Like many others, I’m spending even more time in my garden than usual with the current Covid situation. Although I’ve been photographing the insects in my Southport garden for over a decade, this extra time… Read more »
Month: August 2020
Linnaemya picta: A new tachinid fly for the Northwest of England
by Phil Smith
During summer 2020, I regularly visited an area of coarse grassland in the shelter of planted trees at Ravenmeols Local Nature Reserve near Formby. This supported plenty of flowering umbellifers that attracted a wide range… Read more »
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Recent Posts
- An unexpected garden visitor – The Locust Blowfly (Stomorhina lunata)
- Linnaemya picta: A new tachinid fly for the Northwest of England
- ‘Hoverflies of Saddleworth’ – The Story of the Book
- Continental shieldbug Eurydema ventralis hitches a lift to the Wirral
- New to Cheshire: Rare Solitary Bee Stelis phaeoptera
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- December 2017 (2)
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