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Thea Nicholls
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Slightly annoyed it’s taken me nearly 60 years to realise how fascinating arthropods are (esp. flies, bees, wasps, arachnids moths, beetles, bugs and, well, all types really). Fungi are amazing too. Carver, printmaker and occasional writer. OTBC!
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Did some accidental mothing last night (door open, light on) when this little beauty turned up. I think it’s Evergestis limbata - dark-bordered pearl @norfolkmoths.bsky.social? Even if it isn’t, it’s nfm and nfg and I’m very chuffed #TeamMoth #NorfolkMoths
A triangular-shaped moth with black eyes. Its wings are mainly straw-coloured with a thick light brown band at the bottom of them. A darker brown line is at the top of the band and another one goes from left to right across the middle of the straw- coloured part of the wing. There is a brown splodge above the middle of the band on each wing. Above each splodge is another mark that looks a bit like two hearts joined together along the side. A brown teardrop shaped line starts near the top of the wings and ends at the ‘heart’
June 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Our first painted lady of the year in Earlham Cemetery yesterday #butterflies
A painted lady butterfly with its wings closed sitting on a white flower on a bramble bush. It has its ‘tongue’ out as it is drinking nectar from the flower. The butterfly’s wings have mainly orange, black, white and olive green markings on them. While the butterfly is in full sun the background is in shadow which gives a nice contrast. The tips of the butterfly’s antennae seem to be glowing in the sunlight.
June 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Well I wasn’t expecting this when I opened the front door last night… #amphibians #newts #latenightvisitors
An orangey-coloured newt with small black spots on its back and tail is clinging to the silver sill at the bottom of a light blue coloured door. It has small black dashes down the middle of its back and tail and its toes are spread out as it grips the door. It looks a bit surprised (much like I was)
November 24, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Can anyone tell me what sort of slime mould this please? It started as a white crust on a buddleia log. The white blobs then turned into the lilac stalks and then the black crusts over a period of two days. I’m guessing this was the entire fruiting cycle. #slimemoulds #fungi
A slime mould that looks like lots of little white balls stuck together on a piece of decaying wood One day later the same slime mould has turned a lilac colour and looks like a lot of stalks clustered together Two days later the slime mould has turned into black crusty blobs
November 16, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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This little fly (about 5mm long) came in with the washing which was a nice change from the usual spiders and occasional bat. Confirmed as Tachypeza nubila by Tony Irwin via the Dipterist’s Forum.
September 2, 2024 at 9:35 AM