Rockwolf 🇪🇺
@rockwolf74
Love photography, wildlife, Entomology (especially Pentatomoidea, Coreoidea and Coccinellidae!) ...nature in general! National iRecord verifier for Terrestrial Heteroptera. 333.19 PPM also @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
Always good to find a Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug) nymph! From north Shropshire yesterday #Pentatomidae #Asopinae #Shropshire
This chunk of a beast took me by surprise when he landed in my tray yesterday! Only the second time I've found a Sphinx pinastri (Pine Hawkmoth) larva! SE Shropshire #Lepidoptera #Shropshire
Saw lots of these lovely spotty eyed hoverflies (Eristalinus sepulchralis) at Brown Moss yesterday afternoon! Most were very flighty, but this one was much more obliging for a photo! #Diptera #Syrphidae #Shropshire
Plenty more Liorhyssus hyalinus nymphs seen yesterday, in Mold this time, north Wales! #Heteroptera #Rhopalidae #Wales
Found lots of eggs and early instar nymphs of Liorhyssus hyalinus this afternoon in north Shropshire! #Heteroptera #Rhopalidae #Shropshire
Probably Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug). They’re Coreidae in any case. Pentatomidae eggs are like little barrels. Here are some ‘Doly’ eggs:
A lovely final instar nymph of Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug) from a Silver Birch in Rhyl yesterday in north Wales #Pentatomidae #Asopinae #Wales
Liorhyssus hyalinus really is having a very good year! Found lots of nymphs, and a lovely teneral adult yesterday pm in NE Shropshire! I think they were on sowthistle #Heteroptera #Rhopalidae #Shropshire
Always nice to find the rather snazzy Alloeotomus gothicus nymph! From East Shropshire on Friday. #Heteroptera #Miridae #Shropshire
The lovely Dicranocephalus agilis (Stenocephalidae) and one of the Coranus sp (Reduviidae), which @vc40orthops.bsky.social stopped from running straight off my tray - from Berck, France last month! #Heteroptera #Berck #France
Good to see some lovely Bronze Shieldbug nymphs! One from Friday in North Shropshire and the other from yesterday in the SW of the county! #Heteroptera #Pentatomidae #Asopinae #Shropshire
It’s been a while since I last saw a Snakefly (Raphidioptera) larva! I’d forgotten the speed at which they’re able to move backwards!! 😳🤣 #Raphidioptera #Shropshire
Nice to see a Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis) this afternoon in north Shropshire! At least it’s an easy one to ID (unless I’ve got it wrong 🤣) #Lepidoptera #Shropshire
It was encouraging to see these posters in various locations in the Ardennes, in France, during my visit in May! #NoPesticides #France
Berck coastline from our recent trip with @vc40orthops.bsky.social ! There was a Grey Seal in the sea, but out of range for my TG-6! #Coast #Berck #France
Whilst they're not everyone's favourite insect, I adore 'wiggies' (earwigs), so it was an absolute joy to see the stonking Tawny Earwigs (Labidura riparia) in Berck, Northern France last week, with @vc40orthops.bsky.social! #Dermaptera #Earwig #PerceOreille #France
Do love the Rhogogaster sawflies, but they rarely stay still! This one flew off after I got just the one shot! #Sawfly #Rhogogaster #Wales
The beautiful Scarlet Tiger moths (Callimorpha dominula) and a 'wave' (?) from north Shropshire last week! #Moth #Lepidoptera #Shropshire
It's always a pleasure to find one of my fave shieldbugs, Dyroderes umbraculatus, and a real bonus of the trip to Berck in Northern France, with @vc40orthops.bsky.social was seeing a new species for me, Cydnus aterrimus! #Pentatomidae #Cydnidae #Shieldbug #France
Always lovely to see a jewel wasp, though they’re a bit too quick for me!! #Hymenoptera #JewelWasp #Shropshire
Tapped this lovely Cetonia sp from vegetation in the Ardennes in France last month. He absolutely refused to 'come to life', but this gave me the opportunity to admire the beautiful underside! 😍 #Scarabaeidae #Ardennes #France
A few years ago, I came across a larva in Normandy! Definitely huge!!! #Lepidoptera #France
Saw plenty of Liorhyssus hyalinus (Rhopalidae) in Leominster yesterday! #Rhopalidae #Heteroptera #Herefordshire
This little leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae), which I found a few of last month in the Ardennes in France, had ridiculously long antennae! I believe it is Luperus flavipes. #Chrysomelidae #Ardennes #France
A lovely longhorn beetle, which I think is Obrium brunneum, from the Ardennes in France last month! #Cerambycidae #Ardennes #France
A couple of Snakeflies (Raphidioptera) seen in the Ardennes in France last month! Male and female, and presumably the same species! #Raphidioptera #Ardennes #France