Male Andrena haemorrhoa bee in my #Staffs garden, 28/03/26 #solitarybee #bee

Queen Bombus pascuorum feeding on my Pulmonaria in my #Staffs garden 28/03/26 @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Bumblebee

Can anyone help with the ID of this beetle larva, seen at Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs 30/03/26, Thanks @wild-dave.bsky.social @jonmoore72.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social

Female Colletes cunicularius bee at Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs 30/03/26 #bee #solitarybee #Colletes

Macro photograph of a colourful Rub-tailed Wasp in a Staffordshire garden.

Always a treat to see; a lovely Ruby-tailed Wasp in our #Staffs garden yesterday. #wasp #CuckooWasp #SolitaryWasp

Macro photograph of a Bee-fly in our Staffordshire garden.

First Bee-fly of the year in our #Staffs garden today; Bombylius major. #bees #SolitaryBees #pollination #biodiversity

Female Meliscaeva auricollis hoverfly from my #Staffs garden, 11/03/26 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Diptera #Syrphidae

A male Syrphus torvus hoverfly, you can see his hairy eyes! Seen in my #Staffs garden 11/03/26 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #Diptera

A lovely little Female Nomada fabriciana bee seen in my #Staffs garden 11/03/26 #solitarybee #bee

Plenty of Exochomus quadripustulatus, Pine Ladybirds in St Paul's churchyard, Fazeley 04/03/26 #Staffs @ukladybirds.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social #Ladybird #Coccinellidae

A cute money spider, seen 04/03/26 Tamworth, #Staffs #Linyphiidae #Arachnid @britishspiders.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social @ajcann.bsky.social

Male Anthophora plumipes bee feeding on Red Dead-nettle in St Paul's churchyard, Fazeley, #Staffs 04/03/26 #solitarybee

Male and Female Andrena bicolor bees active in St Paul's churchyard, Fazeley, #Staffs 04/03/26 #Andrena #solitarybee

1st Bombus hortorum Queen of the year, 04/03/26 #TamesideNatureReserve, Tamworth, #Staffs @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bumblebee

Plenty of Norellia spinipes in the Daffodils at #TamesideNatureReserve, Tamworth, #Staffs 04/03/26 #Scathophagidae #Diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

1st Bombylius major of the year, 4 days earlier than last year, 04/03/26, Tamworth, #Staffs, and its a Male! @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #beeflywatch @kitenet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #beefly

My 1st Bombus pratorum queen of the year, I think they are my favourite Queen Bumblebees. The Red Dead-nettle was doing a good job today! 28/02/26 Tamworth, #Staffs @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Bumblebee

A very bedraggled looking newly emerged Queen Bombus terretris bumblebee, 28/02/26 Tamworth, #Staffs. Don't worry she flew off fine! @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Bumblebee

A very small spider seen on Ash bark, 28/02/26, Tamworth, #Staffs A Theridion species @graemelyons.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social #Arachnid #Spider

Macro photograph of an Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) queen on a garden flower.

A lovely fresh-looking queen Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) in our #Staffs garden this morning. I think that what it is anyway! #bees #SocialBees

I had a Bombus pratorum queen in our #Staffs garden today; first I've seen this year.

Macro photograph of a Western Honey Bee in our Staffordshire garden.

First Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) that I've photographed this year. Lots active in our #Staffs garden today. #bees #SocialBees

Dutch Support for NGO Programs in Hamas-Controlled Gaza - ngomonitor Hamas documents from 2018–2022 expose systematic control, coercion, and manipulation of international NGOs operating in Gaza, including members of the Dutch Relief Alliance such as Norwegian Refugee C...

“It's time for the #Dutch #government to ask tough #questions about how much the #NGOs it funded in #Gaza knew that their #staffs were propping up the #Hamas #police state –
and to establish rigorous control, vetting and transparency mechanisms to ensure they cannot do so again." >>

Plenty of Coccinella septempunctata around today in Tamworth, #Staffs 22/02/26 @ukladybirds.bsky.social #ladybird #Coleoptera

A gorgeous little Salticus sp spider! 22/02/26, Tamworth, #Staffs @britishspiders.bsky.social #spider

Two garden Shieldbugs seen 21/02/26, Cyphostethus tristriatus and Dolycoris baccarum, Tamworth, #Staffs #Shieldbug

1st Eudasyphora cyanella fly of the year, seen 22/02/26 Tamworth, #Staffs @ukmuscidae.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Muscidae #Diptera

I believe this to be Phaonia signata, seen 22/02/26 Tamworth, #Staffs @ukmuscidae.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Muscidae #Diptera

1st Bumblebee Queen of the season! Bombus terrestris 22/02/26 Tamworth, #Staffs @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Bumblebee #Bee

Adolph Metzner, 1861–4.

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