And another example from the French Alps where the marmots gamble, but where there aren't meadows full of Monarch butterflies!

Mine truly captures the majesty of these creatures. Let's see who wins!

Battleship grey of the battleship of a moth - the Poplar Hawk-moth

A nice couple of moths yesterday: Lime Hawkmoth and Elephant Hawkmoth. Both relatively common, but nonetheless very beautiful

A great thread on the invertebrate life sustained by just one common plant, Red Campion, Silene dioica.

Here's a picture of the Lychnis moth I took a couple of days ago - we need to support our ordinary, common plants

Parasitoid wasp Ichneumon stramentor. It lays eggs in the larvae of the Large Yellow Underwing and Setaceous Hebrew Character moths. The wasp larvae hatch and eat the moth larvae from inside...

Orange Underwing moth seen today on the edge of woodland near Sheffield. I normally see these flying around at the top of trees, so this is the first time I've seen one up close!

First butterfly of the year in the garden, and it's a Speckled Wood!

March Moth Alsophila aescularia arrived a little earlier than it's designated month... This is a male moth - female March Moths are wingless

1947 Farnham plan suggests replacing parking with green infrastructure. 2025: the parking is still there with cars.

Here's a #bluebug for #bluemonday. Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni - once thought extinct in the UK, but making a rapid comeback

Fascinating lecture from Mike Barrett @wwf-uk.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk on global biodiversity loss and policy implementation. Set out the real failure to act, set meaningful targets or show anywhere like sufficient ambition.

Nice, early winter moths after last night's mild weather. Mottled Umber, and the total unit that is the December Moth!

@kierachapman.bsky.social talking about the value of ecological reporting at the @bsbibotany.bsky.social conference