Lamprospora caillettii,parasitic on the moss Tortella tortuosa growing on small Limestone fragments whilst searching for Blindiadelphus Campylopodus last weekend at Blackcliff wood in the wye valley, a furst ever uk record for this bryoparacytic fungi and my 7th uk first for a bryoparacytic pezizal

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Just thinking about the Amyciaea crab spider. I don't generally think of spiders as evil, but this thing is an empathy predator. It lurks alongside weaver ant colonies, pretending to be an injured ant, and when gullible ants go to help out what they think is their sister, they get eaten.

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Some #Diptera from Wednesday's wildlife group at Oaks Wood all caught by @lancefly.bsky.social The very smart Platypezid Callomyia amoena, the anomalous (they predate aphids instead of munching fruit) Drosophilidae, Acletoxenus formosus & Fannia pallitibia. #ukwildlife @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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Some more birch-searching after work today, and I located a couple of Monaphis antennata aphids (influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Mona...) in a local park. Quite a charasmatic species as far as aphids go, I think because of those big black antennae.

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Please pause your scroll for this spectacular weevil. You're looking at one of the first two iNaturalist records of Systaltocerus platyrhinus, shared just in the last month!

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