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https://www.europesays.com/videos/32864/ Count the dead bugs on your windshield and contribute to science • FRANCE 24 English #biodiversity #BugLife #bugs #BugsMatter #CitizenScience #decline #environment #France #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #insects #LicencePlate #NumberPlate #Research #science #WindscreenPhenomenon #WindshieldPhenomenon

Stupidly early start today but I've managed to finalise our updated antibiotic guidance before clinic, which is a huge weight off my mind.

#MicroProblems #BugLife

Overheard in passing in the lab just now:

"...then you strip naked and dance around the fire six times widdershins..."

#MicroProblems #BugLife

It's always a good day when you have a clinical situation that doesn't seem to have been reported anywhere in the medical literature, ever.

#microproblems #buglife

Haven't activated a Parks On The Air site for far too long. And since the last time bugs have become part of the kit to pack.
Took a while to re-adjust it but my CW was good enough to complete the activation.
#CW #Morsecode #POTA #ParksOnTheAir #KN4YB #buglife #CWon!

Haven't activated a Parks On The Air site for far too long. And since the last time bugs have become part of the kit to pack.
Took a while to re-adjust it but my CW was good enough to complete the activation.
#CW #Morsecode #POTA #ParksOnTheAir #KN4YB #buglife #CWon!

Haven't activated a Parks On The Air site for far too long. And since the last time bugs have become part of the kit to pack.
Took a while to re-adjust it but my CW was good enough to complete the activation.
#CW #Morsecode #POTA #ParksOnTheAir #KN4YB #buglife #CWon!

Haven't activated a Parks On The Air site for far too long. And since the last time bugs have become part of the kit to pack.
Took a while to re-adjust it but my CW was good enough to complete the activation.
#CW #Morsecode #POTA #ParksOnTheAir #KN4YB #buglife #CWon!

Well that is disturbing. The results of this year's #BugsMatter survey are in, and show a continued decline in flying insect populations in the UK.

Down by 59% since 2021. Now I'm no insect ecologist, but that sounds like a scarily large decline to me.

https://www.buglife.org.uk/news/new-data-suggest-that-insect-life-continues-to-decline-despite-a-hot-summer/

#EnvironmentalCatastrophe #Buglife #Bugs #Insects

Conversation just now with a lab colleague:

"I found that sample you wanted tested for Hep E"
"E? A"
"A? Oh, aye"
"I? No, A"

#MicroProblems #BugLife

Oh, the irony! A Windows 11 security update decided to add 'features' like major bugs. Microsoft is prepping a hotfix, because, you know, security. What's your go-to ritual after a 'critical' update goes sideways?
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/a-hotfix-is-coming-for-a-windows-11-security-update-that-introduced-some-major-bugs/#ftag=CAD590a51e
#Microsoft #WindowsUpdate #TechHumor #BugLife #SysAdmin

Today (well, yesterday, but I was busy) is the ten year anniversary of a brand new consultant turning up on the doorstep of the NHS Fife Microbiology lab and timidly asking to join the War On Bugs.

It's been an interesting decade to be a doctor specialising in infections, I have to admit. Maybe too interesting.

And how was this milestone marked?

My swipe card stopped working on the wards. Apparently it does that automatically after ten years. Trying not to take it personally.

#buglife

A small, black and reddish insect.
#Insect, #Fly, #Diptera, #Bug, #Macro, #Nature, #GreenLeaf, #PlantLife, #SmallInsect, #Entomology, #Wildlife, #CloseUp, #TinyCreature, #Garden, #Outdoor, #Fauna, #Arthropod, #LeafTexture, #VibrantGreen, #NaturalWorld, #InsectsOfInstagram, #BugLife, #MicroWorld, #Pest, #BeneficialInsect, #Ecosystem, #Ecology, #Summer, #Spring, #MacroPhotography, #Details, #Pattern, #Veins, #Foliage, #Botany, #Horticulture, #Diurnal, #FlyingInsect, #CuteBug, #Critter

A small, black and reddish insect.
#Insect, #Fly, #Diptera, #Bug, #Macro, #Nature, #GreenLeaf, #PlantLife, #SmallInsect, #Entomology, #Wildlife, #CloseUp, #TinyCreature, #Garden, #Outdoor, #Fauna, #Arthropod, #LeafTexture, #VibrantGreen, #NaturalWorld, #InsectsOfInstagram, #BugLife, #MicroWorld, #Pest, #BeneficialInsect, #Ecosystem, #Ecology, #Summer, #Spring, #MacroPhotography, #Details, #Pattern, #Veins, #Foliage, #Botany, #Horticulture, #Diurnal, #FlyingInsect, #CuteBug, #Critter

A small, black and reddish insect.
#Insect, #Fly, #Diptera, #Bug, #Macro, #Nature, #GreenLeaf, #PlantLife, #SmallInsect, #Entomology, #Wildlife, #CloseUp, #TinyCreature, #Garden, #Outdoor, #Fauna, #Arthropod, #LeafTexture, #VibrantGreen, #NaturalWorld, #InsectsOfInstagram, #BugLife, #MicroWorld, #Pest, #BeneficialInsect, #Ecosystem, #Ecology, #Summer, #Spring, #MacroPhotography, #Details, #Pattern, #Veins, #Foliage, #Botany, #Horticulture, #Diurnal, #FlyingInsect, #CuteBug, #Critter

A small, black and reddish insect.
#Insect, #Fly, #Diptera, #Bug, #Macro, #Nature, #GreenLeaf, #PlantLife, #SmallInsect, #Entomology, #Wildlife, #CloseUp, #TinyCreature, #Garden, #Outdoor, #Fauna, #Arthropod, #LeafTexture, #VibrantGreen, #NaturalWorld, #InsectsOfInstagram, #BugLife, #MicroWorld, #Pest, #BeneficialInsect, #Ecosystem, #Ecology, #Summer, #Spring, #MacroPhotography, #Details, #Pattern, #Veins, #Foliage, #Botany, #Horticulture, #Diurnal, #FlyingInsect, #CuteBug, #Critter

A small, black and reddish insect.
#Insect, #Fly, #Diptera, #Bug, #Macro, #Nature, #GreenLeaf, #PlantLife, #SmallInsect, #Entomology, #Wildlife, #CloseUp, #TinyCreature, #Garden, #Outdoor, #Fauna, #Arthropod, #LeafTexture, #VibrantGreen, #NaturalWorld, #InsectsOfInstagram, #BugLife, #MicroWorld, #Pest, #BeneficialInsect, #Ecosystem, #Ecology, #Summer, #Spring, #MacroPhotography, #Details, #Pattern, #Veins, #Foliage, #Botany, #Horticulture, #Diurnal, #FlyingInsect, #CuteBug, #Critter

Returning from clinic with a fudge donut (donated by a patient) in one hand, and a bone fragment for culture (donated by a different patient) in the other.

#MicroProblems #BugLife

Waiting for a call back from Orthopaedics AND a Tesco delivery. #microproblems #buglife

Walk in a frosty #Dawley Hamlets LNR today.The second picture gives a bit of an onsite into the #buglife intervention on Parish Mound. Heather plugs have survived 👍🏻foxgloves and other flowers on the bank👍🏻 gorse regrowth👎🏻 Overall should be good for insect life.

"Why did the ant refuse to attend the picnic?
Because he didn't want to be the 'ant'agonist of the party!

https://punnypeak.com/ant-puns/

#AntLove
#PunnyJokes
#InsectHumor
#AntsRule
#FridayFunny
#LaughOutLoud
#BugLife
#SorryNotSorry
#HilariousAntics
#JustForLaughs
#PunnyPeak"

Saw a heap of Junonia today, some of them in a romantic mood. Slightly different markings at this spot in Trongsa compared to the Thimphu or Nobding shots I got the other week.

Just adore these little gems.

#Bhutan #Trongsa #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #Entomology #BugLife #JunoniaOrithya

Seconds later I got a cheeky glimpse of a Heliophorus (Sapphire).

I feel I've wasted my life when instead I could be sitting in a cow paddock at 2900m looking for little flappy blues.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

Seconds later I got a cheeky glimpse of a Heliophorus (Sapphire).

I feel I've wasted my life when instead I could be sitting in a cow paddock at 2900m looking for little flappy blues.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

Seconds later I got a cheeky glimpse of a Heliophorus (Sapphire).

I feel I've wasted my life when instead I could be sitting in a cow paddock at 2900m looking for little flappy blues.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

Seconds later I got a cheeky glimpse of a Heliophorus (Sapphire).

I feel I've wasted my life when instead I could be sitting in a cow paddock at 2900m looking for little flappy blues.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

Seconds later I got a cheeky glimpse of a Heliophorus (Sapphire).

I feel I've wasted my life when instead I could be sitting in a cow paddock at 2900m looking for little flappy blues.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

One of those teeny tiny little butterflies that might be a sapphire or might not and my only reference for Bhutanese blues doesn't actually show the upper wings for most of the species.

I do love how every flash of blue fluttering by could be something totally new to my eyes.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

One of those teeny tiny little butterflies that might be a sapphire or might not and my only reference for Bhutanese blues doesn't actually show the upper wings for most of the species.

I do love how every flash of blue fluttering by could be something totally new to my eyes.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

One of those teeny tiny little butterflies that might be a sapphire or might not and my only reference for Bhutanese blues doesn't actually show the upper wings for most of the species.

I do love how every flash of blue fluttering by could be something totally new to my eyes.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

One of those teeny tiny little butterflies that might be a sapphire or might not and my only reference for Bhutanese blues doesn't actually show the upper wings for most of the species.

I do love how every flash of blue fluttering by could be something totally new to my eyes.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

One of those teeny tiny little butterflies that might be a sapphire or might not and my only reference for Bhutanese blues doesn't actually show the upper wings for most of the species.

I do love how every flash of blue fluttering by could be something totally new to my eyes.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #BugLife #BlueMood

Amateur photographer snaps pink grasshopper in Lincoln

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66223183

#Grasshopper #Lincolnshire #Photography #Insects #Buglife #TheWildlifeTrusts

Amateur photographer snaps pink grasshopper in Lincoln

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66223183

#Grasshopper #Lincolnshire #Photography #Insects #Buglife #TheWildlifeTrusts

Amateur photographer snaps pink grasshopper in Lincoln

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66223183

#Grasshopper #Lincolnshire #Photography #Insects #Buglife #TheWildlifeTrusts

Amateur photographer snaps pink grasshopper in Lincoln

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66223183

#Grasshopper #Lincolnshire #Photography #Insects #Buglife #TheWildlifeTrusts

Amateur photographer snaps pink grasshopper in Lincoln

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66223183

#Grasshopper #Lincolnshire #Photography #Insects #Buglife #TheWildlifeTrusts

Ganz fit war er nicht mehr, seine Blütezeit dürfte auch schon vorbei sein. Dennoch habe ich ihn ausgiebig geknipst und gefilmt und mit Hilfe eines Spaziergängers aufgepasst, dass er nicht zu Schaden kommt. Am Ende haben wir ihn vorsichtig auf eine Ast hochgehoben und auf der anderen Wegseite abgesetzt. ☺️

#hiking #Wandern #draußenunterwegs #naturelover #natureexplorer #Hirschkäfer #ImWaldUnterwegs #Käfer #Buglife #stagbeetle

Ganz fit war er nicht mehr, seine Blütezeit dürfte auch schon vorbei sein. Dennoch habe ich ihn ausgiebig geknipst und gefilmt und mit Hilfe eines Spaziergängers aufgepasst, dass er nicht zu Schaden kommt. Am Ende haben wir ihn vorsichtig auf eine Ast hochgehoben und auf der anderen Wegseite abgesetzt. ☺️

#hiking #Wandern #draußenunterwegs #naturelover #natureexplorer #Hirschkäfer #ImWaldUnterwegs #Käfer #Buglife #stagbeetle

Ganz fit war er nicht mehr, seine Blütezeit dürfte auch schon vorbei sein. Dennoch habe ich ihn ausgiebig geknipst und gefilmt und mit Hilfe eines Spaziergängers aufgepasst, dass er nicht zu Schaden kommt. Am Ende haben wir ihn vorsichtig auf eine Ast hochgehoben und auf der anderen Wegseite abgesetzt. ☺️

#hiking #Wandern #draußenunterwegs #naturelover #natureexplorer #Hirschkäfer #ImWaldUnterwegs #Käfer #Buglife #stagbeetle

Erste Begegnung

Da habe ich gestern auf dem Rückweg zum Auto am #LaacherSee aber nicht schlecht geschaut. Als kleines Kind wollte ich unbedingt einmal Hirschkäfer sehen, es war mir aber nie vergönnt. Und gestern krabbelt mir dieses durchaus stattliche Kerlchen quasi vor die Füße. 😯

#hiking #Wandern #draußenunterwegs #naturelover #natureexplorer #Hirschkäfer #ImWaldUnterwegs #Käfer #Buglife #stagbeetle

Erste Begegnung

Da habe ich gestern auf dem Rückweg zum Auto am #LaacherSee aber nicht schlecht geschaut. Als kleines Kind wollte ich unbedingt einmal Hirschkäfer sehen, es war mir aber nie vergönnt. Und gestern krabbelt mir dieses durchaus stattliche Kerlchen quasi vor die Füße. 😯

#hiking #Wandern #draußenunterwegs #naturelover #natureexplorer #Hirschkäfer #ImWaldUnterwegs #Käfer #Buglife #stagbeetle

Erste Begegnung

Da habe ich gestern auf dem Rückweg zum Auto am #LaacherSee aber nicht schlecht geschaut. Als kleines Kind wollte ich unbedingt einmal Hirschkäfer sehen, es war mir aber nie vergönnt. Und gestern krabbelt mir dieses durchaus stattliche Kerlchen quasi vor die Füße. 😯

#hiking #Wandern #draußenunterwegs #naturelover #natureexplorer #Hirschkäfer #ImWaldUnterwegs #Käfer #Buglife #stagbeetle

Erste Begegnung

Da habe ich gestern auf dem Rückweg zum Auto am #LaacherSee aber nicht schlecht geschaut. Als kleines Kind wollte ich unbedingt einmal Hirschkäfer sehen, es war mir aber nie vergönnt. Und gestern krabbelt mir dieses durchaus stattliche Kerlchen quasi vor die Füße. 😯

#hiking #Wandern #draußenunterwegs #naturelover #natureexplorer #Hirschkäfer #ImWaldUnterwegs #Käfer #Buglife #stagbeetle

Stopped to shoot some flowers on the drive today but got distracted by the bees. This little fella was loaded down with pollen sacks but still going in for more.

Dialed in my "birds in flight" custom setting for these shots, because the bees never really sit still. F2.8 with 1/2000th sec exposure and auto ISO.

#Bhutan #BeeCause #Photography #Lumix #Himalayas #NotButterflies #Entomology #BugLife

Oooooooooh yes just found some pics from the day before and I forgot about meeting this little cutie. I think it's a "Common Copper" (lycaena phlaeas)

#Bhutan #Paro #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #Entomology #BugLife #LycaenaPhlaeas

Oooooooooh yes just found some pics from the day before and I forgot about meeting this little cutie. I think it's a "Common Copper" (lycaena phlaeas)

#Bhutan #Paro #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #Entomology #BugLife #LycaenaPhlaeas

Oooooooooh yes just found some pics from the day before and I forgot about meeting this little cutie. I think it's a "Common Copper" (lycaena phlaeas)

#Bhutan #Paro #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #Entomology #BugLife #LycaenaPhlaeas

Oooooooooh yes just found some pics from the day before and I forgot about meeting this little cutie. I think it's a "Common Copper" (lycaena phlaeas)

#Bhutan #Paro #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #Entomology #BugLife #LycaenaPhlaeas

Oooooooooh yes just found some pics from the day before and I forgot about meeting this little cutie. I think it's a "Common Copper" (lycaena phlaeas)

#Bhutan #Paro #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #Entomology #BugLife #LycaenaPhlaeas