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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Well, he’s right in the sense there’d be economic growth - 0.05% according to UK govt’s impact assessment. Not much Same assessment also said the cost-benefit analysis, accounting for pollution, health impacts of noise etc would be negative by tens of billions of ££ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The hardy upper strand-line shingle specialist Scaly Cricket Pseudomogoplistes vicentae Branscombe, Devon last night

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Booking is now live for the 2026 British & Irish Botanical Conference: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan... Join us at @nhm-london.bsky.social on 28 Nov for botanical talks, exhibits, panel discussion, herbarium tours, networking, wildflower seed giveaways, ID quiz, authors, latest research & more!

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Birch aphid number 4 for the week at least stood out from a distance as a result of the dark colouration. These ones are Black-banded Birch Aphids, Calleriptinella calliptera (influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Call...) and were present on a street birch tree in North Norwich.

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