If you have Snapdragons in the garden or nearby, it is worth checking them for the attractively-marked bug Dicyphus escalerae. There are few Norfolk records, but I found it in my garden a few years ago and in my in-laws garden this week, so presumably it is being overlooked elsewhere.

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Another excellent edition of the British Journal of Entomology and Natural History (if I say so myself). #Entomology #Insects #Bugs #Miridae #Psallus #VC55

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I found four Blue Shieldbugs (Zicrona caerulea) in a nettle patch in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey on 11th October. I am hoping this turns out to be a reliable location as I have only seen this species twice before. #EssexWildlife #UKBugs

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Essential reading 📚

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Feather Stalkball, Onygena corvina. A friend found these growing on the remains of a dead Buzzard near Norwich and brought them along to Sunday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray for everyone to see. The fungus secretes enzymes to help it digest keratin from feathers. #Fungi #FungiFriends

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