Dipterist, Entomologist, presenter, author, museum lover Principal Curator, Flies and fleas, Natural History Museum, London, UK https://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mzlt2i7yv22aHad to stop on a dark country lane as there were loads of these beauties!! Parasol mushroom Macrolepiota procera - nice white gills so no death for Erica 😎🤘🤓05 Nov 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzlt2i7yv22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mzibxdl5mc2eFrederick DuCane Godman DCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS and Osbert Salvin FRS collected this specimen in Mexico at some point after 1885 but before being described in Vol 6 of Biologia Centrali-Americana (1888). That's a whole lot of Fellow for this little fly.04 Nov 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzibxdl5mc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mzg4j6wbts2eExciting 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.social03 Nov 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzg4j6wbts2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mzfz732gqs2aVery much looking forward to this course (& thanks @dipterists.bsky.social for the fully funded places for 2 LUCKY folks. I have my discounted Dolichopodidae handbook already thumbed and ready...Thanks @royentsoc.bsky.social for the discount (applicable to all participants) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Nov 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzfz732gqs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mz6peuhtpk2uMy local woodland is covered with magpie inkcaps Coprinopsis picacea - and I love it!! Oozing, melting, dribbling - what marvellous things!!31 Oct 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6peuhtpk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mz376nnq4226The @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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz376nnq4226https://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3myk6vuvxv224I attended Prof Richard Bardgett’s talk on soils yesterday at #RHSWisley - amazingly important topic highlighting the hidden diversity within soils & the importance of this community. And roots - we need good roots. You want to know roots - check this out https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/search23 Oct 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3myk6vuvxv224https://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3myhbm2boxc2eAn 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 https://jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job/JobDetail?JobId=96622 Oct 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhbm2boxc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3myevjoqg2c2eIn the latest edition of the @nhm-london.bsky.social WildWorld mag (for younger nature enthusiasts), I am featured with one of my fav specimens - an Asilus crabroniformis, a hornet robberfly collected in the late 1600's! (alongside one I photographed last year) Still looking good (albeit flat..)21 Oct 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3myevjoqg2c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3myanjxjeds2jThis 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 NHMUK01640469219 Oct 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3myanjxjeds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mxteoezc3s2zLast night was Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards at the @nhm-london.bsky.social . Excellent photography & I was especially pleased to see the Rising Star Award go to Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas for this image. Yes, my selfie with him is an indication as to why I’m not an award winning photographer14 Oct 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxteoezc3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mxoh3v4mvc2vThey’re back… Barley and Rye have joined the @nhm-london.bsky.social staff for a couple of weeks to help with a local biodiversity project Excellent work ladies12 Oct 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxoh3v4mvc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mxgzki5mb22u20 years ago today was my first day at the @nhm-london.bsky.social. It’s been packed with learning, travelling, listening, curating, researching and shouting about the wonder of flies & the collection Thanks to everyone who made my double-decades amazing 🤘🪰🦟🤓09 Oct 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxgzki5mb22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mwvndqew7c2iFor #flyfriday - paratypes of Machimus cowini - the Manx robberfly seen here in the Manx Museum entomology collections The Manx robberfly was 1st discovered on the Isle of Man in the 1940s but has since been found else where but not ‘across’ (eg UK) as they say here. @dipteristsforum.bsky.social02 Oct 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvndqew7c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mwqjunpjlc2fIf it hasn’t been published it has effectively not been done - a Classic Prof Simon leather quote highlighting the value of communicating the science once it has been done A celebration at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social for the new building opened in hour of the great man @royentsoc.bsky.social30 Sep 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqjunpjlc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mvqnw2n3ys2vI’ve just given a talk to a group of Girl Guides to talk about the new #Entomology badge I was talking about food security ‘Does anyone eat salmon here?’ The reply was ‘only smoked’ Yes, it was Surrey17 Sep 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqnw2n3ys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mv6iqgdwhs2sCheck out this absolute unit of a Robberfly - an undescribed/identified Bactria species from Vietnam. Amazing @dipterists.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social10 Sep 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6iqgdwhs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mv5nsdbpc22eWell #Ento26 thank you Excellent @royentsoc.bsky.social in Cardiff. @corriemoreau.bsky.social gave an excellent plenary - excellent scientist & communicator 200 years of the Entomology club - entomology then, now & in the future Then banquet with a Welsh choir! (There may have been pubs after)10 Sep 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5nsdbpc22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3mv34urk7l22aWhat a Woman - Professor Yamni Novak - I love it.. #maggots #Ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social #entofashion09 Sep 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv34urk7l22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/flygirlnhm.bsky.social/post/3muz253davs2wI’m sitting in the @royentsoc.bsky.social AGM at #Ento26 and I’ve been mentally sidetracked by this caterpillar and its similarity to my own physical state..I should probably get a hair cut at some point this year…08 Sep 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:ojr4333u7kbpr7dzbgexso74/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz253davs2w