Matt Harrow

@xylota @RyanM_Sussex @andymus1 @ecology_digest I've swept Ogcodes pallipes from an isolated shrub on the side of a chalk grassland hill and Acrocera orbiculus from an upland calcareous seepage alongside Oxycera pardalina.

Species 7,615: Ogcodes pallipes (Black-rimmed Hunchback), a new family of flies for me (Acroceridae). A spider parasitoid. One of several nice critters found at Elmley this week with @ecology_digest

Great day watching flies buzzing around an old 'Goat Moth' oak in the New Forest- here are 4 of the special ones seen today, the hoverfly Volucella inflata was particularly impressive #FliesofBritainandIreland @gailashton @Ecoentogeek @StevenFalk1 @flygirlNHM @HantsIWWildlife

The Chloropidae Neohaplegis glabra has been on my target list for a while now. I swept this one from the flower-heads of grasses on chalk downland whilst searching for Dicraeus.

@Bertolicus Xylota segnis

@_alanbradbury @EntoMarc @StevenFalk1 @WKWT @jell_1982 @SteveTrotter1 @jones44832 @xylota @ConopsEnto @NickMott7 @WildlifeTrusts I would like to see a widespread formal agreement that permits us to carry out biological recording activities on NT, WT, RSPB etc sites. It should be based on a code of conduct and registered either through society membership e.g, BENHS or a free permit system administered by NE

I've been a member of @WKWT for 34 yrs, often working closely with it professionally & an an amateur recorder to support it, generating much reserve data. Just been told I need permission to continue insect recording (I already had it) & must fill out RA paperwork for EACH visit.

@kitenet @StevenFalk1 @WildlifeTrusts @BritEntSoc @amentsoc @RoyEntSoc @DipteristsForum @bwars2000 @KieronHuston @BirdingDad @EcoLlogik @graemelyons @BBOWT Don't think I'll bother with that then!

@StevenFalk1 @WildlifeTrusts @BritEntSoc @amentsoc @RoyEntSoc @DipteristsForum @bwars2000 @KieronHuston @BirdingDad @EcoLlogik @graemelyons @kitenet @BBOWT My local National Trust reserve was a lot more blase about it and emailed to say that I can do as I please, for this reason most of my local recording is done there, I then upload to iRecord and send occasional updates, easy! Any type of barrier just puts me off visiting a site.

@StevenFalk1 @WildlifeTrusts @BritEntSoc @amentsoc @RoyEntSoc @DipteristsForum @bwars2000 @KieronHuston @BirdingDad @EcoLlogik @graemelyons @kitenet @BBOWT were very good about it a few years ago and they gave me a 2 year permit (need to redo) for reserves I had the go ahead and signed RA's for. Originally exact dates were required but I said I cant provide these as I survey in my free time and I don't decide until that day

@flygirlNHM @Ento_Allan Incredible, would love to see it in action!

OK mind BLOWN @Ento_Allan showed me this amazing micro beefly Leylaiya spp with its concertina mouthparts…. Is this not the most amazing MOUTHPART you have ever seen???

@xylota @RyanM_Sussex @DipteristsForum Had a walk around this unimproved neutral grassland yesterday and it was absolutely heaving with insects which made a nice change, I would love to see more farmland looking like this as it would be great for biodiversity and I bet it's great nutrition for cows too!

Sapromyza albiceps Fallén, 1820 swept from Hawthorn blossom in Union Wood, Co Sligo Date: 15.v.2024. A distinctive Lauxaniidae with bright white frons and face. @DipteristsForum

@SomEcoWorrier @DipteristsForum @RoyEntSoc @flygirlNHM Looks like Platyura marginata

I have no idea what this is so I shall call it the Pretty One - unless anyone can tell me what it is?. @DipteristsForum @RoyEntSoc @flygirlNHM

@DrRossPiper Still visible to the naked eye, more or less as in this photo and you could see the beams of light slowly moving through the sky. Get out tonight and see them if you can!

@m_harrow1 Matt, could you see much with the naked eye?

Aurora borealis from Pitstone Hill last night. Started off with just the green band across the sky before erupting into colour just as everyone was heading back to their cars!

Much better than last year's show twitter.com/m_harrow1/stat…

At last some decent spring sunshine. A trip out to streamside woodland yesterday yielded 2 top finds: A new site for Logjammer hoverfly and the scarce Anthomyiidae Alliopsis pilitarsis. Logjammer pic by Jim Cresswell. @DipteristsForum @StevenFalk1 @xylota

@StevenFalk1 @dwhitmore79 @X @NHM_London @flygirlNHM @Buzz_dont_tweet @WildlifeMag @Coleopterist @dipterists @xylota @NHM_Science @StevenFalk1 if you're concerned about security issues by adding your DOB just wait until you have to scan in an ID document to verify your age!

@dwhitmore79 @X @NHM_London @flygirlNHM @Buzz_dont_tweet @WildlifeMag @Coleopterist @dipterists @xylota @NHM_Science Is it compulsory to give your birth date Dan? I keep getting requests but I thought it was optional. I’m always worried about the security issues of giving a birth date (but also think I already gave it when I first joined Twitter)

My @uksarcs account was locked because I entered ‘2016’ as year of birth when prompted by X to add a birthdate. This was the year the page and Sarcophagidae Recording Scheme were created. Please help me get the page back by reposting and bringing this to the attention of @X 🙏🏻

@EntMikeAshworth @flygirlNHM Something like Tmemophlebia?

@flygirlNHM Super! What's the one with a proboscis like a curlew (middle of second column as shown) Looks weird 🤔

I love my visitors!!!!! All the way from Brazil - a gorgeous present from Fernando da Silva Carvalho Filho… 😎👊

Always nice to see Epiphragma ocellare, a common saproxylic Cranefly that I find more often in areas of woodland with higher humidity