😎#RedListTaxonomists challenge: we have a BONUS question for you in these last days of #InsectWeek21 : guess and learn more about our joint initiative with @IUCN & @Pensoft: ↪️#InsectWeek21 #insects #entomology @insectweek
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February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
😎#RedListTaxonomists challenge: we have a BONUS question for you in these last days of #InsectWeek21 : guess and learn more about our joint initiative with @IUCN & @Pensoft: ↪️#InsectWeek21 #insects #entomology @insectweek
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🎉🔎Friday quiz for the #RedListTaxonomists 🦋
Ready to test your #entomology skills⁉️
↪️this beautiful brush-footed #butterfly is waiting for you!
@IUCNBrussels @IUCNRedList @IUCN @Pensoft #InsectWeek21 #EUPollinators #eurotaxonomy
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Ready to test your #entomology skills⁉️
↪️this beautiful brush-footed #butterfly is waiting for you!
@IUCNBrussels @IUCNRedList @IUCN @Pensoft #InsectWeek21 #EUPollinators #eurotaxonomy
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February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🎉🔎Friday quiz for the #RedListTaxonomists 🦋
Ready to test your #entomology skills⁉️
↪️this beautiful brush-footed #butterfly is waiting for you!
@IUCNBrussels @IUCNRedList @IUCN @Pensoft #InsectWeek21 #EUPollinators #eurotaxonomy
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Ready to test your #entomology skills⁉️
↪️this beautiful brush-footed #butterfly is waiting for you!
@IUCNBrussels @IUCNRedList @IUCN @Pensoft #InsectWeek21 #EUPollinators #eurotaxonomy
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🧐#InsectWeekQuiz of the day, are you all set?
⁉️What is NOT a common #name of this #Oedemera #beetle?
↪️answer here:& join the EU initiative #RedListTaxonomists with @Pensoft and @IUCN 🇪🇺
#InsectWeek21 #InsectWeek #EUPollinators
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⁉️What is NOT a common #name of this #Oedemera #beetle?
↪️answer here:& join the EU initiative #RedListTaxonomists with @Pensoft and @IUCN 🇪🇺
#InsectWeek21 #InsectWeek #EUPollinators
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February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🧐#InsectWeekQuiz of the day, are you all set?
⁉️What is NOT a common #name of this #Oedemera #beetle?
↪️answer here:& join the EU initiative #RedListTaxonomists with @Pensoft and @IUCN 🇪🇺
#InsectWeek21 #InsectWeek #EUPollinators
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⁉️What is NOT a common #name of this #Oedemera #beetle?
↪️answer here:& join the EU initiative #RedListTaxonomists with @Pensoft and @IUCN 🇪🇺
#InsectWeek21 #InsectWeek #EUPollinators
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🔎#RedListTaxonomists QUIZ, day 2!
🧐Are you ready?
⏬Can you identify the alien #insect correctly? If yes, join us to map #taxonomic expertise in Europe! 🥳
with @Pensoft & @IUCN #InsectWeek21 #PollinatorWeek
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🧐Are you ready?
⏬Can you identify the alien #insect correctly? If yes, join us to map #taxonomic expertise in Europe! 🥳
with @Pensoft & @IUCN #InsectWeek21 #PollinatorWeek
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February 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🔎#RedListTaxonomists QUIZ, day 2!
🧐Are you ready?
⏬Can you identify the alien #insect correctly? If yes, join us to map #taxonomic expertise in Europe! 🥳
with @Pensoft & @IUCN #InsectWeek21 #PollinatorWeek
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🧐Are you ready?
⏬Can you identify the alien #insect correctly? If yes, join us to map #taxonomic expertise in Europe! 🥳
with @Pensoft & @IUCN #InsectWeek21 #PollinatorWeek
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📢To celebrate the #InsectWeek21, we invite you to take this new #taxonomic challenge & test your knowledge on #insects! Are you ready⁉️
Day1⃣: Can you spot the correct #weevil species? If you do, we might need YOU for the #RedListTaxonomists initiative!
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Day1⃣: Can you spot the correct #weevil species? If you do, we might need YOU for the #RedListTaxonomists initiative!
bit.ly/3zOUxSI
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📢To celebrate the #InsectWeek21, we invite you to take this new #taxonomic challenge & test your knowledge on #insects! Are you ready⁉️
Day1⃣: Can you spot the correct #weevil species? If you do, we might need YOU for the #RedListTaxonomists initiative!
bit.ly/3zOUxSI
Day1⃣: Can you spot the correct #weevil species? If you do, we might need YOU for the #RedListTaxonomists initiative!
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Bring your #expertise to preserve #insect life on 🌍
& help us mapping taxonomic expertise across Europe with @Pensoft & @IUCN for #RedListTaxonomists 🪲🐞🦋
↪️sign up here:#EUPollinators #InsectWeek21 #taxonomists #CitizenScience #citizenscientist
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& help us mapping taxonomic expertise across Europe with @Pensoft & @IUCN for #RedListTaxonomists 🪲🐞🦋
↪️sign up here:#EUPollinators #InsectWeek21 #taxonomists #CitizenScience #citizenscientist
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The Red List of Insect Taxonomists - Home
Insects play a significant role in the functioning of healthy ecosystems and human well-being. By providing vital services such as pollination, matter decomposition,
and bio-control, they greatly influence the living world.
Therefore, our ability and expertise to recognize insect species and biodiversity is fundamental for their conservation.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Bring your #expertise to preserve #insect life on 🌍
& help us mapping taxonomic expertise across Europe with @Pensoft & @IUCN for #RedListTaxonomists 🪲🐞🦋
↪️sign up here:#EUPollinators #InsectWeek21 #taxonomists #CitizenScience #citizenscientist
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↪️sign up here:#EUPollinators #InsectWeek21 #taxonomists #CitizenScience #citizenscientist
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We should of course have added #InsectWeek21 to our initial Tweet. Sigh.
December 5, 2024 at 11:54 PM
We should of course have added #InsectWeek21 to our initial Tweet. Sigh.
It may be nearly mid-summer, but we're still seeing reasonable numbers of quite fresh looking "spring" butterflies around, like this Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines). Is anyone else still seeing spring butterflies?
#InsectWeek21 #SummerSolstice2021
#InsectWeek21 #SummerSolstice2021
December 5, 2024 at 11:49 PM
It may be nearly mid-summer, but we're still seeing reasonable numbers of quite fresh looking "spring" butterflies around, like this Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines). Is anyone else still seeing spring butterflies?
#InsectWeek21 #SummerSolstice2021
#InsectWeek21 #SummerSolstice2021
Good to see lots of Ladybird larvae in the Valley at the moment. This one is a Seven spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on one of our Ox-eye daisies.
Another post for #InsectWeek21
Another post for #InsectWeek21
December 5, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Good to see lots of Ladybird larvae in the Valley at the moment. This one is a Seven spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on one of our Ox-eye daisies.
Another post for #InsectWeek21
Another post for #InsectWeek21
Normally it takes a long time to see the fruits of conservation management work. This morning was an exception. A soon as one of our volunteers had finished clearing reed from one of our ponds, the dragonflies and damselflies were there ovipositing. Result!
#InsectWeek21 #Odonata
#InsectWeek21 #Odonata
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Normally it takes a long time to see the fruits of conservation management work. This morning was an exception. A soon as one of our volunteers had finished clearing reed from one of our ponds, the dragonflies and damselflies were there ovipositing. Result!
#InsectWeek21 #Odonata
#InsectWeek21 #Odonata
New kid on the block!
We spotted this bug a couple of days ago. It's a Closterotomus trivialis (a Miridae plant bug). Native to the Mediterranean, it was first reported from London in 2009. Likely reintroduced many times on horticultural produce. [ID Stewart Bevan]
#InsectWeek21
We spotted this bug a couple of days ago. It's a Closterotomus trivialis (a Miridae plant bug). Native to the Mediterranean, it was first reported from London in 2009. Likely reintroduced many times on horticultural produce. [ID Stewart Bevan]
#InsectWeek21
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
New kid on the block!
We spotted this bug a couple of days ago. It's a Closterotomus trivialis (a Miridae plant bug). Native to the Mediterranean, it was first reported from London in 2009. Likely reintroduced many times on horticultural produce. [ID Stewart Bevan]
#InsectWeek21
We spotted this bug a couple of days ago. It's a Closterotomus trivialis (a Miridae plant bug). Native to the Mediterranean, it was first reported from London in 2009. Likely reintroduced many times on horticultural produce. [ID Stewart Bevan]
#InsectWeek21
First Scarlet Tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) of the year for us here this morning, sitting right in the middle of the boardwalk. 🙄
It may just have emerged; the left forewing doesn't seem fully inflated yet...
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #TigerMoth #WildOxford
It may just have emerged; the left forewing doesn't seem fully inflated yet...
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #TigerMoth #WildOxford
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
First Scarlet Tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) of the year for us here this morning, sitting right in the middle of the boardwalk. 🙄
It may just have emerged; the left forewing doesn't seem fully inflated yet...
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #TigerMoth #WildOxford
It may just have emerged; the left forewing doesn't seem fully inflated yet...
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #TigerMoth #WildOxford
At around 3.5-5mm, most of our visitors remain blissfully unaware of our Figwort Weevils (Cionus scrophulariae), pictured here "getting jiggy" on one of our many Water Figwort plants. If you visit us, see if you manage to spot any!
#InsectWeek21 #OxfordshireFens #WildOxford
#InsectWeek21 #OxfordshireFens #WildOxford
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
At around 3.5-5mm, most of our visitors remain blissfully unaware of our Figwort Weevils (Cionus scrophulariae), pictured here "getting jiggy" on one of our many Water Figwort plants. If you visit us, see if you manage to spot any!
#InsectWeek21 #OxfordshireFens #WildOxford
#InsectWeek21 #OxfordshireFens #WildOxford
A pollen-coated bee on one of our Ox-eye daisies. A real insect magnet! An early entry for #WildFlowerHour's #PollinatorPals challenge. #InsectWeek21
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December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
A pollen-coated bee on one of our Ox-eye daisies. A real insect magnet! An early entry for #WildFlowerHour's #PollinatorPals challenge. #InsectWeek21
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Bumblebee and tiny hoverfly sharing Viper's Bugloss on our dry grassland for #WildflowerHour's #PollinatorPals in #InsectWeek21. #WildOxford
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@wildflower_hour @judyweb32049878 @BumblebeeTrust @insectweek @BBOWT
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@wildflower_hour @judyweb32049878 @BumblebeeTrust @insectweek @BBOWT
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Bumblebee and tiny hoverfly sharing Viper's Bugloss on our dry grassland for #WildflowerHour's #PollinatorPals in #InsectWeek21. #WildOxford
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@wildflower_hour @judyweb32049878 @BumblebeeTrust @insectweek @BBOWT
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@wildflower_hour @judyweb32049878 @BumblebeeTrust @insectweek @BBOWT
Hogweed is a firm favourite with all kinds of insects. We grow it especially for them! Here we have a Longhorn beetle, a tachinid fly and honey bee proving the point! #WildFlowerHour #PollinatorPals #InsectWeek21
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878
📷31-07-2020.
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878
📷31-07-2020.
December 5, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Hogweed is a firm favourite with all kinds of insects. We grow it especially for them! Here we have a Longhorn beetle, a tachinid fly and honey bee proving the point! #WildFlowerHour #PollinatorPals #InsectWeek21
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878
📷31-07-2020.
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878
📷31-07-2020.
A pollen-covered Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on one of our ever popular Ox-eye daisies. A final contribution to #WildFlowerHour's #PollinatorPals in #InsectWeek21.
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878 @NearbyWild
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878 @NearbyWild
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 PM
A pollen-covered Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on one of our ever popular Ox-eye daisies. A final contribution to #WildFlowerHour's #PollinatorPals in #InsectWeek21.
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878 @NearbyWild
@wildflower_hour @insectweek @judyweb32049878 @NearbyWild
This little one really did not want its photo taken. After watching it hiding behind leaves for about five minutes, I finally got this single shot. Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) nymph I presume.
#InsectWeek21 #BackGardenSafari #NaturePhotography
#InsectWeek21 #BackGardenSafari #NaturePhotography
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
This little one really did not want its photo taken. After watching it hiding behind leaves for about five minutes, I finally got this single shot. Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) nymph I presume.
#InsectWeek21 #BackGardenSafari #NaturePhotography
#InsectWeek21 #BackGardenSafari #NaturePhotography
Could someone help me with an ID for this #hoverfly please? No open wing shots sadly. Chrysotoxum sp.? Back garden this afternoon.
#diptera #IDRequest #InsectWeek21
#diptera #IDRequest #InsectWeek21
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Could someone help me with an ID for this #hoverfly please? No open wing shots sadly. Chrysotoxum sp.? Back garden this afternoon.
#diptera #IDRequest #InsectWeek21
#diptera #IDRequest #InsectWeek21
Here's another take on one of our Rosemary beetles (Chrysolina americana) on lavender. And yes, I know it's still upside down 🙄
Taken with a new to me @SigmaImagingUK 180mm macro lens. [Will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #Coleoptera #TwitterNatureCommunity
Taken with a new to me @SigmaImagingUK 180mm macro lens. [Will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #Coleoptera #TwitterNatureCommunity
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Here's another take on one of our Rosemary beetles (Chrysolina americana) on lavender. And yes, I know it's still upside down 🙄
Taken with a new to me @SigmaImagingUK 180mm macro lens. [Will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #Coleoptera #TwitterNatureCommunity
Taken with a new to me @SigmaImagingUK 180mm macro lens. [Will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #Coleoptera #TwitterNatureCommunity
Synchronised munching!
A pair of Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillars sharing a Water Figwort plant in the Lye Valley yesterday. [will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #HungryCaterpillars #NaturePhotography
A pair of Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillars sharing a Water Figwort plant in the Lye Valley yesterday. [will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #HungryCaterpillars #NaturePhotography
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Synchronised munching!
A pair of Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillars sharing a Water Figwort plant in the Lye Valley yesterday. [will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #HungryCaterpillars #NaturePhotography
A pair of Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillars sharing a Water Figwort plant in the Lye Valley yesterday. [will likely need a click]
#InsectWeek21 #TeamMoth #HungryCaterpillars #NaturePhotography
Matt: "that moth you like is buzzing around the garden"
Yep, sure enough, yesterday's Currant Clearwing is there and now appears to be flying a circuit around the yard. Blackcurrant bush, sunny wall, calendula flower, repeat. #InsectWeek21 #moths
Yep, sure enough, yesterday's Currant Clearwing is there and now appears to be flying a circuit around the yard. Blackcurrant bush, sunny wall, calendula flower, repeat. #InsectWeek21 #moths
December 1, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Matt: "that moth you like is buzzing around the garden"
Yep, sure enough, yesterday's Currant Clearwing is there and now appears to be flying a circuit around the yard. Blackcurrant bush, sunny wall, calendula flower, repeat. #InsectWeek21 #moths
Yep, sure enough, yesterday's Currant Clearwing is there and now appears to be flying a circuit around the yard. Blackcurrant bush, sunny wall, calendula flower, repeat. #InsectWeek21 #moths
It’s not often that I see a new species of robberfly. Golden-haired robberfly Choerades marginatus. In Finemere Wood today. #insectweek21
November 17, 2024 at 1:29 AM
It’s not often that I see a new species of robberfly. Golden-haired robberfly Choerades marginatus. In Finemere Wood today. #insectweek21
Two of three forms of the excellent bumblebee mimic hoverfly Volucella bombylans oin Finemere Wood today. #Insectweek21
November 17, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Two of three forms of the excellent bumblebee mimic hoverfly Volucella bombylans oin Finemere Wood today. #Insectweek21