerged yesterday. I've seen the imagines plenty of times but not the equally remarkable looking pupae.
#teammoth
September 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Intrigued to know the identity of the moth larvae feeding on a Diascia I've planted by the house I reared a few to find out.
5 Beautiful Plumes Amblyptilia acanthadactyla emerged yesterday. I've seen the imagines plenty of times but not the equally remarkable looking pupae.
#teammoth
5 Beautiful Plumes Amblyptilia acanthadactyla emerged yesterday. I've seen the imagines plenty of times but not the equally remarkable looking pupae.
#teammoth
Saw this beautiful large Hoverfly - Sericomyia silentis (Yellow-barred Peat Fly) today in Barton Turf. Not one we often encounter.
#hoverfly
#hoverfly
September 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Saw this beautiful large Hoverfly - Sericomyia silentis (Yellow-barred Peat Fly) today in Barton Turf. Not one we often encounter.
#hoverfly
#hoverfly
Marpissa muscosa or Fencepost Jumping Spider, a beautifully marked spider that I've seen a couple of times on my rabbits' run!
#britishspiders #jumpingspider
#britishspiders #jumpingspider
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Marpissa muscosa or Fencepost Jumping Spider, a beautifully marked spider that I've seen a couple of times on my rabbits' run!
#britishspiders #jumpingspider
#britishspiders #jumpingspider
Picromerus bidens seen last weekend in the Ant Valley. This species is a well known predator of other insect larvae, especially those of lepidoptera. We've seen P. bidens predating Swallowtails Papilio machaon on several occasions.
A widespread Shieldbug, oddly I've only seen it in the Broads.
A widespread Shieldbug, oddly I've only seen it in the Broads.
September 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Picromerus bidens seen last weekend in the Ant Valley. This species is a well known predator of other insect larvae, especially those of lepidoptera. We've seen P. bidens predating Swallowtails Papilio machaon on several occasions.
A widespread Shieldbug, oddly I've only seen it in the Broads.
A widespread Shieldbug, oddly I've only seen it in the Broads.
My favourite invertebrate as a child was the 22 Spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) and it's still in my top ten!
Spotted this larva today at Barton Turf.
#ladybird
Spotted this larva today at Barton Turf.
#ladybird
August 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My favourite invertebrate as a child was the 22 Spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) and it's still in my top ten!
Spotted this larva today at Barton Turf.
#ladybird
Spotted this larva today at Barton Turf.
#ladybird
Last weekend I went to look for White Admiral (Limenitis camilla) larvae in a North Norfolk wood. It was great to find 7 in just a couple of hours of searching. All the Honeysuckle looked wilted, wonder if drought will affect success of the cats.
Fuzzy phone pic shows leaf better than my TG-6 did!
Fuzzy phone pic shows leaf better than my TG-6 did!
August 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Last weekend I went to look for White Admiral (Limenitis camilla) larvae in a North Norfolk wood. It was great to find 7 in just a couple of hours of searching. All the Honeysuckle looked wilted, wonder if drought will affect success of the cats.
Fuzzy phone pic shows leaf better than my TG-6 did!
Fuzzy phone pic shows leaf better than my TG-6 did!