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#AshdownForest #EastSussex #Sunset #sheep #HighWeald
October 30, 2024 at 12:01 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A Spotted green pine needle aphid (Eulachnus agilis) found under Scots Pines in Brede High Woods this morning.

#HighWeald #Aphids
An elongate oval bright green Aphid with tiny black spots covering its uppermost side. Head and antennae are to the left of picture.
September 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
One of our migrant Hoverflies turning up here in the Sussex HighWeald - Scaeva pyrastri. I spotted this one as went to open a field gate in yesterday’s sunshine. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A beautiful 5mm long Ormyrus nitidulus parasitoid wasp of the Ormyridae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Ormyridae #HighWeald
blue-ish metallic looking wasp with a bright red eye
August 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A handsome male Trybliographa gracilicornis wasp of the Eucoilidae, Figitidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Figitidae #Eucoilidae #HighWeald
side view of a shiny black wasp with orange legs
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
The beautiful lacebug Kalama tricornis found in Brede High Woods this morning.
#Tingidae #HighWeald
looking down on an elongated oval bug that is on a green leaf. The bug has lacy wing cases folded on its back. Its head and antennae are black
August 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
Calvatia gigantea - Giant Puffball - appearing on the verge of our #HighWeald Sussex lane just in time for #MushroomMonday.
#FungiFriends
September 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
First Baeus seminulum of the year!
This adorable little wasp of the Scelionidae was found today under pine trees in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Scelionidae #HighWeald
dark yellow, very compact wasp, head and antennae are to the right
March 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A beautiful 0.5mm long female Anaphes flavipes parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae found on 1.5.2024 in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #HighWeald
tiny brown wasp with its head and curved antennae facing to the left, wings are held above body
November 20, 2024 at 2:51 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
The intricate beauty of a Spiked Shieldbug as seen from below.

#UKWildlife #Shieldbug #Hemiptera #HighWeald
the underside of a Spiked Shieldbug; it's head and antennae are to the right of picture
August 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
One of two beautiful 0.38mm long female Alaptus scmitzii parasitoid wasps of the Mymaridae found this morning under pine in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #HighWeald #BredeHighWoods
tiny wasp with long-fringed wings
November 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A beautiful Oligosita nudipennis wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 20.8.2025 in the garden birch tree. Love those wing fringes!

#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
View from above of a bright yellow wasp against a dark background. Its head and antenna are to the top of picture. Its fringed wings are held out to either side of the wasp.
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A beautiful Macroteleia bicolora wasp of the Scelionidae found in the meadow at Great Dixter this morning.

#UKWildlife #HighWeald #wasps #Scelionidae
An elongate black wasp with brown patches on three segments of its abdomen, it has a triangular pointed end to the abdomen. Head and antennae are to the left of picture
July 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A beautiful female Mymar pulchellum parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae found in Brede High Woods. This may be a common species but it is always worth a closer look!

#UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #HighWeald
A tiny dark orange wasp with shaded fringed wings on long stalks, head and antennae are to the left of pictures
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A 0.3mm long female Alaptus minimus parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae found in Brede High Woods this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #HighWeald
pale grey tiny wasp with head and antennae to the left of picture, blade-like fringed wings are held vertically over body
July 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A 0.3mm long female Trichogramma sp wasp found 2.5.2023 in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
Side view of a tiny yellow wasp. Its head has large red eyes, and is to the right of picture. There are grey stripes across the wasp's back. Paddle shaped wings are held vertically above body.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
offa59.bsky.social
Mayfield to Buxted in Sussex, a warm autumnal day in the South East of England.
October 25
#HighWeald
#EastSussex
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October 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis in ghyll woodland (a wooded, steep-sided, stream-cut valley) in the Kent High Weald. #wildflowerhour #WoodlandPlants #KentNature #HighWeald
A scattering of pink-flowered Cuckooflowers on the edge of a small stream that runs in the bottom of a steep-sided, wooded valley.
April 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A 0.4mm long female Alaptus pallidicornis parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #HighWeald
July 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A beautiful Kleidotoma ciliaris wasp of the Figitidae found under pine in Brede High Woods.

#UKWildlife #wasps #HighWeald #Figitidae
shiny black wasp with a dense ring of golden hair at the base of abdomen, head is to the left of picture
March 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A beautiful Baeus seminulum wasp of the Scelionidae found in meadow grass at Great Dixter this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Scelionidae #HighWeald
dark brown wasp with very rounded body, head and antennae are to the left of picture
July 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
offa59.bsky.social
Buxted to Uckfield on the footpaths around Blackboys, a wonderful warm autumnal day.
October 25
#Sussex
#HighWeald
@stormhour.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
Who doesn't love a Tardigrade?
One of three found in a clump of moss under pine trees in Brede High Woods. Could be Macrobiotus cf hufelandi, but if anyone knows better ...

#Tardigrade #HighWeald
Viewed from below; an elongate tiny tardigrade. Its head end with mouthparts is to the right of picture. there are three pairs of stumpy legs with claws to along the sides of the body, and a further pair of stumpy legs with claws at the rearmost part of body (left side of picture).
January 29, 2026 at 4:09 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
One of two beautiful female Cryptoserphus dilatus wasps of the Proctotrupidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #HighWeald #Proctotrupidae
glossy black parasitic wasp with orange-yellow legs and a narrow ovipositor, large wings held above body feature a triangular brown spot
November 16, 2024 at 5:11 PM
arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A picture to illustrate different sizes of Proctotrupid wasps. Above is Cryptoserphus dilatus, below is Exallonyx wasmannii. Both were found under pine in Brede High Woods today.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Proctotrupidae #HighWeald
two black glossy wasps showing size difference within the same family, both wasps are facing left with their antennae stretched out
November 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM