Richard Comont

@NatMuseumRN Wow, thought she'd look newer

A selection of pages from our #FliesofBritainandIreland has just been spotted by this bee-fly - due mid-Feb 2026. Pre-pub offer runs until 31 Jan - order your copy now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @StevenFalk1 @Ecoentogeek @flygirlNHM @DipteristsForum

🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England! 4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.   Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.  Apply now: f.mtr.cool/majeflnjbl

Found this Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus crepitans) in a spiderweb in the garden this morning - bet the spider got a bit of a shock!

@FarmInvertsUK @StevenFalk1 @BumblebeeTrust Don't know E. coast but it's having a good yr on top of decades of steady expansion - I'm seeing it in good numbers in new areas around me in Worcs. Long-tube flowers in agenv mixes will certainly help, though they aren't focused on them like rudie. Weather/climate is major boost

@StevenFalk1 @BumblebeeTrust @RichardComont Cheers. My suspicion is that they may be following ruderatus in increasing as a result of CS/SFI farmland options and generally nature-friendlier farming over recent years. These ones are from established such fields.

From an inland Suffolk farm countryside stewardship grassy/flowery field option. Got another 1 to look at properly but in the meantime B. humilis or not?? @StevenFalk1 @BumblebeeTrust

Love #bumblebees? Then you probably know they're in crisis, and need our help You can help by supporting the very lovely @bumble_being raise funds for @BumblebeeTrust as she walks the Northumberland Coast Path🐝👣 Donate here👇 and please share, too! justgiving.com/page/charlotte…

@SueTownsend3 @UKLadybirds @thiswordistaken @Theponker Got my copy this week, amazing to see how far it's come since I last saw it as a pdf in progress! A fantastic achievement by Maria and David

field-studies-council.org/shop/publicati… Micro ladybirds made easy thanks to this bargain guide. @UKLadybirds please share! @RichardComont @thiswordistaken @Theponker

@MarcusW992 @BumblebeeTrust Glad you enjoyed it!

Fantastic Bumblebee course with work yesterday 🐝 @BumblebeeTrust @RichardComont Massively enjoyed it and learned so much. Can’t wait to get into the field now and put what I learned to the test

@JeffOllerton oh look, Greenpeace will be pleased: kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/warn…

@DuncanWestbury Haha, understandable!

@DuncanWestbury Cough * woolly aphid * cough

British pollinators are now starting to fly. Great fun to watch, and to try and identify. Many resources are out there, but here's one I've produced that is free and online @N07/collections/72157629222209764/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">flickr.com/photos/6307520…. Great coverage of bees, hoverflies etc. Images & species accounts.

Bats or great-crested newts? "Neither because I want growth" is simply one of the stupidest, immoral and most dismal political answers ever. I'm #teambat #teamnewt #teamhuman #teamhabitableplanet This story I wrote over the weekend has been cheering me up theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

🚜FARMAGEDDON🌾 The story of what's REALLY going on in farming. A story far more complex than the conventional wisdom. This isn't just (or even mainly) about inheritance tax. It's about a cascade of challenges & crises that may ultimately threaten food security. 📽️5 min primer👇

@SkyNews Like Hitler :)

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@Elaineeepoos @ZarFrost Joined it over the weekend, still exploring!

@RichardComont @ZarFrost bsky.app/starter-pack-s… and bsky.app/starter-pack/b…

Rather mournful that Twitter's ghost X is fading away faster now, it does feel like the end of the communal meeting place where everyone who had something to say could be found shouting, in different corners, but at least able to occasionally be heard over at the other side.

@DavidNotton @britgalls @BritEntSoc @gallformers @AmgueddfaCymru @PeteWestbrom Not one I've ever found, or can remember hearing being found

Anyone have obs. of Plagiotrochus coriaceus in Britain besides the original discovery by Robbins (2007)? Am going to review this species in Britain. Galled leaves below - smaller cp to other Plagiotrochus leaf galls & unilocular, sometimes in groups but never coalescing. Thanks!

I hear too many 'just so' stories about nature loss & approaches to recovery We need science to attribute causes of loss & to assess if & how conservation approaches work