David Williams

Hello World, I have written & illustrated this handy (& very reasonably priced) little guide to Orthoptera & Dermaptera. It can be pre-ordered from FSC Publications now...

@YvonneCouch5 @YvonneCouch I'm pleased about that. I looked for you on there yesterday but couldn't find you.

Hi all. I am now set up on that other place with the cheerful blue butterfly as its symbol. Here is an Adonis Blue from Wilts in August to mark the occasion. Hope to see you all there!

I beat this Orange Ladybird from a Scots Pine in Church Stretton on Wednesday. No sign of any of the pine specialists though.

@rockwolf74 Latest Shropshire record is Nov 23rd, so within a week of it!

Highlights from a day spent ladybird recording. Especially good to catch up with a few of the conifer specialists in Cream-streaked, Striped and 18-spot 🐞🔎 #ladybirds

Also on the 13th, our latest ever Dark Bush Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) with a female enjoying the sunshine.

@jwood_t @wildlifebcn @iancbeavis That's impressively late. My latest ever is 4th November.

Red-patched Ladybird, Nephus redtenbacheri, vacuumed from grass in Church Stretton today. At about 2mm long, one of the smallest of the British Micro Ladybirds.

An Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) tapped out of ivy in Waltham Abbey, Essex today alongside two Epaulet Ladybirds (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides). #UKLadybirds #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A Red-headed Ladybird (Rhyzobius lophanthae) tapped out of an ornamental juniper in Upshire, Essex today. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A short montage of the Amur/Stejneger’s Stonechat from Trimley Marshes yesterday. An unforgettable encounter!

A great record & stunning photo of 13-Spot Ladybird by Larry Doherty, recorded from Cabragh Wetlands, Co. Tipperary back in September. This species only has 39 records in our Ladybirds of Ireland dataset, so always nice to see submissions for this species. #LadybirdAtlas2025

Several Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) tapped from Ivy today at Coolmelagh Wood near Carnew, Wicklow. Targeted surveying to find Ivy Ladybird (Nephus quadrimaculatus) new to Wicklow drew a blank. Ivy LB known from Wexford, Carlow & Kilkenny.

A couple of Blue Shieldbugs seen recently at Benthall Hall & Bishop's Wood. Always brighten up the day!

Two Red-rumped Ladybirds, Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, vacuumed from rough grass at Bishop's Wood FSC centre on Wednesday. The first I've seen in months.

Five 16-spot Ladybirds (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) and a 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) tapped out of Black Horehound at Fishers Green, Essex today. No sign of any Striped Shieldbugs during a visual search. #UKLadybirds #LeeValleyWildlife #EssexWildlife

Tijereta, Doru sp., Dermaptera, Forficulidae. Insectos inofensivos que muchas personas le atribuyen poseer sustancias tóxicas que pueden ser inyectadas con estructuras en forma de pinza (cercos), presentes en el ápice del abdomen. Esto es falso, no ocasionan accidentes médicos.

九大祭に向けて奄美のスジをマウント(今更) 展示は国産ハサミムシ標本13種、生体3種 海外産標本2種、ブラックロングホーン生体を予定

お迎えしたブラックロングホーン カッコよすぎですね

ヤフオクで落札したペルー産ハサミムシ おそらくPyragra fuscata Audinet-Serville,1831