The very beautiful and always very welcome Aphanus rolandri.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The very beautiful and always very welcome Aphanus rolandri.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Lygaeidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Who's my fuzzy friend? Why it's Botryobasidum aureum.
Thanks to @norwichbirder.bsky.social
#Fungi #FungiFriends #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Thanks to @norwichbirder.bsky.social
#Fungi #FungiFriends #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Who's my fuzzy friend? Why it's Botryobasidum aureum.
Thanks to @norwichbirder.bsky.social
#Fungi #FungiFriends #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Thanks to @norwichbirder.bsky.social
#Fungi #FungiFriends #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Big swarms of Giant Willow Aphids, Tuberolachnus salignus, on the same tree they use every year.
#Bugs #Sternorrhyncha #VC55 #Aphids
#Bugs #Sternorrhyncha #VC55 #Aphids
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Big swarms of Giant Willow Aphids, Tuberolachnus salignus, on the same tree they use every year.
#Bugs #Sternorrhyncha #VC55 #Aphids
#Bugs #Sternorrhyncha #VC55 #Aphids
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My next door neighbour's son in law is a moth-er (and birder) so they're very understanding. Not so good is the fact that he visits with his trap occasionally and a few years ago caught the first VC55 Beet Moth! Lots since of course, but it should have been mine! 😫
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My next door neighbour's son in law is a moth-er (and birder) so they're very understanding. Not so good is the fact that he visits with his trap occasionally and a few years ago caught the first VC55 Beet Moth! Lots since of course, but it should have been mine! 😫
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nothing says autumn to me like Microneta viaria.
I only ever find them when sifting leaf litter.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #macrophotography #macro
I only ever find them when sifting leaf litter.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #macrophotography #macro
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Nothing says autumn to me like Microneta viaria.
I only ever find them when sifting leaf litter.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #macrophotography #macro
I only ever find them when sifting leaf litter.
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #macrophotography #macro
One day one of these #VC55 specimens is going to turn out to be something other than Dicranopalpus ramosus senu stricto...
#Arachnids #Opiliones #macro #OlympusTG6 #Arachtober
#Arachnids #Opiliones #macro #OlympusTG6 #Arachtober
October 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
One day one of these #VC55 specimens is going to turn out to be something other than Dicranopalpus ramosus senu stricto...
#Arachnids #Opiliones #macro #OlympusTG6 #Arachtober
#Arachnids #Opiliones #macro #OlympusTG6 #Arachtober
LROS held another Peregrine watch this morning at Leicester Cathedral.
Both adult birds showed well all morning, and it was a busy, engaging and showing a lot of people the Peregrine’s of Leicester Cathedral. #LROS #VC55 #Leicestercathedral #KRIII
Both adult birds showed well all morning, and it was a busy, engaging and showing a lot of people the Peregrine’s of Leicester Cathedral. #LROS #VC55 #Leicestercathedral #KRIII
October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
LROS held another Peregrine watch this morning at Leicester Cathedral.
Both adult birds showed well all morning, and it was a busy, engaging and showing a lot of people the Peregrine’s of Leicester Cathedral. #LROS #VC55 #Leicestercathedral #KRIII
Both adult birds showed well all morning, and it was a busy, engaging and showing a lot of people the Peregrine’s of Leicester Cathedral. #LROS #VC55 #Leicestercathedral #KRIII
Glowing like a day-glo beacon in the gloom, Flame Shield, Pluteus aurantiorugosus.
#Fungi ##fungifriends #VC55 #mycology
#Fungi ##fungifriends #VC55 #mycology
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Glowing like a day-glo beacon in the gloom, Flame Shield, Pluteus aurantiorugosus.
#Fungi ##fungifriends #VC55 #mycology
#Fungi ##fungifriends #VC55 #mycology
Nipped over to Eyebrook Reservoir this morning to have a look at an American Golden Plover found by @leicesterllama.bsky.social Showed well, though distantly from the Rutland side.
Good to see @davidearlgray.bsky.social and @tcartz.bsky.social Great find Andy #VC55 #LROS
Good to see @davidearlgray.bsky.social and @tcartz.bsky.social Great find Andy #VC55 #LROS
October 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Nipped over to Eyebrook Reservoir this morning to have a look at an American Golden Plover found by @leicesterllama.bsky.social Showed well, though distantly from the Rutland side.
Good to see @davidearlgray.bsky.social and @tcartz.bsky.social Great find Andy #VC55 #LROS
Good to see @davidearlgray.bsky.social and @tcartz.bsky.social Great find Andy #VC55 #LROS
Palmer, P., Cann, A., Sexton, T., Fox, B., & Pitt-Miller, S. (2025) Spiders of the Rutland Water Lagoons: An Exploratory Survey. ISBN 979-8269245362
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/spid...
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/spid...
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
October 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Palmer, P., Cann, A., Sexton, T., Fox, B., & Pitt-Miller, S. (2025) Spiders of the Rutland Water Lagoons: An Exploratory Survey. ISBN 979-8269245362
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/spid...
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/spid...
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55
October 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A few more leafmine species found in a short stroll around Lutterworth CP yesterday pm included what I feel sure must be vacated Stigmella oxyacanthella on some sort of cherry, and a mess of a vacated Stigmella assimilella mine on Aspen - a relatively scarce find in VC55. #vc55moths #teammoth
October 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A few more leafmine species found in a short stroll around Lutterworth CP yesterday pm included what I feel sure must be vacated Stigmella oxyacanthella on some sort of cherry, and a mess of a vacated Stigmella assimilella mine on Aspen - a relatively scarce find in VC55. #vc55moths #teammoth
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Candelabra Coral, Artomyces pyxidatus
Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/261509
Photo: Melinda Bell
#VC55 #Leicester #Leicestershire #fungi #mycology #fungifriends #fungifriday
Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/261509
Photo: Melinda Bell
#VC55 #Leicester #Leicestershire #fungi #mycology #fungifriends #fungifriday
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Candelabra Coral, Artomyces pyxidatus
Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/261509
Photo: Melinda Bell
#VC55 #Leicester #Leicestershire #fungi #mycology #fungifriends #fungifriday
Learn more: www.naturespot.org/node/261509
Photo: Melinda Bell
#VC55 #Leicester #Leicestershire #fungi #mycology #fungifriends #fungifriday
October 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM