I'm giving a free Webinar talk about Solitary Bees tomorrow (Thurs 13th June) 12-1pm for the wonderful 'Caring for God's Acre' Caring for Gods Acre🐝 Do have a look, and if you'd like to attend please register using the link below. Catch up available for a week churchofengland-org.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

One of the most magical things we found migrating through the Pyrenean pass were the cabbage white butterflies (mostly Pieris rapae). I always believed that these butterflies would stay in our gardens all year round, hibernating in the winter. But we found them migrating in

Unveiling the secrets of #SouthAmerican #Darwin #wasps, part I: a comprehensive #checklist of the #Chilean #Ichneumonidae (#Hymenoptera: #Ichneumonoidea) #taxonomy doi.org/10.11646/zoota…

Tremendous time at the wondrous Wyre Forest yesterday in the convivial company of Gary Hobbs and Steve McAusland. Plenty of Pearl-bordered Fritillary enjoying the warm spring sunshine along the old track bed. Worcs Wildlife Trust WorcestershireWildlife West Midlands Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Agapostemon bees are great for getting people interested in native bees for obvious reasons. Not only are they striking but they make sure to get themselves on perfectly contrasting background as well. Perfect drama, no notes. [A. subtilior, Alameda, CA 4-26-25] #bees #nativebees

I am moving my account to Blue Sky link in my profile, link in profile. I will leave you with a small furrow bee on a ivy-leaved toadflax. #bees #pollinators #pollinatiom

Impressive preparation in West Dunbartonshire. 85ha of grassland is now under cut-and-lift management to reduce nutrients. Many sites have spring bulbs, wildflower meadows / strips, and tree planting incorporated. Now the survey work is in full swing.

Another composite of insects visiting Beech leaves in our garden hedgerow. Features some new additions to this year's "Beech List"! #Staffs #biodiversity #pollination

They feed the bees and then the birds; some lucky seed goes on to produce the next generation #Dandelions Dandelion Appreciation Society

A Red-girdled mining bee (Andrena labiata) visiting a patch of Speedwell in Falmouth's Victorian cemetery. Steven Falk Caring for Gods Acre Dave Goulson #bees #solitarybee #wildlife

Are ants pollinators or simply flower visitors? Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] Ian Beavis Royal Entomological Society #ants #pollinators

The solitary mining bee Andrena bucephala is unusual as it nests have communal entrances. In this clip two different bees return to the same well hidden entrance. These nests are also perennial and this one in Falmouth's Victorian cemetery is likely to be at least nine years old

Pollinator Perfect Ian Beavis Royal Entomological Society The 1996 New Naturalist volume is very, very out of date now! I'd like to think my 2021 book is more up to date :-) But the most recent review of ant pollination is this one - not well written, but a comprehensive account: frontiersin.org/journals/insec…

Small wasp on Mexican fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus). When I first saw these flowers growing in many walls in Cornwall I thought they were daises.

I've been enjoying photographing invertebrate visitors to our garden Beech hedge. Here's a selection from the last couple of weeks. #Staffs #garden #biodiversity #pollinators

This summer, we're asking nature lovers & mountaineers exploring the unique landscapes of the Cairngorms National Park to keep an eye out for the Blaeberry bumblebee & report their sightings via iRecord 📲 More: ow.ly/TFcW50VPkBF #Mountaineering #Science @buzzingscotland

A Swallowtail caught mid-flight between two Sweet Rocket plants, Strumpshaw Fen, 20/5. This was my very last shot of the day! Bird Sightings BC Norfolk Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BBC Springwatch

New to solitary bees during the summer 0f 2015 I constantly was sending photos of various bees I hoped were Long horned mining bee to Ian Beavis without success. Thanks to Dr Will Leo Hawkes leading a Buglife workshop yesterday I found my first male - EUREKA!!!

Male Spiny-legged Mason Wasp (Odynerus spinipes ) spotted on Saturday's Buglife workshop walk led by @hillwalkswithwillhawkes - a new species for me. #wasp #cornwall #roseland

A Ruby tail wasp Saturday's seen on the Buglife workshop walk led by Dr Will Leo Hawkes - another new species for me and a tick on my bucket list. #wasp #conservation #cornwall