Sap run time!
Brachyopa insensilis female and male on their usual tree (a Beech) in my local cemetery.
#Arthropedia

For all UK sightings of robberflies, whether on #WorldRobberflyDay or any other day 😃, please send your records in to the recording scheme, preferably via iRecord - your records allow us to keep track of any changes in range and flight time - thanks! 🙏

Is it that time of the year already? Hard hats at the ready. Here’s Johnny (he could have a different name)

Paragus pecchiolii, one of the many continental species starting to show up in Guernsey and the Channel Islands. Just a matter of time before they hit the UK mainland. #hoverfly #diptera #Guernsey

The false bee-killer —Promachus bastardii 🐝 ☠️ #RobberFly #Diptera

One of my favourite images ever - look at this APEX PREDATOR - BBC Wildlife more on these please

#WorldRobberflyDay

A few for #worldrobberflyday , Neoitamus cyanurus, Machimus cingulatus, Dioctria baumhaueri and Leptogaster cylindrica Soldierflies RS Dipterists Forum

Some very stylish flies in Peru, such as this yellow-headed stratiomyid.

Cyphomyia sp.

#WorldRobberflyDay
Trapeze shenanigans sequence of pair of Machimus sp from last year.

How cool is this - a Puffin's secret superpower! After finding a skull the other day, we suddenly remembered we have a special torch now and we can actually try the UV trick 🤓

For #WorldRobberflyDay Leptogaster cylindrica, Lasiopogon cinctus, Dioctria atricapilla and Eutolmus rufibarbis. We've recorded 6 species in the garden and another 2 on the allotment, not bad for suburbian Norwich. Read more here arthropedia.co.uk/robberflies/

Zilla diodia in the garden this morning, full-grown & fettled.🕷💚🍃

Rathlin's 'other' blonde bombshell has appeared on the scene already! Couldn't quite believe it when this gorgeous golden bee came bumbling into sight on the weekend - Bombus muscorum is never easy to find here and we only have previous records from Aug and Sep. A new site too!

Today! — swifts, spire-high, back drawing thin & crooked lines above town. A big anchor point in my life, is the yearly return of the anchor bird.

Purple haze, beautiful Bluebell wood just south of Norwich on yesterday's very short cycle ride. Most of the car drivers whizzing past won't even have noticed them. Scented air and a Swallow overhead. Bliss.

My guide to Norfolk's psyllids is almost complete, written to complement a forthcoming article in NNNS Transactions. Once finished it will be available to download from the NNNS website. This is the page for Cacopsylla peregrina.

An undescribed species of Metopilio from Baja California Sur, the only species of the genus known from the peninsula. Found under rocks or wandering at night.
#Opiliones

Unbelievably, I now have a 3rd Wren's nest in the garden!
2 nests have eggs in incubation and another female has shown up gathering feathers, for a nest by the bathroom window.
The mild winter really kept Wren no's high into the spring.
Your day will dawn, I'm sure dawn erskine (aka pistols)

Lifted a plank of wood this afternoon, and discovered lots of Ant Woodlice - Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii! Only ever seen one once before!

Megabunus diaema with its bulging eye turret (ocularium), crowned with impressive spikes is a species of Opiliones that one would have trouble confusing with any other of the UKs Harvestmen. #TurnFear2Fascination