Naturalist with a particular interest in the true bugs, Heteroptera, but fascinated by pretty much all insects and nature. He/Him. https://www.flickr.com/photos/runnerwill/https://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mt2j4dwuik2i@chrisraper.bsky.social what do you make of this tachina? Dark front legs and wide (I think) frons, but the claws seem quite long too?14 Aug 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2j4dwuik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3msvjqv7szk2sAm I safe calling this Brachymeria tibialis? Hind tibia is all yellow apart from a dark leading edge @jasboparai.bsky.social12 Aug 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvjqv7szk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3msqpvz6ii22zThat's not a moth! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqpvz6ii22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3msi6bthimc25Ran the moth trap last night, but the best thing in it wasn't a moth. I think this magnificent creature is Enicospilus ramidulus, but please do tell me if I'm wrong! @jasboparai.bsky.social @gavinbroad.bsky.social07 Aug 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi6bthimc25https://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mrsn6ag2os2cMessing around with some of my photos to try and make some posters about the insects around my local area. Having fun even if I don't have an artistic bone in my body...29 Jul 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsn6ag2os2chttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mrmvmxiqws2xA new dragonfly for me from Lakenheath Fen RSPB at the weekend, the Southern Migrant Hawker, with its dazzling blue eyes. Didn't see one land all day, so had to try to get some in-flight shots27 Jul 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmvmxiqws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mrk6comeec23Visitor centre pond at RSPB Lakenheath Fen was absolutely swarming with these yesterday. @kitenet.bsky.social is it a Stratiomys larva?26 Jul 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrk6comeec23https://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mraketbduk2fAny moth people want to venture an opinion on this that I've just found in Theberton, Suffolk? #TeamMoth. Back of camera shot as I'm away from my computer.22 Jul 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraketbduk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mr6g65kadk27Firebugs by the bucket load along the seafront in Southwold today21 Jul 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6g65kadk27https://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mpw6dwc2es24Well this is new05 Jul 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw6dwc2es24https://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mpv5qnbkjc2mStopped for some lunch in the shade of Tring Park yesterday, and were joined by this inquisitive Roe Deer who spent a good 15 minutes keeping a close eye on us.05 Jul 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpv5qnbkjc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mptun4k7qc2iDelighted to bump into this Villa cingulata whilst walking the Ridgeway today. A scarce but expanding species associated with chalk downland.04 Jul 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptun4k7qc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mpom4cgivs2zI think I might have sharpened this wasp too much...02 Jul 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpom4cgivs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mpjlgqg2js2aOne of my favourite bugs, the camo-sporting Phytocoris tiliae from Potton Wood in Bedfordshire earlier today. An early record of a species normally seen from mid-July onwards.30 Jun 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjlgqg2js2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mpgv4up4hc26After seeing an adult hedgehog a couple of times, and hearing a lot of rustling in the undergrowth, we decided to stick out a camera trap to see if we had a family. Delighted to say that we definitely have at least one hoglet in the garden!29 Jun 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgv4up4hc26https://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mpeoc3rjvs2sLooking at a nice plant, but feel like it's missing something? Why not see if you can find a bug or two on there with this handy list of bug host plants. https://sites.google.com/view/bedsbugs/bugs-by-plant28 Jun 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeoc3rjvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mozsqqk75k2jI thoroughly recommend looking closely at grass seed heads at this time of year, you might be surprised at how many bugs you see [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozsqqk75k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mowy2emmuc2xI seem to be in a bit of a purple patch for bugs (no purple bugs unfortunately). Yesterday I came across a fallen Ash tree, which produced the first Tropidosteptes pacificus for Bedfordshire. This is a native of the USA which is now widespread in the UK.23 Jun 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowy2emmuc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mosqqmejzk2wA new bug for me yesterday, the Elm associated Psallodema fieberi. Rarely recorded, probably at least in part due to being one of the few species not covered by the excellent britishbugs.org.uk website21 Jun 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mosqqmejzk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3moptfd2efs2wFor the first time in over 10 years Firebugs are back in Bedfordshire. Just been and seen what looks like a thriving little colony first found by @markgurn.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social20 Jun 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moptfd2efs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3moiws6jeb22yAlmost as jazzy as Nemophora (check out those eyes!) was this Chrysops caecutiens horsefly, but my admiration for it was tempered rather by it biting me twice through my t-shirt shortly after I took this photo!17 Jun 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiws6jeb22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3moiwcjxa6k2yNemophora fasciella back in the garden today, a truly lovely little moth which feeds on Black Horehound. Nationally scarce in the UK, but fairly regular in my corner of Bedfordshire.17 Jun 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiwcjxa6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3moe42yx7vk2jAnother highlight from Knocking Hoe, the beautiful Calocoris roseomaculatus, a chalk downland specialist which is a scarce species in Bedfordshire15 Jun 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moe42yx7vk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/willgeorge.bsky.social/post/3mocrws7rp22rHad a lovely day out at Knocking Hoe NNR on Saturday, lots of Common Restharrow in the grass which was absolutely covered in the plant bug Macrotylus paykulli. A new species for me, but fairly common in the UK where Common Restharrow occurs.15 Jun 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:tudexitwx2de4e5wgkbe3kn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocrws7rp22r