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Callicera aurata ♀ feeding on Ivy (Hedera helix) today in Bengeo garden, magnificent rare large wasp-mimic hoverfly. #saproxylic

Standing dead oaks have a beauty all of their own. Habitat for so many diverse species from microbes to four legged mammals. Around 650 invertebrates live on, or depend on, dead wood at some stage in their life cycle. [email protected] #saproxylic #Spencerestates

There are beetles, there are large beetles & then there are giants. Prionus coriarius ♂ last night on back of house in Bengeo. Britain's largest longhorn beetle, this male was 35mm. Females can be 45mm. @NLonghornRS #Cerambycidae #TannerBeetle #saproxylic #attractedtolight 1/2

Stictoleptura scutellata today in Bengeo garden, magnificent large black longhorn beetle. Nationally scarce but Hertford to Broxbourne area remains one of their UK strongholds. @NLonghornRS #Cerambycidae #saproxylic

Xylotrechus antilope female ♀ today in Bengeo garden, striking European wasp-mimic longhorn beetle associated with dead/dying Oak. Very few UK records but also appeared here last year so seems to have colonised. @NLonghornRS @hertsbna #Cerambycidae #saproxylic 1/2

Megamerina dolium ♂ today in Bengeo garden, scarce distinctive species associated with ancient woodland. Appears to be increasing as availability of deadwood on which it depends rises here. #IchneumonFly #saproxylic

Criorhina berberina ♀ yesterday in Bengeo garden, superb mimic with two forms. This form 'oxycanthae' is stunning imitator of carder bumblebees. Disguise is so effective in flight that only when they land do you realise that they are a hoverfly. @hertsbna #saproxylic

Anthocomus fasciatus ♀ & ♂ today in Bengeo garden, attractive soft-winged flower beetle. Regarded as scarce but increasingly common here. @hertsbna #Malachiinae #saproxylic

Silvanoprus fagi from Sunday night in Bengeo garden, Herts. Very rare species (RDB1) with few records outside New Forest. Feeds under bark of Beech & coniferous trees. @hertsbna #Silvanidae #saproxylic #attractedtolight

Rhagium mordax today in Bengeo garden, large attractive longhorn beetle mainly associated with Oak. @NLonghornRS #Cerambycidae #saproxylic

Phymatodes testaceus today in Bengeo garden, strongly associated with Oak. Usually nocturnal, this individual walked onto recycled piece of wood in full sunlight. @NLonghornRS #OakTanbarkBorer #Cerambycidae #saproxylic

Disturbed colony of tiny ant Temnothorax nylanderi today in Bengeo garden. Distinctive species with its dark band & associated with old woodland & parkland. They are able to nest in minutest of crevices & form very small colonies of 100-200 workers. @hertsbna #saproxylic

Spring hoverflies (6): Brachypalpoides lentus ♂ today in Bengeo garden, magnificent large & distinctive species associated with old woodland. @hertsbna #saproxylic

Xanthostigma xanthostigma ♂ on front wall in Bengeo today, associated with Oak. Earliest snakefly record here. @hertsbna #Raphidiidae #saproxylic

Spring hoverflies (3): Criorhina floccosa ♂ today in Bengeo garden, superb mimic of bumblebee Bombus pascuorum. @hertsbna #saproxylic

🌳Some struggling #trees needed to be managed for safety - like this oak by Staples Road. Rather than remove it, our arborists created a habitat pole -standing deadwood that will provide a crucial home for wildlife.🐞🦉 Watch to find out more. #EppingForest #Saproxylic #beetles

For #thicktrunktuesday a magnificent hulk of Pedunculate Oak in the Nene valley. Despite being dead, it still has a Tree Preservation order, and continues to provide valuable habitat for invertebrates and fungi, including Lesser Stag-beetle #deadwood #saproxylic

Tricky pair of Zopheridae, very subtle differences difficult to describe for comparison. On the left Synchita variegata, on the right Synchita undata. If it’s on Beech good bet it’s variegata, on Sycamore undata. @ColSocBI #Saproxylic #Coleoptera #Zopheridae

Change of kingdom; going myxo. Two species: Stemonitis sp. and Ceratiomyxa fructiculosa. The very storm that ruined the Fomes footage gives life to new models. Very low, digging a bit to set a tripod #myxomycetes #slimemoulds #saproxylic #cameratrap #timelapse @Brinno_Global

Weather is still unstable, but in any case I set the 🎥 back to SE for best light. Larger distance - recording life at the entrance to a hollow with an abandoned bird nest. The most beatiful snag on the island is my today/tonight’s model #saproxylic #deadwood @Brinno_Global

Hypulus quercinus, Kent. What a stonker #deadwood #saproxylic @ColSocBI

5,000 British species have life cycles that depend on a dead wood environment. Fungi, mosses, liverworts,lichens, invertebrates, bats, birds etc. Removing all the dead and rotting wood depletes ecosystems that enrich the living countryside. [email protected] #saproxylic

Mallota cimbiciformis ♀ this morning in Bengeo garden, magnificent large honeybee-mimic. Nationally scarce hoverfly associated with relict ancient woodlands and wood pastures. @hertsbna #saproxylic

Oak, Beech, Horse Chestnut, Oak. A few traps now in place. #Saproxylic @ColSocBI

Spring hoverflies (3): Criorhina floccosa ♂ today in Bengeo garden, superb mimic of bumblebee Bombus pascuorum. @hertsbna #saproxylic

Subterranean cave or hollow oak stump? This dead oak wood trunk in Althorp park supports an array of invertebrates & fungi that in turn enrich the biodiversity on the wider estate. [email protected] #saproxylic #spencerestates #deadwood

Macronychia dolini ♀ today in Bengeo garden, scarce sarcophagid whose larvae are inquilines of Ectemnius wasps. @hertsbna #LongwingedSatelliteFly #saproxylic

And we’re off - traps out tomorrow. #Saproxylic beetle (and flies) hunting within the boundaries of the City of Nottingham. ⁦@ColSocBI⁩

Two wind blown trees that have created a rich habitat for invertebrates, amphibians, mammals, birds and fungi in just one year of being left in situ. It's one of the easiest ways of giving nature a helping hand. [email protected] #habitat #deadwood #saproxylic #fungi #soil

Not bad for a days 'work'. 20 traps services across four woodlands. That's a lot of insects to go through. Thankfully the weather is shite early next week... #saproxylic #beetles @ColSocBI

For #thicktrunktuesday a magnificent hulk of Pedunculate Oak in the Nene valley. Despite being dead, it still has a Tree Preservation order, and continues to provide valuable habitat for invertebrates and fungi, including Lesser Stag-beetle #deadwood #saproxylic

Megamerina dolium ♂ today in Bengeo, distinctive nationally scarce species associated with old broadleaved woodland rich in deadwood. Only member of this family found in Britain. @hertsbna #Megamerinidae #IchneumonFly #saproxylic

Last day in Ireland visiting Charleville woods and Clonard forest in Co. Offaly. Visit with Aoife Crowe, Mike Gormally, Caitriona Carlin and @MusingMollusc. #saproxylic beetles, #ancient woodland.

Xanthostigma xanthostigma ♂ on front wall in Bengeo today, associated with Oak. Earliest snakefly record here. @hertsbna #Raphidiidae #saproxylic

Rhagium mordax today in Bengeo garden, large attractive longhorn beetle mainly associated with Oak. @NLonghornRS #Cerambycidae #saproxylic

Beetles accidently brought on shirt from garden into house: Uleiota planatus today in Bengeo, incredibly flat bark beetle that can easily access tiny crevices on tree trunks. @hertsbna #Silvanidae #saproxylic

Callicera aurata ♀ feeding on Ivy (Hedera helix) today in Bengeo garden, magnificent rare large wasp-mimic hoverfly. #saproxylic

Traps were set! In the State Reserve of Belagaio we are studying the functional diversity of beetle community and the forest structure, evaluating the differences between stands dominated by Quercus ilex and Fagus sylvatica @CREARicerca @MultiForM_Net #saproxylic #insects

Tuesday 11/7 at 11am: "It's been a hard day's night and I've been looking for a log: Patterns of diel activity for #saproxylic #beetles" 🪲🌙☀️ #coleoptera #EntSoc23 #Beatles

Spring hoverflies (6): Brachypalpoides lentus ♂ today in Bengeo garden, magnificent large & distinctive species associated with old woodland. @hertsbna #saproxylic