Last night we celebrated the artistic talent of Natalie McIntyre at the lovely Whipple Museum Natalie’s drawings brought beauty to #InsectDay - her 24 plates are gorgeous. But you need to buy the lovely little book to see all of them press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Fungus Gnats today, the perfect time to make use of the latest publication by the late great Peter Chandler! #fungusgnats #diptera @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

An excellent evening out at Prawle Point, Devon with the Devon Natural Landscape Life on the Edge Project team and volunteers. A very successful search for Mediterranean Oil Beetles with over 30 seen plus a few other insects including a female Minotaur Beetle www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Ty...

Life on the Edge South Devon Natural Landscape Mediterranean Oil Beetle event Prawle, Devon Nov 2026

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DF's 2026 Dipterists’ Day & AGM, at National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, Sat 14 Nov 2026. Everyone welcome, members & non-members. Visits to museum Diptera collections and Dipterist Supper on Friday with Dipterist Day on Saturday. dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte... @flygirlnhm.bsky.social Pls share

Exciting News - #InsectDay has been recommended in the @newscientist.com as one of the best new popular-science books of November 2026 An hourly guide that follows twenty-four insects as they find food, mates, and safety from predators It's little & perfect for all homes @royentsoc.bsky.social

How exciting! 2 places for the DF 'Doli' ID workshop, March 2027 in UK, have been generously donated by our good friends @dipterists.bsky.social. Application info below - closing date 31-12-2026: dipterists.org.uk/news/two-ful... @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @davebriceflies.bsky.social Please share!

I am leading a night search introducing the Mediterreanen Oil Beetle Meloe mediterraneus this Wednesday 4 November 2026 at Prawle Point Devon for the Life on the Edge Project Free but booking essential more information www.southdevon-nl.org.uk/event/life-o...

The @nhm-london.bsky.social and the @unirdg-artcol.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social have partnered up to bring entomology to the masses, oops masters (students) And it’s great

Steve@stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · last wk.

A huge thank you to @flygirlnhm.bsky.social for a whole day of flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 at @unirdgento.bsky.social Brain now full! Good luck with the sprouts!🥬 🥬 🥬

What a great post @suillia.bsky.social Thank you!

Ian Andrews@suillia.bsky.social · last wk.

Many flies are fading away for another year, but NOT spiny-winged flies! Heleomyzids are out there living it up in the autumnal woods...so a great time to get out and add dots to the map for species like Suillia bicolor. Key here... dipterists.org.uk/sites/defaul... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

The seemingly very rare #Ephydridae fly Mosillus subsultans with its huge genae (cheeks) and weird facial projection. This one collected by @davebriceflies.bsky.social in East Anglia and sent over to have its picture added to www.flickr.com/groups/ephyd... @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Quick! Book your place on the Dipterist Forum Spring Identification Workshop - family Dolichopodidae - booking link below. Selling like hot cakes! www.field-studies-council.org/courses-and-... @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @davebriceflies.bsky.social

A mosquito on flowers of aster (cf. Callistephus) just outside my front door this evening turns out to be Culiseta longiareolata, a formerly rare species that is becoming more frequent in the UK. An unexpected new species for me (and possibly new for Buckinghamshire) @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

A revised version of the very well-illustrated key to spiny-winged flies in family Heleomyzidae has been made available by the authors: Duncan Sivell, Alan Stubbs and Ian Andrews Download it from the Heleomyzid Recording Scheme page on DF website here: dipterists.org.uk/heleomyzid-s... - open access

Brilliant, another key to add to the collection! @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @lancefly.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social

DipteristsForum@dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 2w ago

A revised version of the very well-illustrated key to spiny-winged flies in family Heleomyzidae has been made available by the authors: Duncan Sivell, Alan Stubbs and Ian Andrews Download it from the Heleomyzid Recording Scheme page on DF website here: dipterists.org.uk/heleomyzid-s... - open access

Looking forward to presenting this tomorrow, please re-post, thanks

DipteristsForum@dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Join us tomorrow evening (Tues 27th Oct) for an hour and half of learning on how to survey for flies. Getting the fieldwork right dictates the quality of the rest of the project ✅ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surveying-... @davebriceflies.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk

Join us tomorrow evening (Tues 27th Oct) for an hour and half of learning on how to survey for flies. Getting the fieldwork right dictates the quality of the rest of the project ✅ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surveying-... @davebriceflies.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk

Surveying For Flies

Learn how to survey for flies using practical field methods while exploring their ecological importance and habitats.

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Looking forward to presenting this tomorrow, please re-post, thanks

DipteristsForum@dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Join us tomorrow evening (Tues 27th Oct) for an hour and half of learning on how to survey for flies. Getting the fieldwork right dictates the quality of the rest of the project ✅ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surveying-... @davebriceflies.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk

Come along this week and learn to ID the UK’s 33 soil-dwelling earthworm species using microscopes, specimens & ID key. Ideal for students, soil ecologists, biological recorders & naturalists. 29 Oct | Natural History Museum, London | From £50 Register here: 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989370476...

Earthworm Identification

Learn how to identify British earthworm species based on morphological features, using a microscope and ID guide, with Keiron Brown.

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An Irish writer reached out to me recently about her book and would I like to quote on it. Unfortunately I read the message when I was on the road and now can't remmeber a) her name b) the name of the book c) which socials it was on. If that was you, please shout! If it wasn't, please share?

From this morning's walk in the local woods, Fly Agaric I assume. Playing football 🤔😅 #fungi #toadstools

Over 7,000 fly species occur in Britain and Ireland, yet most ecological surveys overlook them! Join David Brice, @dipteristsforum.bsky.social, on 27 Oct to explore practical fly surveying methods, habitats & biological recording 🌎 🧪 Surveying For Flies Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989322708...

After several days of non-diptera ID, back to the flies. Pteremis fenestralis (Sphaeroceridae). A species that likes wet habitats, sphagnum and grass clumps. Wings are often brachypterus , although a range of sizes can be found in one place dipteraid.co.uk/projects/ @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

After several days of non-diptera ID, back to the flies. Pteremis fenestralis (Sphaeroceridae). A species that likes wet habitats, sphagnum and grass clumps. Wings are often brachypterus , although a range of sizes can be found in one place dipteraid.co.uk/projects/ @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Flies are vital to ecosystems but remain under-recorded. Join David Brice and the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social on 27 October for a practical webinar exploring fly surveying methods, habitat assessment, identification and biological recording. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989322708...

New #OpenAccess research in #RESMedVetEnt Not extinct but thriving - The rediscovery of the horseshoe bat fly #Phthiridium biarticulatum (Diptera: #Nycteribiidae) in the United Kingdom doi.org/10.1111/mve.... #InsectVectors #BatFlies #Ectoparasites @wileyecology.bsky.social

An excellent job opportunity for an experienced entomologist The #DarwinTreeofLife project, based at @nhm-london.bsky.social are seeking someone with good identification skills to join this fantastic project @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...

Research Assistant, DToL Garfield Weston:South Kensington

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The Horseshoe Bat Fly Phthiridium biarticulatum is not extinct in the UK. Last recorded in 1959, it appears to be doing well on Lesser Horseshoe Bats in South West England. New paper out with Thomas Foxley, Emma Stone and @orlyrazgour.bsky.social. #bats #Diptera

Not extinct but thriving—The rediscovery of the horseshoe bat fly <fi>Phthiridium biarticulatum</fi> (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) in the United Kingdom

Bat flies such as Phthiridium biarticulatum Hermann are haematophagous ectoparasites of bats. Phthiridium biarticulatum was last recorded in the United Kingdom in 1959 and was considered regionally ...

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This little fluffy is 3mm long - best things do come in small packages. This bee-fly - Pusilla longirostris - was collected in 1931, presented to the @nhm-london.bsky.social in 1954, described in the same year and now, in 2026, its been imaged and databased. Welcome NHMUK016404692

I am giving a talk on Wildlife Gardening for Meavy Garden Society, Dartmoor, Devon this evening 19 October 2026 7.30 pm Meavy Parish Hall PL20 6PJ There is easy parking either behind the hall or round the small village green just outside the hall. All welcome non members £5 www.meavy.org.uk/mgs/