The second of our cranefly cribs (U.K. woodland Limonia species) is now available on the CRS page of the Dipterists Forum website, dipterists.org.uk/cranefly-schem… alongside the Stubbs & Kramer keys, & historic CRS newsletters. Thanks v. much to Martin Harvey for help. #WorldCraneFliesDay

Ever wondered what a male Osmia caerulescens looks like whilst cleaning his tongue? Well here you go! My Staffs garden 15/05/24 Solitary Bee Week StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology Steven Falk Liam Olds #solitarybee #bee #Osmia

Female and male Osmia caerulescens feeding on Ajuga in my Staffs garden 15/05/24 Solitary Bee Week StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology Steven Falk #solitarybee #bee #Osmia

1st Rhagio scolopaceus flies, and quite a lot of them seen at Brankley Pastures 12/05/24 Soldierflies RS Dipterists Forum StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #soldierfly #snipefly

Free webinar with Aaron Bhambra at Uni of Birmingham looking at the potential reasons behind the range expansion of the Noble Jewel-wasp BENHS Royal Entomological Society BWARS Buglife Prof Seirian Sumner Gavin Broad AES - amentsoc.org BRC NFBR

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Saw a few Tipula oleracea RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 Cranefly Recording Scheme Dipterists Forum #cranefly

1st Oedemera nobilis beetle, this one’s a male, seen in my Staffs garden 15/05/24 Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #Coleoptera #beetle

Male Pisaura mirabilis spider seen in my Staffs garden 15/05/24 BAS StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #spider

1st Merodon equestris hoverfly of the year and it’s a female, seen 15/05/24 my Staffs garden Dipterists Forum StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #hoverfly #fly #Syrphidae #Diptera

Nuctenea umbratica, the Walnut Orb Weaver, that lives in my solitary bee hotel 11/05/24 BAS StaffsWildlife 🦔🍄🦇 Staffs Ecology #spider

Last chance to book on The Buzz Club Citizen Science Virtual symposium with Dave Goulson . Talks from Dr Beth Nicholls Hoverfly Lagoons and more. #CitizenScience eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buzz-clu…

Female and male Tropidia scita hoverflies, lots present RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 Dipterists Forum #hoverfly #fly #Diptera #Syrphidae

My 1st male Bombus pratorum bumblebee of the year, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 Bumblebee Conservation Trust #bumblebee

Would this be Clausilia bidentata, the Two Toothed Door Snail? Seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 #snail

Arianta arbustorum, the Copse Snail, plenty present RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 #snail

The nymph of Calocoris alpestris bug having its dinner, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 Tristan Bantock Rockwolf 🇪🇺💙🩸🅰️➕ #Hemiptera #Miridae

A delicate Limonia phragmitidis cranefly seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 Cranefly Recording Scheme Dipterists Forum #cranefly

Female Brachytron pratense, the Hairy Dragonfly, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 British Dragonfly Society #dragonfly #Odonata

The green eyed Cranefly Tipula vernalis, seen RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 Cranefly Recording Scheme Dipterists Forum #cranefly

Notodonta ziczac, the Pebble Prominent moth, seen at the moth morning RSPB Middleton Lakes 11/05/24 West Midlands Butterfly Conservation #moth #Lepidoptera