Join @prospectsfoundation.org.uk for UKPoMS training on Friday 17th July in Accrington Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-poms-tr...

A male Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, part of a large population discovered during the Tanyptera Trust day at Alvaston Hall last Friday, only the 2nd confirmed Cheshire record. @tanyptera.bsky.social

🌿 Coming up in June! We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Joe Botting for a two‑day workshop on Jumping Plant Lice (Psyllids). 📍 Day 1 – World Museum: Getting to grips with Psyllid ecology & ID 📍 Day 2 – Rixton Clay Pits: Field Sessions 👉 More info: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/psylli...

🪰 Exciting discovery on the dunes A return visit to Hightown has revealed not one, but 71 specimens of a fly species new to Britain! Read the latest update on the fascinating “Hightown Fly” here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/update-on-th...

Update on the “Hightown Fly” - North West Invertebrates

Last year during a Tanyptera Project recording day on the Hightown dunes between Formby and Crosby I caught a bristly black fly which on examination under the microscope turned out to be a species new...

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🪲 Join us at our upcoming Invertebrate Recording Day at Risley Moss on Friday 15th May 🕷️ Everyone is welcome - whether you’re new to recording or highly experienced! 📋🔍 📅 Places are limited — book your spot here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...

Select tickets – Risley Moss Nature Reserve Invertebrate Recording Day – Risley Moss

Risley Moss Nature Reserve Invertebrate Recording Day – Risley Moss, Fri 15 May 2026 - Risley Moss is an 82-hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Warrington, f...

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🦟 New Diptera resource now online! The Complete Diptera of Lancashire and Cheshire by Phil Brighton provides the first fully comprehensive account of the flies of the region bringing together more than a century of recording effort www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/major-region...

Major Regional Diptera resource goes online - North West Invertebrates

The Complete Diptera of Lancashire and Cheshire by Phil Brighton is now available online via the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Society and North West Invertebrates. Updated to the end of 2025, this la...

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🦟Robberflies of the Sefton Coast New article by Phil Smith & Pete Kinsella showcasing the Asilidae recorded on the Sefton Coast - with photos, species accounts and recent discoveries. www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/robberflies-...

Robberflies (Diptera, Asilidae) of the Sefton Coast, north Merseyside - North West Invertebrates

Many of the 29 species of robberflies (Asilidae) known to occur in Britain and Ireland show a preference for dry, well-drained soils, coastal dunes being a favoured habitat (Falk et al., 2026). Smith ...

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📣New regional checklist released! A provisional checklist of Barkflies (Psocoptera) for Cheshire & Lancashire by Keith Fowler is now available. This is the first checklist for this under-recorded group in the region. 👉 Download it here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/a-p...

A provisional Checklist of Barkflies (Psocoptera) for Cheshire & Lancashire - North West Invertebrates

Psococerastis gibbosa – (c) David Williams Summary  This document presents a provisional checklist of barkflies (Psocoptera) recorded in Cheshire and Lancashire (VC58,59,60). It is the first checklist...

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🐝 New blog 🐝 Our recent blog by Chloe Aldridge, takes a closer look at the bees & wasps recorded from vane traps at Leighton Hall & Hyning Priory. The findings highlight a varied bee and wasp fauna & provide useful new data. www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/aculeate-hym...

Aculeate Hymenoptera from vane traps at Leighton Hall and Hyning Priory, Lancashire, in 2025 - North West Invertebrates

Vane trapping was carried out by the Tanyptera Project on two sites, Leighton Hall and Hyning Priory, in the Morecambe Bay area of North Lancashire (VC60) during spring and summer 2025, primarily targ...

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🦟Not just House Flies! Join Mike Ashworth for an intro to British Muscidae on 27 April, 7:30 - 9:00pm 👉 Book now: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/muscid...

🌿 Coming up in June! We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Joe Botting for a two‑day workshop on Jumping Plant Lice (Psyllids). 📍 Day 1 – World Museum: Getting to grips with Psyllid ecology & ID 📍 Day 2 – Rixton Clay Pits: Field Sessions 👉 More info: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/psylli...

Free online event hosted by Kindling Farm tomorrow evening - Reading the Wild - In Conversation with Vicki Hird kindling.org.uk/event/readin...

🐞 Join us on one of our invertebrate recording days this year 🐜 Our recording day programme brings together recorders from across the North West to collect important invertebrate data at sites that are under‑recorded or not normally accessible. www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/events/

Spotted in Liverpool – a Hummingbird Hawk moth! Recorded by David Costello on 27th February outside the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Hummingbird Hawk moths are typically seen between May & Oct, so encountering one in late winter this far north is unusual.

LCES Spring Meeting 🦋 Talks include - The Highs and Lows of Looking for Rare Spiders in Lancashire, Kickstarting Nature Conservation with Wetlands, Jamaican Pleistocene Millipedes, Macrophotography on a budget & Introducing the Bolton Museum Insect Collections www.tickettailor.com/events/tanyp...

Oh hell YES! Proctotrupoidea course coming up from @tanyptera.bsky.social later this year! Tanyptera is really knocking it out of the park with wasps. With Ichneumon, Braconid & Chalcid courses in the last few years, here’s hoping for Cynipids to get a look in too! #hymenoptera #wasps

Introduction to ‘Proctos’ Parasitoid Wasps Workshop - North West Invertebrates

Booking will open soon Introduction to ‘Proctos’: Parasitoid wasps of the superfamilies Diaprioidea, Platygastroidea, Proctotrupoidea and Ceraphronoidea  Small parasitoid wasps are among the most dive...

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🕷️ Another new report today 👉 Baseline survey for the money spiders Erigone welchi & Semljicola caliginosus in Lancashire by Richard Gallon www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/bas... You can also watch Richard surveying for these spiders in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeP...

Baseline survey for the Nationally Rare and Endangered money spiders Erigone welchi and Semljicola caliginosus in Lancashire in 2025 - North West Invertebrates

SUMMARY A survey was undertaken on 28th March 2025 (Forest of Bowland), and 11th and 12th October 2025 (Dales and Bowland) to speculatively search for the Nationally Rare and Endangered Linyphiidae sp...

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🐝 New Report 🐝- The status and distribution of the Solitary bee’s Andrena tarsata and Nomada robertjeotiana in Lancashire in 2025 by Ben Hargreaves Now available to download from our website 👇 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/the...

The status and distribution of the Solitary bee’s Andrena tarsata and Nomada robertjeotiana in Lancashire in 2025 - North West Invertebrates

SUMMARY The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside (Lancashire Wildlife Trust) were commissioned by Tanyptera Trust at World Museum Liverpool to undertake targeted surveys to est...

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!Please Read! Coleopterists Day is happening on Saturday 21st February, not the 22nd as previously circulated. Accept our apologies for this confusion, we hope to see you there for discussions, presentations and more...🪲🪲🪲

New Report 📣- Status of the Nationally Rare shorebug Chiloxanthus pilosus in northwest England with a preliminary survey of its distribution on the Ribble Estuary by Stephen Hewitt - now available to download on our website 👇 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/sta...

Status of the Nationally Rare shorebug Chiloxanthus pilosus in northwest England with a preliminary survey of its distribution on the Ribble Estuary - North West Invertebrates

Report summary [AI generated] This report reviews the status of the nationally rare shorebug Chiloxanthus pilosus in north-west England and presents the results of a preliminary survey of its distribu...

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Join us for our first identification workshop of 2026 - Apoid Wasps with Mike Edwards on Weds 18th February - more info and booking here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/apoid-...

How to Survey for the rare Caddisfly Anabolia brevipennis – Watch Our New Video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIM... Read more 👉 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/how-to-surve...

How to survey for the rare Caddisfly Anabolia brevipennis

YouTube video by The Tanyptera Project

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Anaesthetising insects with carbon dioxide in the field and methods for delivering the gas Download and read Ian Wallace's full report here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/document/ana...

Anaesthetising insects with carbon dioxide in the field and methods for delivering the gas - North West Invertebrates

Abstract [AI assisted] Accurate identification is fundamental to insect recording and conservation, yet many species cannot be reliably identified without temporarily immobilising active individuals. ...

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🐚 Celebrating Nora McMillan: An Inspirational Conchologist Featured on BBC’s Antiques Road Trip ✨ Our own Leanna Dixon joined presenters Phil Serrell & Tahmina Ghaffar at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve & World Museum to share Nora's story 📺 Watch here (starts at 9:50) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Antiques Road Trip - Series 31: 6. Shelling Out on Big Lumps

From rusty relics to glass gems, Phil Serrell and Tahmina Ghaffar race through Liverpool in a vintage beast, shelling out on surprises for auction.

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Shropshire Ento Day - 18th January 2026

A day to enhance and share knowledge of invertebrates with exhibitions, sales, network and consultation time amongst speakers on entomological themes. Pre-booking essential via our website Please brin...

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Steven Hammer, one of our regular collection users, co-developed a new #insect pinning block, with staff and volunteers from the museum. It’s 3D-printed and open source, so you can try it for yourself: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/... #ECN2025

Entoblock step

An improved pinning block for entomological collections. It has five steps at different heights for quick and accurate label setting. The steps are visible from both sides, making it suitable for lef...

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Thinking of a career switch? Find your perfect job in #entomology 🪲 Visit our #job opportunities page for the latest openings 🔽 buff.ly/lESo5k5 📸 Leaping locust (c) Martin Tampier #Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #STEMjobs

Job opportunities - Royal Entomological Society

Job opportunities If you have an insect-related or entomology job opportunity please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk Want to work with us? Keep an eye on our RES Vacancies page for any paid…

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Asian Hornet spotted on the Sefton Coast for the first time www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/asian-hornet...

Asian Hornet spotted on the Sefton Coast for the first time - North West Invertebrates

The Sefton Coast received its first-ever confirmed sighting of the non-native, invasive Asian or Yellow-legged Hornet (Vespa velutina) on 1st November 2025, after a single adult was photographed and r...

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Buzzing Biodiversity: Bee and Wasp Discoveries at the World Museum Meadow 🐝🌺 www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/buzzing-biod...

Buzzing Biodiversity: Bee and Wasp Discoveries at the World Museum Meadow  - North West Invertebrates

The City Wildflower Meadow at Liverpool’s World Museum has become a vibrant haven for pollinators in the heart of the city. Thanks to casual surveys conducted by the Cheshire Bee Group in 2023 and 202...

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Why do bees buzz - and how can their vibrations inspire micro-robots? 🐝 Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪 More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...