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Courtship display of Leptarthrus brevirostrus at Ballachuan SWT reserve, Isle of Seil, last May. Smaller dark male dances provocatively around the resting female #WorldRobberflyDay @ScotWildlife

@ilovenostalgia “I followed that bead of sweat. “From the small of your back to the nape of your neck”

I’ll go first… “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.”

@kattyponder @MarkCubitt @BC_Scotland @savebutterflies @BritishMoths @Britnatureguide @BuglifeScotland @EdinburghNats Very exciting news, Katty

EXCITING news, for moth enthusiasts in Scotland and beyond! A sneak preview of "The Large Moths of Scotland" Produced by the combined mothy might of Roy Leverton & @MarkCubitt, using info from millions of NMRS moth records. Due to be out in 2-3 months' time. #MothsMatter

@BritEntSoc Well done on your award, fully deserved @kitenet

Congratulations to Martin Harvey, our first Marsh Award recipient today, for his work promoting entomological recording, providing training and expertise in insect identification and contributing field records locally and nationally.

Want to know more about an #insect you’ve found? 🦋 #Identify an insect with our #experts: ow.ly/xeig50OUXN5 📸Autumnal feathered thorn #moth (#Colotois pennaria) - #InsectWeek Commended 2016 O18 © David Fotheringham #WhatsThisBug

Harlequin Ladybird surge at the White Cart, Renfrew, with about 40 individuals counted. Appears to be the first records of Harmonia axyridis for NS46 @UKLadybirds @GlasgowNatHist @ColSocBI

@kattyponder A real bucket-list moth. Well done Katty!

#MothMonday I unexpectedly but very excitedly joined the mothy blue bandwagon yesterday 💙🤍 Clifden Nonpareil in local woodland, East Lothian. What a moth! What a treat! #MothsMatter #MeetingsWithMoths

Thanks @RoyEntSoc for the credit. And good luck with #WhatsThisBug

It’s getting harder to find new species after 14 years’ fieldwork at Cruachan, Argyll (VC98) but Dictenidia bimaculata and Xanthandrus comtus were notable additions from last week’s survey @DipteristsForum @CRStipula

@graemelyons If you need an alternative GPS OS app for your phone does a good job - with huge type I can read without my glasses

Does such a thing exist; a GPS watch I could set to British National Grid and have it display the grid ref in big font without having to scroll through any screens. So all I would need to do is look at my left wrist and see the exact grid ref?

Aromia moschata remains a rare longhorn beetle in Scotland so it was fantastic to find three on Angelica in fen woodland at Glenlee (VC73) this week - a very large and impressive creature @NLonghornRS @swseic

Absolute scenes at Loch Awe, Argyll (VC98) when a moth trap session turned into a beetle drive. These are some of the 71 Necrodes littoralis recovered from three traps at Cruachan PS @AshWhiffin @SilphidaeUk About 5% were red forms. What a carri-on!

@crawley_mick Amazing thread, so interesting. You've inspired me to have a look at the oaks near me

There’s an interesting bit of insect ecology on display at the moment. I’m sure you remember the massive acorn crop last year (autumn 2022, below). Because Quercus robur is alternate-bearing (big crops are always followed by little crops) we predicted a very low crop this year

@StevenFalk1 @SoldierfliesRS @kitenet Thank you Steven. Unfortunately I wasnt able to get the specimen

@blueleafnature @SoldierfliesRS @kitenet Possibly H. montana @N07/46640354382/in/album-72157629593220759/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">flickr.com/photos/6307520… but not 100% sure.

@SoldierfliesRS @kitenet @StevenFalk1 can I please get an opinion on this strikingly reddish-toned Hybomitra found on mire habitat at Isle of Seil, Argyll (VC98) on 21/6?

@SoldierfliesRS Thanks. All are on iRecord now

English Stonecrop Sedum anglicum growing in an abandoned slate quarry. Ballachuan Hazelwood SWT reserve, Isle of Seil (VC98) @ScotWildlife @BSBIbotany

@robdaw67 @BC_Scotland @nature_scot @ScotWildlife @BC_SWScotland @savebutterflies @ukbutterflies Thanks Rob. Great info!

@robdaw67 @BC_Scotland @nature_scot @ScotWildlife @BC_SWScotland @savebutterflies @ukbutterflies Great info, thanks. It's off the reserve but one for me to watch out for next time

@robdaw67 @BC_Scotland @nature_scot @ScotWildlife @BC_SWScotland @savebutterflies @ukbutterflies Didn't see the Small Copper, was that on the mire? It's a great show of orchids througout the site and lots of other nice nectar plants