Dr Stuart Green
@stuvigreen.bsky.social
Entomologist & Rewilder,
Grasshopper Whisperer
Grasshopper Whisperer
It’s actually a barbel, Lindsay… and there quite a few big ones like this in the Dove, apparently. They put up a tremendous fight - I thought I’d caught a steam train at the start when I hooked this one!
This one is a pike - it’s a predator. The barbel is muscular herbivore/omnivore.
This one is a pike - it’s a predator. The barbel is muscular herbivore/omnivore.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s actually a barbel, Lindsay… and there quite a few big ones like this in the Dove, apparently. They put up a tremendous fight - I thought I’d caught a steam train at the start when I hooked this one!
This one is a pike - it’s a predator. The barbel is muscular herbivore/omnivore.
This one is a pike - it’s a predator. The barbel is muscular herbivore/omnivore.
But it was worth it!
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
But it was worth it!
I was fishing on the Trent in this yesterday!
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I was fishing on the Trent in this yesterday!
The wonder of Waterhouse.
His glorious work, the Natural History Museum, London. Here today for the RES Orthoptera Special Interest Group.
Always a fun meeting.
His glorious work, the Natural History Museum, London. Here today for the RES Orthoptera Special Interest Group.
Always a fun meeting.
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The wonder of Waterhouse.
His glorious work, the Natural History Museum, London. Here today for the RES Orthoptera Special Interest Group.
Always a fun meeting.
His glorious work, the Natural History Museum, London. Here today for the RES Orthoptera Special Interest Group.
Always a fun meeting.
Visiting friends in upstate Michigan.
Blazing autumn colours, but chilly this morning. First snow expected in 2-3 weeks’ time.
Blazing autumn colours, but chilly this morning. First snow expected in 2-3 weeks’ time.
October 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Visiting friends in upstate Michigan.
Blazing autumn colours, but chilly this morning. First snow expected in 2-3 weeks’ time.
Blazing autumn colours, but chilly this morning. First snow expected in 2-3 weeks’ time.
It’s that end-of-season look here as well.
October 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It’s that end-of-season look here as well.
Blowing a hooley here in Belper, Derbyshire but, surprisingly, not much apple fall.
September 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Blowing a hooley here in Belper, Derbyshire but, surprisingly, not much apple fall.
Grass of Parnassus, Marsh Lousewort and Bog Bush-cricket on Bell Heather, on Buxton Heath, Norfolk, this afternoon.
September 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Grass of Parnassus, Marsh Lousewort and Bog Bush-cricket on Bell Heather, on Buxton Heath, Norfolk, this afternoon.
It’s the year of the Small Copper in my corner of Derbyshire. Never seen so many as this year.
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It’s the year of the Small Copper in my corner of Derbyshire. Never seen so many as this year.
A few captive Large Marsh Grasshoppers still going strong here at home, producing egg pods for next year’s #Hop_of_Hope reintroductions in Norfolk & Cambridgeshire.
A special treat this morning: sedge instead of Cocksfoot grass.
It was appreciated!
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
A special treat this morning: sedge instead of Cocksfoot grass.
It was appreciated!
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A few captive Large Marsh Grasshoppers still going strong here at home, producing egg pods for next year’s #Hop_of_Hope reintroductions in Norfolk & Cambridgeshire.
A special treat this morning: sedge instead of Cocksfoot grass.
It was appreciated!
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
A special treat this morning: sedge instead of Cocksfoot grass.
It was appreciated!
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
This female Large Marsh Grasshopper, seen today (with friend), is almost certainly the adult of a VERY purple nymph seen 2 weeks ago, at almost exactly the same spot, at our Norfolk Broads release site.
📷 Anna.
#Hop-of-Hope
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
📷 Anna.
#Hop-of-Hope
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This female Large Marsh Grasshopper, seen today (with friend), is almost certainly the adult of a VERY purple nymph seen 2 weeks ago, at almost exactly the same spot, at our Norfolk Broads release site.
📷 Anna.
#Hop-of-Hope
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
📷 Anna.
#Hop-of-Hope
@citizenzoo.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social
Butterflies showing well this morning (Small Copper, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Large White, Green-veined White) and moth trap packed, including 2 dead hornets. Belper, Derbyshire.
August 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Butterflies showing well this morning (Small Copper, Speckled Wood, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Large White, Green-veined White) and moth trap packed, including 2 dead hornets. Belper, Derbyshire.
Just as @citizenzoo.bsky.social’s Hop of Hope project reintroduces the Large Marsh Grasshopper in Norfolk, its arch enemy invades from the South!
Seen a few LMG in Wasp Spider webs, but its populations are thriving.
At one release, a LMG leapt straight into a web. Resisted the urge to rescue it! 😢
Seen a few LMG in Wasp Spider webs, but its populations are thriving.
At one release, a LMG leapt straight into a web. Resisted the urge to rescue it! 😢
August 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just as @citizenzoo.bsky.social’s Hop of Hope project reintroduces the Large Marsh Grasshopper in Norfolk, its arch enemy invades from the South!
Seen a few LMG in Wasp Spider webs, but its populations are thriving.
At one release, a LMG leapt straight into a web. Resisted the urge to rescue it! 😢
Seen a few LMG in Wasp Spider webs, but its populations are thriving.
At one release, a LMG leapt straight into a web. Resisted the urge to rescue it! 😢
Spotted an old friend this morning!
I did fieldwork + a short paper on the Irish Yellow Slug, Limacus maculatus, way back in 1989.
The population was living in crevices in an old stone wall in central Huntingdon, +mostly active at night time. The local constabulary found it all very interesting!
I did fieldwork + a short paper on the Irish Yellow Slug, Limacus maculatus, way back in 1989.
The population was living in crevices in an old stone wall in central Huntingdon, +mostly active at night time. The local constabulary found it all very interesting!
August 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Spotted an old friend this morning!
I did fieldwork + a short paper on the Irish Yellow Slug, Limacus maculatus, way back in 1989.
The population was living in crevices in an old stone wall in central Huntingdon, +mostly active at night time. The local constabulary found it all very interesting!
I did fieldwork + a short paper on the Irish Yellow Slug, Limacus maculatus, way back in 1989.
The population was living in crevices in an old stone wall in central Huntingdon, +mostly active at night time. The local constabulary found it all very interesting!
Working with Citizen Zoo: “Hop of Hope” project, rearing Large Marsh Grasshoppers & supporting our fantastic volunteer “citizen keepers”.
We home-rear this rare species from eggs to adults, then release them at wetland sites in Norfolk & Cambridgeshire.
A fabulous grasshopper & some great people! 👏
We home-rear this rare species from eggs to adults, then release them at wetland sites in Norfolk & Cambridgeshire.
A fabulous grasshopper & some great people! 👏
July 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Working with Citizen Zoo: “Hop of Hope” project, rearing Large Marsh Grasshoppers & supporting our fantastic volunteer “citizen keepers”.
We home-rear this rare species from eggs to adults, then release them at wetland sites in Norfolk & Cambridgeshire.
A fabulous grasshopper & some great people! 👏
We home-rear this rare species from eggs to adults, then release them at wetland sites in Norfolk & Cambridgeshire.
A fabulous grasshopper & some great people! 👏
Pic of a large, dark nymphalid sitting on an airing duvet.
It flew away swiftly.
Google lens says: “Camberwell Beauty”! 👀
It flew away swiftly.
Google lens says: “Camberwell Beauty”! 👀
June 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pic of a large, dark nymphalid sitting on an airing duvet.
It flew away swiftly.
Google lens says: “Camberwell Beauty”! 👀
It flew away swiftly.
Google lens says: “Camberwell Beauty”! 👀
A carrot wasp (Gasteruption sp) on Astrantia (A. major) in our garden this afternoon. Its larvae feed on grubs of solitary bees.
June 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A carrot wasp (Gasteruption sp) on Astrantia (A. major) in our garden this afternoon. Its larvae feed on grubs of solitary bees.
Now is the winter of my discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun at Wild Ken Hill.
Forester Moth, Purple Hairstreak, Turtle Dove the highlights. And grasshoppers galore, including 50 Large Marsh Grasshopper nymphs (instars 4&5) introduced, with help from @awprco.bsky.social
Made glorious summer by this sun at Wild Ken Hill.
Forester Moth, Purple Hairstreak, Turtle Dove the highlights. And grasshoppers galore, including 50 Large Marsh Grasshopper nymphs (instars 4&5) introduced, with help from @awprco.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Now is the winter of my discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun at Wild Ken Hill.
Forester Moth, Purple Hairstreak, Turtle Dove the highlights. And grasshoppers galore, including 50 Large Marsh Grasshopper nymphs (instars 4&5) introduced, with help from @awprco.bsky.social
Made glorious summer by this sun at Wild Ken Hill.
Forester Moth, Purple Hairstreak, Turtle Dove the highlights. And grasshoppers galore, including 50 Large Marsh Grasshopper nymphs (instars 4&5) introduced, with help from @awprco.bsky.social
Brimstone caterpillar on Alder Buckthorn, in Belper, Derbys.
A few adult males were flying about - not sure if they are the same generation or the parents’s generation.
A few adult males were flying about - not sure if they are the same generation or the parents’s generation.
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Brimstone caterpillar on Alder Buckthorn, in Belper, Derbys.
A few adult males were flying about - not sure if they are the same generation or the parents’s generation.
A few adult males were flying about - not sure if they are the same generation or the parents’s generation.
Revisited an old Neil Young album this evening - ended up strumming & singing the title track for the 1st time in years.
“Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s”. 😮
“Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s”. 😮
May 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Revisited an old Neil Young album this evening - ended up strumming & singing the title track for the 1st time in years.
“Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s”. 😮
“Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s”. 😮
It’s the most glorious time of year.
I heard cuckoo and bittern and saw water vole close up at Woodwalton Fen on Thursday.
(📷 Pamela )
I heard cuckoo and bittern and saw water vole close up at Woodwalton Fen on Thursday.
(📷 Pamela )
May 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It’s the most glorious time of year.
I heard cuckoo and bittern and saw water vole close up at Woodwalton Fen on Thursday.
(📷 Pamela )
I heard cuckoo and bittern and saw water vole close up at Woodwalton Fen on Thursday.
(📷 Pamela )
The “Belper swifts” are back here and have set up home.
April 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The “Belper swifts” are back here and have set up home.
Ours have definitely spread out over the past 4-5 years. Wonderful flowers.
April 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ours have definitely spread out over the past 4-5 years. Wonderful flowers.
“No mow until mid-August.”
I’ve really enjoyed the Spring flowers on our front lawn. And loads more to come as Spring progresses into Summer.
I’ve really enjoyed the Spring flowers on our front lawn. And loads more to come as Spring progresses into Summer.
April 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“No mow until mid-August.”
I’ve really enjoyed the Spring flowers on our front lawn. And loads more to come as Spring progresses into Summer.
I’ve really enjoyed the Spring flowers on our front lawn. And loads more to come as Spring progresses into Summer.
My Spring phenological marker "blossom max day", when the 1st loose petals fell beneath our cherry tree, this year was on Friday. Bang on time.
2025:11/04; 2024:06/04; 2023:14/04; 2022:20/04; 2021:20/04; 2020:12/04; 2019:09/04; 2018:25/04; 2017:08/04; 2016:02/05
2025:11/04; 2024:06/04; 2023:14/04; 2022:20/04; 2021:20/04; 2020:12/04; 2019:09/04; 2018:25/04; 2017:08/04; 2016:02/05
April 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My Spring phenological marker "blossom max day", when the 1st loose petals fell beneath our cherry tree, this year was on Friday. Bang on time.
2025:11/04; 2024:06/04; 2023:14/04; 2022:20/04; 2021:20/04; 2020:12/04; 2019:09/04; 2018:25/04; 2017:08/04; 2016:02/05
2025:11/04; 2024:06/04; 2023:14/04; 2022:20/04; 2021:20/04; 2020:12/04; 2019:09/04; 2018:25/04; 2017:08/04; 2016:02/05