While checking a south-facing fence at Wick’s Path, Formby Point on 4th November 2022, I spotted an insect I didn’t recognise. It was about 9 mm long, rounded and greyish, with a prominent net-like pattern… Read more »
Month: December 2022
First multiple sighting of Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale in North Merseyside
by Philip H. Smith
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale is a pale green bush-cricket with a creamy-yellow dorsal stripe and two reddish spots on top of the pro-thorax. The female has a long, slightly upturned ovipositor, while the male… Read more »
My Sefton Coast Diptera Highlights 2022
by Pete Kinsella
Despite the occasional excessive heat and drought-like conditions during the Summer, 2022 proved to be an excellent year for me in the field. I recorded my highest yearly total of Syphidae species on the Sefton… Read more »
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