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Dr Jill Whitelock
@jillwhitelock.bsky.social
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Associate Director, Head of Special Collections at @theul.bsky.social | Co-Chair, @camglamresearch.bsky.social | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Wildflowers, hoverflies, photography
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Think this is a female Yellow dung fly on Ivy. #WildWebsWednesday 📷 #photography #Diptera
Female Yellow dung fly on Ivy.
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Eye-to-eye with (I think) a male Yellow dung fly resting on an Ivy leaf. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
A small Fly with red eyes on an Ivy leaf.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Library view. @theul.bsky.social
A view out from the sixth floor of Cambridge University Library.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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A nice White dead nettle in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Close-up photograph of a White dead nettle flower and leaves, against a dark green background.
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Common field speedwell in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Blue and white Common field speedwell flower against a blurred green, orange and yellow background.
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Black nightshade flowering in the car park at Cambridgeshire Music, Histon. #WildflowerHour
White star-shaped flower with a yellow centre, surrounded by buds and a dark green background.
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Trailing bellflower growing as a pavement plant in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Blue star-shaped flowers against mid green leaves and a yellow orange background of fallen leaves.
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Yellow corydalis, Trumpington Road, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
A single Yellow corydalis flower amid green leaves.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Spotted dead nettle, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Pale pink flowers with dark pink markings, against green leaves with a pale central blotch.
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Thyme-leaved speedwell in flower on the north side of @theul.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour
A tiny white flower with blue markings, surrounded by green leaves.
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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A Cambridge #TheWinter10. Greater celandine, Hedgerow cranesbill, Red dead nettle, Shaggy soldier, Black horehound, Periwinkle, Knotgrass, Ragwort, Common chickweed, White dead nettle and Dandelion. #WildflowerHour
Montage showing Greater celandine, Hedgerow cranesbill, Red dead nettle, Shaggy soldier, Black horehound, Periwinkle, Knotgrass, Ragwort, Common chickweed, White dead nettle and Dandelion.
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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💚 Thank you! Here’s the text as well, in case of interest.
Photograph of a page of text describing an illustration and observation of a hoverfly larva on a rose.
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Fly time. 📷 #photography #Diptera
A fly on the edge of an ivy leaf against a blurred green background.
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Have you seen this one before, from Eleazar Albin’s ‘A natural history of English insects’ (London, 1720)? Scaeva(?) hoverfly and larva.
Hand-coloured printed illustration of a rose with a hoverfly larva on a leaf; also showing the adult fly.
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Library light.
#BlueskyArtShow #bright @theul.bsky.social
A glass light shade with the word ‘STAIR’ shining through a red painted area. Books on shelves are visible on the right of the photograph.
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Aster, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. 📷 #photography
A pale Daisy-like flower against a blurred green and orange background.
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Insects on the engraved title-page of August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof’s ‘Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung’ (Nuremberg, 1746-61), vol. 2. S391.c.74.1-4 @theul.bsky.social
Engraved title-page of vol. 2 of August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof’s ‘Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung’, with coloured illustrations of various insects.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Pretty lens flare, Autumn 2021.
#BlueskyArtShow #bright 📷 #photography
Pink, green, blue and white light from the sun shining behind a tree.
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Fungi where a tree used to be, outside @theul.bsky.social earlier this week. There were Bee orchids there earlier this year too. #FungiFriday 📷 #photography
Close-up eye-level photograph of fungi amongst fallen leaves in grass.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A Sweet violet flowering in Ely last weekend. #FlowersOnFriday 📷 #photography
Close-up photograph of a purple Sweet violet in grass, against a blurred green and brown background.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Cranefly resting on grass. #WildWebsWednesday 📷 #photography
A Cranefly resting on a blade of grass, against a blurred green background.
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Eristalis hoverfly on a nice big Dandelion. #WildWebsWednesday
A large yellowy orange and brown female Eristalis hoverfly on shaggy yellow Dandelion flower.
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Leafhopper on a late flowering Ena Harkness rose. #MacroMonday 📷 #photography
A tiny green Leafhopper on a red Rose petal.
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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A pretty Sweet violet flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour
Sunlight shining through the petals of a purple Sweet violet, flowering in grass.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Autumn yellows. Hedge mustard, Ragwort with female Sphaerophoria hoverfly and Lady’s bedstraw. #WildflowerHour
Yellow flowers of Hedge mustard, Ragwort (with female Sphaerophoria hoverfly) and Lady’s bedstraw.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM