The Edinburgh Entomological Club is for everyone interested in Entomology. Talks on 3rd Weds of every month - all welcome! [email protected]
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2017
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To mark the start of #InsectWeek 2025, we're calling on the public to #StandTallForTheSmall and take the Insect Week pledge - a commitment to discover, observe & protect insects in all their fascinating variety 🐝
Sign the pledge and get a free poster 🔽
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This year, #InsectWeek focuses on addressing #InsectDecline.
Celebrating the essential research we publish through our journals to support the #GrandChallenges, we've created a #VirtualIssue on insect decline & #conservation.
Read the Virtual Issue 🔽
royensoc.co.uk/news/virtual-…
ALT A close-up photo of a stick insect Bacillus atticus ssp. atticus nymph. (c) Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
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Some pics from my outing today in the eastern part of East Lothian including North Berwick, River Tyne and Aberlady area : male Banded Demoiselle; imm female Emerald Damselfly; male Broad-bodied Chaser & female Emperor ovipositing @EdinburghNats #dragonflies #Lothian
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Missed this year's UK Butterfly Recorders’ Meeting?
All the brilliant talks from the day, including the latest results from @UKBMSLive, are now available to watch back on YouTube! 🙌
Catch up 👉 youtu.be/9tyLA9Vx3TE
📷: Chris Stamp
#UKBRM #UKBMS50 #ButterflyEmergency
ALT A Holly Blue butterfly perched on an ivy leaf in a park, with a path running behind
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Monitoring of butterflies helps direct conservation work. The WCBS Survey highlighted declines in a number of species last year including Red Admiral. Can you help to continue this work, we are looking for recorders in south & west Norfolk. buff.ly/T2tsN2y
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Green Hairstreak seen at Meathop Moss Nature Reserve, Meathop on 10 Apr 2025. Photo © Tony Marsh.
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Hebrew Characters are a regular find in a March moth trap. Named after the black mark on the forewing which resembles a character in the Hebrew alphabet. The adults will feed on sallow blossoms & the caterpillars have a wide variety of trees and plants they’ll happily thrive on
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Fascinating footage from our digital microscope of a Vapourer moth caterpillar emerging from an egg. The 2nd caterpillar which emerged a few minutes earlier has returned to its case to feed. #mothsmatter
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🚨 #InsectResearch Ethics Survey – Your Input Matters 🦗
We're gathering views on #InsectWelfare in UK research. If you're involved in UK #InsectResearch, we want to hear from you!
Share your thoughts 🔽
royensoc.co.uk/news/res-welf…
#EthicsInScience #InsectEthics #AnimalResearch
ALT Hairy-footed flower bee, Anthophora plumipes (c) Anthony Cooper
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If you are in Perthshire and want to join a pond management volunteer day to benefit wildlife (including dragonflies!), we are working with Tayside Amphibian & Reptile Group/ Perthshire Wildlife/ Tayside Biodiversity over the next few weeks. Details below...... #TeamDragonfly
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Common Blue Damselfly at sunrise from a few years ago. If you get the right weather, the colours can be amazing. Just reward for the early start. @BDSdragonflies @ScotlandBds @Britnatureguide @NatureUK #dragonfly #odonata #UKwildlife
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Conserving butterflies and moths in urban areas can make an important contribution to nature’s recovery and people’s enjoyment of nature 🏙️🌿
Get helpful tips and advice for managing urban habitats in this free guide 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/o…
@BigCButterflies @HeritageFundUK
ALT An illustration showing an urban park featuring a range of trees, wildflowers, long grass and nettles. Text overlay reads ' Managing urban habitats for butterflies' with smaller text boxes containing advice such as 'sow caterpillar foodplants' and 'allow some areas to grow tall and wild'.
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David McCulloch spent two-and-a-half hours watching this Common Hawker dragonfly emerge in the afternoon - definitely in the right place at the right time. Only 4 months to go until the earliest Common Hawkers emerge #TeamDragonfly
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Help keep track of #insects in the UK 🦋 Get involved in #BiologicalRecording to understand more about the #habitats and #distributions of insect species.
Learn more:
insectweek.org/discover-inse…
@iRecordWildlife #BiologicalRecording #Phenology #Ecology #RecordInsects #BioRecording
ALT Cockchafer, May-bug - Melolontha melolontha, credit Icy Ho
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Blue skies at Dragonfly Hotspot Morton Lochs last week....it felt warm enough for hardy dragonflies and there were a few insects on the wing. No Odonata though - the dragonfly ditch was frozen! Looking forward to seeing our first Large Red damsels in early May 💚 #TeamDragonfly
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Did you know three rare bumblebees were found living in east and southeast London last year? 🐝🌇
- Brown-banded carder bumblebee
- Shrill carder bumblebee
- Ruderal bumblebee
Were you lucky enough to spot any of these?
@BumblebeeTrust
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Woodland relicts in the garden: the first flower of Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) sent out its sunshine today 🌞💚🍃
#wildflowerhour
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Missed our UK Moth Recorders’ Meeting this year?
All the brilliant talks from the day are now available to watch back on our YouTube channel! Grab a cuppa and catch up here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=qLhnEXAt…
#UKMRM #MothsMatter
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The orange harvestman Scotolemon doriae was first discovered in the UK in Plymouth in 2017. I found it in Bristol in 2023 and it seems to be popping up in different places in the city now. Checking under rocks in wet winter weather seems to be a great way of finding them.
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#Insects present a fascinating world waiting to be explored, and these little creatures are a perfect introduction to #biology for young learners.
So turn over that rock and see who's beneath! It could be the start of a lifelong love for #science 🐞🦋
insectweek.org/discover-inse…
ALT Zoraptera - Zorotypus from Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador, Credit Graham Montgomery