Per Smiseth
@persmiseth.bsky.social
Behavioural ecologist @ University of Edinburgh. Parental care & family conflict, inbreeding. Biological recording & natural history in cemeteries, burial grounds & churchyards.
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✨ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us! 🍻
Special shout-out to our featured scientists:
🪲 @persmiseth.bsky.social , Lecturer in Animal Behaviour
🪰 @darrenobbard.bsky.social, Professor of Evoluntionary Genetics
🦋 Simon Martin, Royal Society University Research Fellow
#ScienceCommunication
Special shout-out to our featured scientists:
🪲 @persmiseth.bsky.social , Lecturer in Animal Behaviour
🪰 @darrenobbard.bsky.social, Professor of Evoluntionary Genetics
🦋 Simon Martin, Royal Society University Research Fellow
#ScienceCommunication
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
✨ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us! 🍻
Special shout-out to our featured scientists:
🪲 @persmiseth.bsky.social , Lecturer in Animal Behaviour
🪰 @darrenobbard.bsky.social, Professor of Evoluntionary Genetics
🦋 Simon Martin, Royal Society University Research Fellow
#ScienceCommunication
Special shout-out to our featured scientists:
🪲 @persmiseth.bsky.social , Lecturer in Animal Behaviour
🪰 @darrenobbard.bsky.social, Professor of Evoluntionary Genetics
🦋 Simon Martin, Royal Society University Research Fellow
#ScienceCommunication
Cream-streaked Ladybird (Harmonia quadripunctata) from Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning. #Ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Cream-streaked Ladybird (Harmonia quadripunctata) from Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning. #Ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Collection of critters from yesterday’s visit to Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh: 18-spot, Larch, Eyed, Orange & Harlequin #Ladybirds (I counted 356 of the latter, including 1 eating a hoverfly larva) ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Collection of critters from yesterday’s visit to Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh: 18-spot, Larch, Eyed, Orange & Harlequin #Ladybirds (I counted 356 of the latter, including 1 eating a hoverfly larva) ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Duddingston Kirk Graveyard, #Edinburgh: Blaste quadrimaculata, Elipsocus hyalinus, Valenzuela flavidus & Cerobasis guestfalica. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
October 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Duddingston Kirk Graveyard, #Edinburgh: Blaste quadrimaculata, Elipsocus hyalinus, Valenzuela flavidus & Cerobasis guestfalica. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Peripsocus milleri, Graphopsocus cruciatus, Cerobasis guestfalica & Valenzuela flavidus. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
September 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Collection of #barkflies from today’s visit to Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Peripsocus milleri, Graphopsocus cruciatus, Cerobasis guestfalica & Valenzuela flavidus. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Female Metylophorus nebulosus from Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (VC83), this afternoon. A large (6-7mm) & attractive #barkfly. #Psocoptera #Metylophorusnebulosus #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
September 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Female Metylophorus nebulosus from Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (VC83), this afternoon. A large (6-7mm) & attractive #barkfly. #Psocoptera #Metylophorusnebulosus #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Bagworm - possibly Lichen Case-bearer (Dahlica lichenella) - feeding on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. Initially mistaken for snail poo. #TeamMoth #Moths #Psychidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
August 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bagworm - possibly Lichen Case-bearer (Dahlica lichenella) - feeding on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. Initially mistaken for snail poo. #TeamMoth #Moths #Psychidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by 7-spot Ladybird found today on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #Braconidae #Parasitoids #Ladybirds #Dinocampuscoccinellae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
August 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by 7-spot Ladybird found today on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #Braconidae #Parasitoids #Ladybirds #Dinocampuscoccinellae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) from Greyfriars Kirkyard, #Edinburgh, this morning. 1 of 3 seen in this site. #TeamMoth #Moths #Chrysoclistalineella #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
August 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) from Greyfriars Kirkyard, #Edinburgh, this morning. 1 of 3 seen in this site. #TeamMoth #Moths #Chrysoclistalineella #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
8x Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) found yesterday on gravestones under lime tree in Old Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #moths #teammoth #Chrysoclistalineella
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
July 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
8x Lime Flame (Chrysoclista lineella) found yesterday on gravestones under lime tree in Old Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. #moths #teammoth #Chrysoclistalineella
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Male Hairy Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus hyalinatus) from my #Edinburgh garden. #bees #HylaeusHyalinatus.
July 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Male Hairy Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus hyalinatus) from my #Edinburgh garden. #bees #HylaeusHyalinatus.
Some of today’s records from Rosebank Cemetery, #Edinburgh: leafhopper Eupterycyba jucunda, Pied Rabbit Moth (Ypsolopha sequella), Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by its 7-spot Ladybird host & Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata). #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
July 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some of today’s records from Rosebank Cemetery, #Edinburgh: leafhopper Eupterycyba jucunda, Pied Rabbit Moth (Ypsolopha sequella), Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon guarded by its 7-spot Ladybird host & Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata). #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
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I'm so excited to share that this springtail, one that seems to have rapidly appeared in graveyards and gardens across the UK, now has a proper name: Entomobrya petri!
I hope this will be the first of many new species descriptions, allowing us to track our rapidly changing springtail fauna. 🧵⬇️
I hope this will be the first of many new species descriptions, allowing us to track our rapidly changing springtail fauna. 🧵⬇️
📢✨ONLINE FIRST✨ New #collembola species found in the UK!
James McCulloch @jamesimcc.bsky.social National Recorder of Sprintails, tells the world about Entomobrya petri! 💚
Please REPOST 📢🪱🌱
soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
James McCulloch @jamesimcc.bsky.social National Recorder of Sprintails, tells the world about Entomobrya petri! 💚
Please REPOST 📢🪱🌱
soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
July 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm so excited to share that this springtail, one that seems to have rapidly appeared in graveyards and gardens across the UK, now has a proper name: Entomobrya petri!
I hope this will be the first of many new species descriptions, allowing us to track our rapidly changing springtail fauna. 🧵⬇️
I hope this will be the first of many new species descriptions, allowing us to track our rapidly changing springtail fauna. 🧵⬇️
Female & male Reuterella helvimacula found today under silk web on gravestones in Colinton Kirkyard, #Edinburgh. A small (1.5-2mm) #barkfly. Females: wingless. Males: long wings with sinuous wing edge. Status as uncommon in UK. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
July 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Female & male Reuterella helvimacula found today under silk web on gravestones in Colinton Kirkyard, #Edinburgh. A small (1.5-2mm) #barkfly. Females: wingless. Males: long wings with sinuous wing edge. Status as uncommon in UK. #Psocoptera. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) today in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. #SmallSkipper #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
July 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) today in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. #SmallSkipper #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Some records from visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh, on 30 June. Parent Bug, Eyed Ladybird, Peripsocus subfasciatus & an alert unidentified louse fly. @denisewawman.bsky.com #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
July 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Some records from visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh, on 30 June. Parent Bug, Eyed Ladybird, Peripsocus subfasciatus & an alert unidentified louse fly. @denisewawman.bsky.com #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Yesterday: 3 Lime Flame (Chrysoclista linneella) in Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh (VC83). Only known from two locations in Scotland; Falkirk & Edinburgh. #TeamMoth #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae
June 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yesterday: 3 Lime Flame (Chrysoclista linneella) in Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh (VC83). Only known from two locations in Scotland; Falkirk & Edinburgh. #TeamMoth #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae
Female Clistopyga incitator found ovipositing on a wall in Liberton Cemetery, #Edinburgh this afternoon. This species oviposits in egg sacs of spiders.
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae
May 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Female Clistopyga incitator found ovipositing on a wall in Liberton Cemetery, #Edinburgh this afternoon. This species oviposits in egg sacs of spiders.
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #ichneumons #ichneumonidae
Records from yesterday’s visit to Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh. Highlight: Ivy Boring Beetle (Ochina ptinoides) hiding on a gravestone. Also Calobata petronella, Broken-barred Carpet & Platybunus pinetorum. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth
May 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Records from yesterday’s visit to Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh. Highlight: Ivy Boring Beetle (Ochina ptinoides) hiding on a gravestone. Also Calobata petronella, Broken-barred Carpet & Platybunus pinetorum. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth
Collection of micro moths found on gravestones in Edinburgh on 21 & 22 May: Regal Piercer, Cherry Bark Tortrix, Male Bee Moth & Garden Mompha. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth
May 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Collection of micro moths found on gravestones in Edinburgh on 21 & 22 May: Regal Piercer, Cherry Bark Tortrix, Male Bee Moth & Garden Mompha. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord. #TeamMoth
6 Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) on Garlic Mustard in Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, yesterday. #TeamMoth #Moths #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
May 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
6 Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) on Garlic Mustard in Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh, yesterday. #TeamMoth #Moths #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Some records from visits to Reilig Òdhrain, #Iona, 1-3 May. A small rural graveyard dating back to 8th century. Thought to be burial place of some early Scottish kings, including Kenneth mac Alpin. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
May 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Some records from visits to Reilig Òdhrain, #Iona, 1-3 May. A small rural graveyard dating back to 8th century. Thought to be burial place of some early Scottish kings, including Kenneth mac Alpin. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
3 female Belted Beauty (Lycia zonaria) found on fence posts on #Iona on 2 May. #teammoth #moths #LyciaZonaria
May 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
3 female Belted Beauty (Lycia zonaria) found on fence posts on #Iona on 2 May. #teammoth #moths #LyciaZonaria
Collection of records from today’s visit to Comely Bank Cemetery, #Edinburgh, starting with #beetles: Pachyrhinus lethierryi, Salpingus planirostris, Heather Beetle & Clay-coloured Weevil ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
April 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Collection of records from today’s visit to Comely Bank Cemetery, #Edinburgh, starting with #beetles: Pachyrhinus lethierryi, Salpingus planirostris, Heather Beetle & Clay-coloured Weevil ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Hairy-footed Flower Bees (Anthophora plumipes) & some other pollinators from my #Edinburgh garden. A 1st attempt to catch these bees foraging on Pulmonaria using my TG7. Very challenging! These are best from 100s of mostly rubbish photos (examples at end).
April 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Hairy-footed Flower Bees (Anthophora plumipes) & some other pollinators from my #Edinburgh garden. A 1st attempt to catch these bees foraging on Pulmonaria using my TG7. Very challenging! These are best from 100s of mostly rubbish photos (examples at end).