February 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
November 30, 2024 at 1:58 PM
A tiny barkfly landed on me as I emptied the trap - Graphopsocus cruciatus
July 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
A tiny barkfly landed on me as I emptied the trap - Graphopsocus cruciatus
My morning leaf-litter hunt didn't result in any springtail photographs today, but I did snap this little psocid (barkfly) that was under a Laurel leaf. #psocoptera #Staffs #garden #macro #photography
September 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My morning leaf-litter hunt didn't result in any springtail photographs today, but I did snap this little psocid (barkfly) that was under a Laurel leaf. #psocoptera #Staffs #garden #macro #photography
Female Metylophorus nebulosus from Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (VC83), this afternoon. A large (6-7mm) & attractive #barkfly. #Psocoptera #Metylophorusnebulosus #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
September 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Female Metylophorus nebulosus from Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (VC83), this afternoon. A large (6-7mm) & attractive #barkfly. #Psocoptera #Metylophorusnebulosus #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
I saw a new patch barkfly today, having not yet examined one it's currently just Mesopsocus sp. Large for a barkfly, but the unwinged females are very well camouflaged and both sexes are very skittish, making getting a good look (and photos) tricky.
May 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I saw a new patch barkfly today, having not yet examined one it's currently just Mesopsocus sp. Large for a barkfly, but the unwinged females are very well camouflaged and both sexes are very skittish, making getting a good look (and photos) tricky.
I found an number of these distinctive looking barkfly nymphs(?) vacuuming calcareous grassland yesterday. Can anyone identify?
September 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I found an number of these distinctive looking barkfly nymphs(?) vacuuming calcareous grassland yesterday. Can anyone identify?
A Barkfly, two barkfly nymphs and a little mite all on one leaf in my garden, shame the leaf is wet making a glare 🍂🍁
#Barkflies #barkflynymph #insects #Entomology #gardeninsects #macrophotography
#Barkflies #barkflynymph #insects #Entomology #gardeninsects #macrophotography
November 25, 2024 at 8:27 PM
A Barkfly, two barkfly nymphs and a little mite all on one leaf in my garden, shame the leaf is wet making a glare 🍂🍁
#Barkflies #barkflynymph #insects #Entomology #gardeninsects #macrophotography
#Barkflies #barkflynymph #insects #Entomology #gardeninsects #macrophotography
Most excited about the barkfly.
January 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Most excited about the barkfly.
Another of those small interesting things that turn up on our house wall: Cuneopalpus cyanops, a barkfly often found on conifers. Seems fairly scarce - I can find no Devon records - but as usual with these things probably under recorded.
#UKWildlife
#Psocoptera
#Barkfly
#UKWildlife
#Psocoptera
#Barkfly
April 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Another of those small interesting things that turn up on our house wall: Cuneopalpus cyanops, a barkfly often found on conifers. Seems fairly scarce - I can find no Devon records - but as usual with these things probably under recorded.
#UKWildlife
#Psocoptera
#Barkfly
#UKWildlife
#Psocoptera
#Barkfly
Great Excitement!
Well, not so much because of tiny invertebrate blindness - it's not a pretty butterfly but it is the first record for #VC55.
Barkfly, Ectopsocus axillaris.
#Insects #Psocoptera #Entomology
Well, not so much because of tiny invertebrate blindness - it's not a pretty butterfly but it is the first record for #VC55.
Barkfly, Ectopsocus axillaris.
#Insects #Psocoptera #Entomology
March 27, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Great Excitement!
Well, not so much because of tiny invertebrate blindness - it's not a pretty butterfly but it is the first record for #VC55.
Barkfly, Ectopsocus axillaris.
#Insects #Psocoptera #Entomology
Well, not so much because of tiny invertebrate blindness - it's not a pretty butterfly but it is the first record for #VC55.
Barkfly, Ectopsocus axillaris.
#Insects #Psocoptera #Entomology
Another new species for me from yesterday, the surprisingly jazzy #barkfly Stenopsocus stigmaticus, with its neon yellow wing veins, beaten from Hawthorn. #Insect #UKWildlife #Psocoptera
August 20, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Another new species for me from yesterday, the surprisingly jazzy #barkfly Stenopsocus stigmaticus, with its neon yellow wing veins, beaten from Hawthorn. #Insect #UKWildlife #Psocoptera
2024 Highlights #4. Blaste quadrimaculata (Psocidae). A fine little barkfly and another lucky find on our house wall. It appears to be the first Devon record but it's likely these things are under recorded if not under appreciated.
#UKWildlife
#Barkfly
#Psocoptera
#UKWildlife
#Barkfly
#Psocoptera
December 12, 2024 at 8:34 AM
2024 Highlights #4. Blaste quadrimaculata (Psocidae). A fine little barkfly and another lucky find on our house wall. It appears to be the first Devon record but it's likely these things are under recorded if not under appreciated.
#UKWildlife
#Barkfly
#Psocoptera
#UKWildlife
#Barkfly
#Psocoptera
Another hour in Topsham Cemetery today and a few goodies: Beetles and Barkflies: looks like two new species for me.
Names in Alt Texts
Names in Alt Texts
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Another hour in Topsham Cemetery today and a few goodies: Beetles and Barkflies: looks like two new species for me.
Names in Alt Texts
Names in Alt Texts
Last night was pretty woeful for moths to the garden light trap, so this barkfly was by far the most interesting species in the catch. It is almost certainly Loenisia variegata, but will need a bit more scrutiny to confirm. #ukwildlife #Psocoptera schemes.brc.ac.uk/barkfly/key/...
September 15, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Last night was pretty woeful for moths to the garden light trap, so this barkfly was by far the most interesting species in the catch. It is almost certainly Loenisia variegata, but will need a bit more scrutiny to confirm. #ukwildlife #Psocoptera schemes.brc.ac.uk/barkfly/key/...
Highlights from today’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Female Mottled Umber, Cuneopalpus cyanops (a barkfly), Rabocerus gabrieli & several species of ladybirds. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Highlights from today’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Female Mottled Umber, Cuneopalpus cyanops (a barkfly), Rabocerus gabrieli & several species of ladybirds. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Update: Confirmed as Kolbia quisquiliarum by Keith Alexander.
schemes.brc.ac.uk/barkfly/acco...
schemes.brc.ac.uk/barkfly/acco...
National Barkfly (Outdoor Psocoptera) Recording Scheme
schemes.brc.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Update: Confirmed as Kolbia quisquiliarum by Keith Alexander.
schemes.brc.ac.uk/barkfly/acco...
schemes.brc.ac.uk/barkfly/acco...
One or two small things from Upgate Common. A parasitoid wasp attacks the aphid and then pupates in the silk tent underneath. Barkfly (Graphopsocus cruciatus), A mirid bug nymp? & a springtail (Entomobrya nivalis)? @norfolknats.bsky.social
June 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM
One or two small things from Upgate Common. A parasitoid wasp attacks the aphid and then pupates in the silk tent underneath. Barkfly (Graphopsocus cruciatus), A mirid bug nymp? & a springtail (Entomobrya nivalis)? @norfolknats.bsky.social
Some records from yesterday’s visit to Kenmore Parish Churchyard, Mid Perthshire (VC88): 10x Orange Ladybirds, harvestman Oligolophus hanseni & barkfly Trichopsocus brincki. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
February 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Some records from yesterday’s visit to Kenmore Parish Churchyard, Mid Perthshire (VC88): 10x Orange Ladybirds, harvestman Oligolophus hanseni & barkfly Trichopsocus brincki. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
A beautiful Speckled Bush- cricket on a Magnolia stellata (Leptophyse punctatissima) and a Barkfly (Ectoposcus briggsi agg)? found on Holly (Ilex aquifolium) @norfolknats.bsky.social
May 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A beautiful Speckled Bush- cricket on a Magnolia stellata (Leptophyse punctatissima) and a Barkfly (Ectoposcus briggsi agg)? found on Holly (Ilex aquifolium) @norfolknats.bsky.social
I love when the smallest of insects stop by to say hello. Graphopsocus cruciatus in the garden today.
#Insect #Invertebrate #Barkfly
#Insect #Invertebrate #Barkfly
May 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I love when the smallest of insects stop by to say hello. Graphopsocus cruciatus in the garden today.
#Insect #Invertebrate #Barkfly
#Insect #Invertebrate #Barkfly
Collection from today’s visit to Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh: 2x Speckled Bittersweet Moth cocoons (on same gravestone), Orange & Cream-spot Ladybirds & Valenzuela burmeisteri (barkfly). Added to #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
November 20, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Collection from today’s visit to Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh: 2x Speckled Bittersweet Moth cocoons (on same gravestone), Orange & Cream-spot Ladybirds & Valenzuela burmeisteri (barkfly). Added to #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
2x Pteroxanium kelloggi on gravestone in Morningside Cemetery #Edinburgh this morning. A distinctly hairy #barkfly with short, pointy wings & dark line running through eyes. About 3mm. Status as uncommon in UK but presumably under-recorded. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
December 7, 2024 at 3:54 PM
2x Pteroxanium kelloggi on gravestone in Morningside Cemetery #Edinburgh this morning. A distinctly hairy #barkfly with short, pointy wings & dark line running through eyes. About 3mm. Status as uncommon in UK but presumably under-recorded. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Sunday 6th April
A couple of Inverts is all i could manage.
Double-striped Pug : moth species #18 (all stages) for the year. Found on a storage container, Hamiltonhill Claypits.
Barkfly sp : potted up from the outside of our living room window.
A couple of Inverts is all i could manage.
Double-striped Pug : moth species #18 (all stages) for the year. Found on a storage container, Hamiltonhill Claypits.
Barkfly sp : potted up from the outside of our living room window.
April 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sunday 6th April
A couple of Inverts is all i could manage.
Double-striped Pug : moth species #18 (all stages) for the year. Found on a storage container, Hamiltonhill Claypits.
Barkfly sp : potted up from the outside of our living room window.
A couple of Inverts is all i could manage.
Double-striped Pug : moth species #18 (all stages) for the year. Found on a storage container, Hamiltonhill Claypits.
Barkfly sp : potted up from the outside of our living room window.
A Barkfly (Ectosocus briggsi agg)? Common Lime Aphid (Eucallipterus tiliae), Plum / Thistle Aphid (Brachycaudus cardui) on Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans) & a single Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami) @norfolknats.bsky.social
September 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
A Barkfly (Ectosocus briggsi agg)? Common Lime Aphid (Eucallipterus tiliae), Plum / Thistle Aphid (Brachycaudus cardui) on Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans) & a single Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami) @norfolknats.bsky.social