Mycetophagus quadripustulatus. Nice to get out without it raining again here in Nottinghamshire. #Saproxylic #Coleoptera #Beetle
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Going south: the first record of the dead log #beetle (ππΊπ΅π©π° π₯π¦π±π³π¦π΄π΄πΆπ΄) in Greece marks its southernmost distribution.
β‘οΈ doi.org/10.3897/trav...
#saproxylic #newrecord
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One of my 2025 highlights was getting to visit Windsor Great Park with the BENHS Saproxylic Group. The trees were phenomenal and we found the Windsor Weevil! π
#Saproxylic #Entomology #Coleoptera
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Not my usual fayre of carded beetle but a pinned fly and a rather scarce one of ancient woodland, Pandivirilia melaleuca. Stumbled across it whilst have a rummage, 2015, Worcestershire. #Diptera #Saproxylic #Therevidae
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Callicera aurata female
Lastly, Ivy (Hedera helix) can attracts rare species.
Callicera aurata β today in Bengeo garden, magnificent large wasp-mimic hoverfly. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #saproxylic
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Ferdinandea cuprea female
Ferdinandea cuprea female
Ferdinandea cuprea β today in Bengeo garden, common attractive woodland hoverfly that likes to bask on sunny tree trunks. This was one of two females ovipositing at base of dead Oak. #saproxylic
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New research in #RESInsectMolecBio
Gut-associated bacteria and their roles in wood digestion of #saproxylic insects: The case study of flower chafer larvae
doi.org/10.1111/imb.70010
#Protaetia #Scarabaeidae #Symbionts #GutBacteria
@sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com
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New research in #RESInsectConsDiv reports on functional trait variation of an emblematic #saproxylic beetle along rural-to-urban gradients across Europe
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12856
#Elater #Elateridae #UrbanInsects
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
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Lymexylon navale female
48 hrs later it produced its 1st result:
Lymexylon navale β today in Bengeo garden, nationally scarce ship-timber beetle that loves recently-cut Oak heartwood. It is really strange species unlike any other beetle here. @bugmanjones.bsky.social @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social #Lymexyloidea #saproxylic
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Chrysopilus laetus female
Chrysopilus laetus β today in Bengeo garden. Until recently this distinctive orange snipefly was a major rarity restricted to Beech of Windsor Forest but has suddenly started to expand its range. @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #TreeSnipefly #saproxylic #climatechange
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Prionus coriarius male
There are beetles, there are large beetles & then there are giants.
Prionus coriarius β last night on back of house in Bengeo. Britain's largest longhorn beetle, this male was 35mm. Females can reach 45mm. #Cerambycidae #TannerBeetle #saproxylic #attractedtolight @kitenet.bsky.social 1/2
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Stictoleptura scutellata
Stictoleptura scutellata today in Bengeo garden, magnificent large black longhorn beetle. Nationally scarce but Hertford to Broxbourne area is one of their UK strongholds. #Cerambycidae #saproxylic
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Xylotrechus antilope female
Xylotrechus antilope female
Xylotrechus antilope female β today in Bengeo garden, striking European wasp-mimic longhorn beetle associated with dead/dying Oak. Very few UK records but also appeared here last year so seems to have colonised. #Cerambycidae #saproxylic
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Poecilium alni
Poecilium alni today in Bengeo garden, scarce small longhorn beetle which may be in decline. Fortunately, it appears to colonised here in last year. @bugmanjones.bsky.social #Cerambycidae #saproxylic
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Megamerina dolium male
Megamerina dolium β today in Bengeo garden, scarce distinctive species associated with ancient woodland. Appears to be increasing as availability of deadwood on which it depends rises here. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #IchneumonFly #saproxylic
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Axinotarsus marginalis
Reasons not to mow (16): Axinotarsus marginalis today on unmown lawn in Bengeo garden, tiny beautiful soft-winged flower beetle that loves grassland near Oak. #Malachiidae #saproxylic
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Volucella inflata female
Summer hoverflies (2): Volucella inflata β feeding on Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) yesterday in Bengeo garden, woodland species with unique colour combination. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #saproxylic
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Criorhina berberina female
Criorhina berberina β yesterday in Bengeo garden, superb mimic. Species has two forms: this form 'oxycanthae' is stunning imitator of carder bumblebees. This disguise is so effective in flight that only when they land do you realise that they are a hoverfly. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #saproxylic
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Xylota sylvarum male
Summer hoverflies (1): Xylota sylvarum β today in Bengeo garden showing its beautiful golden tail. Xylota do not normally visit flowers but instead glean leaves below for pollen that has fallen. #saproxylic
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I'm glad to have presented the preliminary results of my literature review on saproxylic #beetles and #fire at the 12th European Symposium on #Saproxylic #Ecology in Florence, Italy. I can't wait for the final results!
Many thanks to @CREAricerca for organizing the conference
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Yet another good example of Bates mimicry, a sheep-in-wolves-clothes, the crane fly Ctenophora flaveolata, a saproxylic species.
#Gulringadvedharkrank #ctenophoraflaveolata #tipulidae #diptera #insectphotography #macrophotography #saproxylic #biodiversity #bjΓ€rebiodiversity #INaturalist #RF100/2.8
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Ischnomera cyanea
Sphinginus lobatus
Thanasimus formicarius
Malachius bipustulatus
Some wonderful beetles today in Bengeo garden: Ischnomera cyanea, Sphinginus lobatus, Thanasimus formicarius & Malachius bipustulatus. #saproxylic
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Silvanoprus fagi
Silvanoprus fagi from Sunday night in Bengeo garden, Herts. Very rare (RDB1) with few records outside New Forest. Flattened species that feeds under bark of Beech & Pine deadwood. @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social #Silvanidae #saproxylic #attractedtolight
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XII European symposium on saproxylic ecology β ESSE2025. The largest event in the series: about 100 people from 20 countries, expanding saproxylic scope beyond insects #saproxylic #deadwood
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Rhagium mordax on Viburnum plicatum
Rhagium mordax today in Bengeo garden, large attractive longhorn beetle mainly associated with Oak. #saproxylic
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Phymatodes testaceus
Phymatodes testaceus today in Bengeo garden, strongly associated with Oak. Usually nocturnal, this individual walked onto recycled piece of wood in full sunlight. #Cerambycidae #OakTanbarkBorer #saproxylic
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Disturbed colony of tiny ant Temnothorax nylanderi today in Bengeo garden. Very distinctive species with its dark band & associated with old woodland & parkland. They are able to nest in minutest of crevices & form very small colonies of 100-200 workers. #saproxylic
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Spring hoverflies (6): Brachypalpoides lentus β today in Bengeo garden, magnificent large & distinctive species associated with old woodland. #saproxylic
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Clytus arietis
Clytus arietis today in Bengeo garden, really attractive longhorn beetle. Not recorded here in April before. #Cerambycidae #WaspBeetle #saproxylic #climatechange
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Xanthostigma xanthostigma male
Xanthostigma xanthostigma male
Xanthostigma xanthostigma β on front wall in Bengeo today. Earliest record here of species associated with Oak.
Snakeflies are fossil insects which disperse poorly with only four species in Britain & none in Ireland reflecting impact of last Ice Age. #Raphidiidae #saproxylic
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