Today I test-drove my first proper stacking system: Canon EOS 1000D (actually a Canon-refurbished Rebel/Xs) Tamron 90mm f/2.8 SP Di lens cheapo adjustable Yongnuo YN560…
A couple of days ago I received an interesting parcel from Chris Bentley, the warden of Rye Harbour NR. Chris is a keen Dipterist and…
Linnaemya picta was added to the British list in the last few years, starting first in Kent and then being found in Suffolk. Ivan Perry…
Leucostoma are little black tachinids with very large white calyptrae – usually found in southern Europe this is a very rare genus in the UK.…
This species is still only known in the UK from the 2 specimens Steve Falk picked up in the South Downs (I think!), though it…
This is another of Ivan Perry’s discoveries and is really rather exciting – a bit more than your average ‘new to the UK’ species because…
These were both discovered by Ivan Perry. Both species are very rare at the time of writing – minutissima coming from the west of England…
This one was discovered by Ivan Perry amongst some normal Eumea linearicornis. The two species are quite hard to split but from what we have…
Linnaemya picta was added to the British list after Howard Bentley got in touch with me with some dubious records for L.rossica, in Kent. L.rossica…