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Found this Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus crepitans) in a spiderweb in the garden this morning - bet the spider got a bit of a shock!
August 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Found this Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus crepitans) in a spiderweb in the garden this morning - bet the spider got a bit of a shock!
National Allotment Week felt like as good a time as any to restart blogging, with a piece I wrote earlier about the value of allotments for bumblebees: insectrambles.blogspot.com/2025/08/bees...
Bees and Allotments
[I wrote this for my local allotment newsletter, and it felt like as good a place as any to restart blogging!] I joined the allotmenteering ...
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August 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
National Allotment Week felt like as good a time as any to restart blogging, with a piece I wrote earlier about the value of allotments for bumblebees: insectrambles.blogspot.com/2025/08/bees...
Out in Monmouthshire today running bumblebee ID training for the Wye Valley National Landscapes team and volunteers. One of the highlights was this striking yellow-tailed male Forest Cuckoo bumblebee Bombus sylvestris - very early!
May 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Out in Monmouthshire today running bumblebee ID training for the Wye Valley National Landscapes team and volunteers. One of the highlights was this striking yellow-tailed male Forest Cuckoo bumblebee Bombus sylvestris - very early!
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International Women in Science Day, celebrating the amazing Royal Horticultural Societies Science and Collections Team www.rhs.org.uk/science/arti.... @hayleyento.bsky.social
Celebrating women in science
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February 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
International Women in Science Day, celebrating the amazing Royal Horticultural Societies Science and Collections Team www.rhs.org.uk/science/arti.... @hayleyento.bsky.social