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Ant Damselbug(Himacerus mirmicoides) #LytchettFields 21/07/25

August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM

bscarpenterii

@bscarpenterii.bsky.social

30 second cinema
Mini documentary
no. 340

#USA
#abstractshortfilm #shortfilm #documentary #video #photography #microdocumentary #fotografia #photographe #fall #autumn #leaves #colors #plants #damselbug #pottedplants #cloudysky

November 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Graeme Davis

@gremlingraeme.bsky.social

Great talk from Jim Flanagan hosted by the Tanyptera Trust on Damselbugs and Assassin Bugs

I’ve yet to see an Assassin Bug but have seen 2 species of Damselbug, that I can remember

#tanyptera #damselbug #assassinbugs #worldchagasdiseaseday #bugs

April 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM

Will George

@willgeorge.bsky.social

There was also a nice set of heathland specialists recorded at Cooper’s Hill on 8th March, including Kleidocerys ericae at its only current Bedfordshire site, the groundbug Scolopostethus decoratus and the Heath Damselbug, Nabis ericetorum

A slide about the groundbug Scolopostethus decoratus in bedfordshire, the text reads "Five species of Scolopostethus have been recorded in Bedfordshire, all of which are small ground bugs with keeled sides to the pronotum, which also has a large pale spot in the middle.

Scolopostethus decoratus has the antennae entirely darkened, with the exception of the base of the second segment. It does not have the curved tubercles on the underside of the abdomen found in S.affinis and S.grandis.

A local species of heathland areas along the Greensand Ridge, always found in association with Heather."

March 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Dave Appleton

@applewildlife.bsky.social

…I couldn’t match it to a British species so I contacted @britishbugs.bsky.social. After looking at the specimen he identified it as Nabis capsiformis. It’s documented by Tristan at www.britishbugs.org.uk/HetNews/HetN... and really piqued an interest in Hemiptera for me. (2 of 2)