Martin Harvey

@kitenet.bsky.social

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Mostly insects and biological recording, UK-based (he/him) https://linktr.ee/kitenet

Colourful caterpillar with black and yellow contrasting stripes
Combination of two images: on the left is the original blurry photo of a hoverfly, and on the right is the result of asking ChatGPT to "clean photo", which resulted in spurious details being added to the head and wing venation
A photo of an insect of some sort, after having been 'cleaned up' by Chat GPT. Original photo to follow!
Caterpillar on fig leaf
Welly boot from above, showing two large moths inside
Abundant blue flowers in chalk grassland, the photo does not do them justice
Small Marbled moth, photographed in a glass tube just before release. The scales on top of the thorax have worn off, leaving a dark 'bald patch'.
Long-horned General soldierfly on Wild Carrot flowers - photo taken by Todd Newent
Side view of the Marjoram Knot-horn, a moth with long narrow wings that have a mix of reddish-brown and silvery-grey markings. The moth is posed on Marjoram flowers, this being the plant on which the caterpillars feed.
A light trap using a 'tent' design, with many, many Box-tree Moths other sheets and flying around
A side view of the female Scarce Black soldierfly, on a leaf, with head to the left. Note the sharp rim around the scutellum.
The bright red of a Peacock butterfly against the purple flowers and green leaves of a Buddleia.
A plastic quadrat in a grassy area, marking out a square containing White Clover flowers for the pollinator count
Evergestis limbata (Dark-bordered Pearl), dorsal view on a leaf
Photo of a Common Vetch flower and two leaflets on it stalk. Underneath the flower an ant can be seen, apparently feeding from a dark-spotted stipule that forms an extra-flora nectary
Large Yellow Underwing on Red Valerian flowers
Freshly emerged Scarlet Tiger moth sitting on a leaf of its foodplant, Green Alkanet, growing by the doorstep.
Dorsal view of the Gold Cloak micro-moth, on a plain background
Two moths on a sheet illuminated by a mercury vapour bulb from last night's moth recording in Buckinghamshire
Collage of four insect photos. Clockwise from top left they are: fungus beetle Mycetophagus quadripustulatus; snail-killing fly Limnia ungiucornis; and views of the upperside and underside of weevil Phyllobius roboretanus. All photographed while being gently held within a floating frame, and all released unharmed.
View from above of the Phoenix Fly, which is on a grass blade
Road sign on my walk to the conference: "Botany Walk"
A Wych Elm leaf showing series of holes arranged in a semi-circle, the result of feeding by a caterpillar of the Brown Elm Tortrix moth
Composite images showing the three UK species of mayfly in genus Ephemera, pointing out the differences in the markings on the abdomen
Sandy Carpet, a white moth with Sandy brown wing markings, sat on the sheet next to the light trap
A large cranefly with a black-and-yellow striped body, presumably mimicking a wasp. Photographed on a path surface in Wendover Woods, Buckinghamshire.
Close-up of the face of spiny-winged fly Suillia parva, showing the characteristic pale front edge to the frons, and some impressive bristles on the head. Swept from short vegetation in an already rather dry marsh area.
Small spider with pale yellow-green abdomen, darker yellow thorax and pale legs with black rings, on a leaf.
Three coleopterists checking a log pile for dead-wood beetles
Blurry and rather distant photo of a Speckled Wood butterfly perched on a leaf in the garden
A top-down view of the weevil, on a plain pale background. Its body is covered in scales, mostly dark, with several bright white patches.
A rather blurry video of the Bombardier Beetle running across my drive, up onto the step and then hiding away in the gap between two bricks
A bright yellow dandelion with a small hoverfly
Close-up of the tiny green 'town-hall clock' flowers of Moschatel, with a flower on each clock-face.
Pale yellow Primrose flower, with brighter yellow in the middle where nectar and pollen is available, with four tiny beetles diving in to the centre of the flower to reach those resources. Two of the beetles appear to be mating.
Small fly with orange thorax and abdomen, and black head and legs, at rest on a fence post
Video clip of ground bugs at the edge of a plant pot on the decking. A male approaches a female and they quickly start mating. A second male runs up to them and gets very excited, but can't find a way to join the party. Eventually the female retreats under the plant pot, with both males doing their best to follow.
Side view of Helina evecta, a dark greyish fly with dark shading on some of its wing veins, sitting on a leaf
Side view of a queen Red-tailed Bumblebee feeding from a sallow catkin
Oedemera femoralis beetle, a long, narrow brown beetle, on a yellow sallow catkin
Dotted Chestnut moth, a buff-coloured moth speckled with dark dots, on the ground, illuminated by torchlight
Close up of true bug from side showing base of antennae
A pinned moth specimen with the dissected part stored in a blob of DMHF on a card pinned underneath the moth specimen
Dark Chestnut moth (a female I think), photo on a white background
Bar chart showing numbers of records of Common Earwig that have been submitted to iRecord. Since 2020 these have been fairly stable at c. 700-800 per year.
A Seven-spot Ladybird (red with black spots) cuddling up to a much smaller Sixteen-spot Ladybird (yellow with black spots) on a rather exposed Blackthorn stem
Front view of spider showing eight eyes in two rows
Collage of four images: Cinnamon Bug on a leaf, plus Eyed Ladybird, Juniper Shieldbug and a fruit fly Drosophila suzukii all shown on the cloth of a beating tray. The fruit fly is lying on its back.
Bumblebee on yellow flowers of a Mahonia shrub, against a background of hazy blue sky
From top left: Leafhopper, Acericus heydenii 16-spot Ladybird, Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata 7-spot Ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata Ivy Ladybird, Nephus quadrimaculatus A chloropid fly (that mimics beetles), Camarota curvipennis Maple Stilt moth, Caloptilia semifascia Springtail, Dicyrtomina saundersi A buzzing spider, Anyphaena numida Box Bug, Gonocerus acuteangulatus Common Rough Woodlouse, Porcellio scaber
A Red-green Carpet moth, sitting on an egg-box from within the light trap, with head pointing down and wings outstretched above.
Beech tree bark with moss and some tiny white mushrooms
A hoverfly, Syrphus torvus, on the yellow composite centre of a flower with pink petals
Statue of Cupid, apparently standing next to a bollard. (British Museum)
A view of the Marsh awards being presented at the BENHS exhibition, with some of the audience watching the award winners on stage
The male genital capsule following dissection to confirm the record of Celypha rufana