On the afternoon of 29th May 2026, I was photographing insects on flowering Hemlock Water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) at Sands Lake, Ainsdale, when I spotted a large fly that I didn’t recognise (Figure 1). Reference to… Read more »

In 2025 I made a conscious effort to find Enoplognatha latima more widely in Cheshire. This was easily achieved by collecting all Enoplognatha specimens I came across, rather than just the first half dozen I… Read more »

Once a year in late May the small group of Spindle bushes (Euonymus europaeus) on Larkhill, Formby change dramatically. Within a few days heathy-looking green bushes become covered from head to toe with a white… Read more »

Over the late spring/summers of 2025/26 Philodromus collinus has been found widely in churchyards across Cheshire and once in North Wales (a single visit); usually being beaten from yew trees and bushes, occasionally from other… Read more »

A selection of notable records reported to us or found on iRecord. Includes older, but newly recognised vice county records. ‘The region’ is VC58, 59, 60 plus Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester. All photos are… Read more »

  North West Invertebrates welcomes short survey reports from recorders across the region. If you’ve carried out a piece of fieldwork—large or small—we’re keen to help share your findings on the website. Surveys can have… Read more »