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How is Same Singing Different Character??

It's unacceptable to keep Farage out of this debate.

@elonmuskusaaaaa Open your eyes

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@Sybalan @rockwolf74 @lisajrwilliams I no expert but looks like Emblethis vicarius, a seed bug

Spotted this afternoon another new one for me can you ID it please @rockwolf74 @lisajrwilliams I think it might be one of the Emblethis from a search

Spend the evening bashing Hawthorn llooking for hwathorn shieldbug with little luck and then a mating pair land on you

@Britnatureguide Looks like Cydnus aterrimus

Unidentified insect seen on the table at a bar in Santorini a few days ago.

Any fungi people out there who could identify this one please

@BritishBugs is this a strange colour Hairy Shieldbug

@joshual951 @BSBIbotany Thanks Joshua much appreciated

@shotbert @BSBIbotany That’s White Bryony, Bob :)

@joshual951 @BSBIbotany hi guys any ideas what this plant is , looks like some sort of vine but can find it

@YvonneCouch5 @rockwolf74 @BritishBugs Could possibly be Aradus crenatus, a flat bug

@lisajrwilliams @BritishBugs @RSPBMiddleton @rockwolf74 @Buzz_dont_tweet Looks like Adelphocoris seticornis

@bugmanjones Snap found one on bramble this morning

I’m not sure Lagria hirta (Tenebrionidae/ Lagriidae) has an English name. It’s not scarce but I usually find it by sweeping. This one sitting on a bramble leaf, drinking moisture?

@BritishBugs @SJBKnott Not great picture but is this the scarab bug Thyreocoris scaraboides

@bugmanjones Excellent, I have pre ordered mine , favourite bugs

Cue smug grin and infuriatingly pompous demeanour. Advance copy, prior to mass release into the wild on 6 July 2023.

@bugmanjones I would be very interested in that , favourite insect

Well, I’ve sent off my latest baby. Nigh on 130,000 words and 500 illustrations on Shieldbugs. Watch this space. By the way I’ve deleted my previous post showing a weird and rather niche baby bug on my gnarled fingers to a more familiar and aesthetically pleasing image.

@gailashton Looks like Graphopsocus cruciatus but I’m no expert

Can anyone help with IDing this barkfly please? 🙂 #barkfly #psocoptera

@ZarFrost I have just seen the same on Beech trees in Cambridge

Forest Bugs under the beech tree outside our office. Hundreds wandering about and clustered in cracks all the way up. Hiding from the heat? Anyone seen this behaviour before?