Brindled Pug.
Male Early Reveller (Diurnea fagella).
Eyed Ladybird.
Buchananiella continua.
Some of yesterday’s records from Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Brindled Pug, male Early Reveller (Diurnea fagella), Eyed Ladybird & Buchananiella continua. #moths #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Platybunus pinetorum.
Megabunus diadema.
Hawthorn Shieldbug.
Brachypterous female Ectopsocus petersi.
Wiston Churchyard, Lanarkshire (2/2): … Platybunus pinetorum, Megabunus diadema, Hawthorn Shieldbug & female Ectopsocus petersi. #harvestmen #shieldbugs #barkflies #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Hieroglyphic Ladybird.
Trypodendron domesticum.
Female Dotted Border.
Records from Wiston Churchyard, Lanarkshire, visited on 21 March (1/2). Highlights: Hieroglyphic Ladybird & Trypodendron domesticum. Some other decent records too, including female Dotted Border … #ladybirds #beetles #moths
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
🙏 I have read up on them on British Bugs website .. and felt the text was ambiguous hence the ? comment ? and on #iRecord they are listed as two spp. or agg. which prompted my original question 🙏
Mating between Harlequin & 2-spot Ladybirds.
Mating between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds.
Mating between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds (same pair as in previous photo).
Mating between 2-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds.
Harlequin attempting to mate with 2-spot Ladybirds found yesterday in Saughton Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Previously I’ve found attempted matings between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds & between 2-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds. #InterspecificMating #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Rilaena triangularis
Rilaena triangularis
Another day another Harvestman and a new grid reference on the map. #Harvestmen #IRecord #Oxfordshire
Norellia spinipes (a fly) on daffodil 9th March
Norellia spinipes (a fly) in cop. on daffodil 9th March
Norellia spinipes (a fly) in cop. 17th March
I’ve always overlooked daffodils .. until a recent post on @bsky.app made me take a closer look and I’ve been rewarded with Norellia spinipes #diptera (noted for the first time on the 9th and then seen again today) NE West Sussex VC13 plenty of hx records on #iRecord but very few verified.
2-spot Ladybird.
10-spot Ladybird.
Harlequin, Cream-spot & Orange Ladybirds.
Hairy Shieldbug.
Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, part 2/2: 2-spot, 10-spot, Harlequin, Cream-spot & Orange Ladybirds, plus Hairy Shieldbug. #ladybirds #hairyshieldbug #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Striped Ladybird.
18-spot Ladybirds.
Eyed Ladybird.
Larch Ladybird.
Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning, part 1/2: Striped, 18-spot, Eyed & Larch Ladybirds. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Rilaena triangularis
Rilaena triangularis
Nemastoma bimaculatum
Rilaena triangularis
Ten minutes yesterday turning over logs at a new site for me, and two species of Harvestmen found. #Harvestmen #Arachnids #Irecord
Arocatus longiceps / roeselii recorded in SE Hants this morning. The red and black bug was found dead in a spider web. Record is NFG (New For Garden)
NFG #bug #Hemiptera this morning, removed from a spider web in the #gardenwildlife whilst sorting moth trap: Arocatus longiceps / roeselii Not aware of any local London Plane .. so perhaps more likely the latter? Have agg. on #iRecord (or are they being treated as a single species now?)
Palloptera scutellata.
Platybunus pinetorum.
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis.
Buff Footman caterpillar & Larch Ladybird.
Colinton Cemetery, #Edinburgh, Part 2: Palloptera scutellata, Platybunus pinetorum, Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis. Buff Footman caterpillar & Larch Ladybird. #diptera #harvestmen #barkflies #moths #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
2-spot, Larch, 10-spot & Eyed Ladybirds.
Pine & 7-spot Ladybirds.
Juniper Shieldbug.
Bronze Shieldbug.
Some of today’s arthropod records from Colinton Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Part 1: 2-spot, Larch, 10-spot, Eyed, Pine & 7-spot Ladybirds, Juniper & Bronze Shieldbugs. #ladybirds #shieldbugs #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle (Pogonocherus hispidulus) found on gravestone in Cockpen & Carrington Parish Churchyard, Midlothian, on 11 March. New for me. #beetles #cerambycidae #longhornbeetles
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Striped Ladybird found yesterday on gravestone under Austrian Pine in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Three different spider species found in my local churchyard yesterday. I think an Ozyptila species, Nigma walckenaeri and what I think is an Segestria florentina. #IRecord #Arachnids
male Adder (Vipera berus) seen today basking in a very sunny spot on heathland in West Sussex
Today, I was more than happy to catch up with my first #reptiles of 2026 with 4 #Adder, and singles of #CommonLizard #GrassSnake on #Heathland NE #WestSussex @froglife.bsky.social @argroupsuk.bsky.social All records submitted to #iRecord
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Infographic titled “Tips on Submitting Good Records” with a textured, nature-inspired background and illustrations of a robin, butterfly, books, and smartphone screens. The graphic provides guidance for improving wildlife records submitted via the iRecord app.
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Several people wearing life jackets paddle canoes along a narrow canal bordered by dense green trees and plants. A person with a backpack stands on the path beside the water, leaning forward to look into the canal.
Urban wildlife corridors, like rivers and railway verges, connect habitats through our towns and cities.
Seen wildlife along your local path? Record it and help us map biodiversity across southern and central Scotland.
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📸Mike Beard
#Wildlife #Biodiversity #iRecord
A splash of colour today in a Swindon park and gardens, in the form of these seven spot ladybirds. 🐞 I counted 57 in total, and that was without really looking for them. #ladybirds #IRecord
Counted at least 30 seven spot lady birds yesterday in a local churchyard, along with one very tiny beetle which I think is some kind of flea beetle but not sure. #ladybirds #IRecord
Cream-spot Ladybird.
Orange Ladybird.
Harlequin Ladybirds.
… Part 3: Cream-spot, Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
2-spot Ladybird.
7-spot Ladybird.
10-spot Ladybird.
18-spot Ladybird.
… Part 2: 2-spot, 7-spot, 10-spot & 18-spot Ladybirds ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Newington Cemetery; many species found under this Austrian pine tree.
Cream-streaked Ladybird.
Eyed Ladybird.
Larch Ladybird.
10 species of #ladybirds found yesterday on gravestones in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Surprisingly good haul (best of 2026 so far) despite the dreich weather. Part 1: Cream-streaked, Eyed & Larch Ladybirds … #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Female Dotted Border.
Male Pale Brindled Beauty.
Female Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis.
Female Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis.
Female Dotted Border, male Pale Brindled Beauty & female Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis from Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh, yesterday. The latter a non-native #barkfly originally from S America; 1st recorded in UK in 2016. #moths #psocodea #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
Sphaeriestes castaneus (Salpingidae).
Striped Ladybird (Coccinellidae).
Western Conifer Seed Bug (Coreidae).
Ectopsocus axillaris (Ectopsocidae).
Highlights from Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh, today: Sphaeriestes castaneus (Salpingidae), Striped Ladybird (Coccinellidae), Western Conifer Seed Bug (Coreidae) & Ectopsocus axillaris (Ectopsocidae). #insects #beetles #hemiptera #psocodea #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
A cluster of white snowdrop flowers with green stems growing closely together on a woodland floor.
Snowdrops are among the first plants to flower in late winter, marking the shift in seasons. 🌱
They’re already appearing across southern and central Scotland!
Seen any yet? Record your sightings via iRecord or the link in our bio.
📸 Karen Herbert
#Snowdrops #Scotland #Nature #iRecord #Wildlife
Cetonia aurata
Saperda populnea
Rhynchites auratus
Asaphidion curtum
A gallery of some interesting beetle species from previous years I've recorded in Essex... 🪲 🌱
#essexwildlife #essexbeetles #britishbeetles #britishinsects #entomology #scarab #wildlife #coleoptera #iRecord #insects #britishbugs
A few photos of over wintering spiders found in the garden over the last few weeks. All spiders were found on the underside of either roof tiles or bricks or large stones and all at ground level. #Arachnids #spiders #IRecord
Rabocerus gabrieli, #Salpingidae, found today in Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Nationally scarce. Small (3-4mm) & active in winter. My 66th record from Edinburgh’s cemeteries (+1 from Perthshire). #beetles #coleoptera #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
