It has been a hectic and exciting start to 2012 for the recording scheme, with the recent good news that we had won funding from…
The warm, sunny Spring weather has brought out the early tachinids and we have already received records for Tachina ursina, Gonia picea, Lypha dubia, Campylocheta…
It was a sunny day so I took a short walk across Hartslock Nature Reserve this lunchtime, with a vague idea that I might see…
Linnaemya picta was added to the British list fairly recently but has been found in a few localities this year – namely Kent, Suffolk &…
Here are a few of my latest stacks showing some nice tachinid head close-ups. Most were all taken using the Nikkor EL 50mm f2.8 lens…
These are a few photos of Siphona spp. in my collection. A few of the identifications, like boreata and maculata, are easy but the others…
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…