Will George

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Naturalist with a particular interest in the true bugs, Heteroptera, but fascinated by pretty much all insects and nature. He/Him. https://www.flickr.com/photos/runnerwill/

A grey and black patterned moth on dry grass
A black and red strikingly marked bug on a dried flower head
A black cat stares contemplatively out from a bathroom sink
A deer against a leafy background
A fly on a hogweed flower. The fly is black with brown hairs, and stripes across the abdomen
A very small black wasp with large green eyes on a white net. The wasp is wingless, with a conical, sharp-tipped abdomen.
A green and black mottled bug sitting on the underside of a leaf. The patterning is reminiscent of camouflage on military clothing.
A black and white video of a baby hedgehog bimbling past the camera towards a couple of bowls, and then wobbling around a bit more
A pale brown bug on a white net. There are two black dots at the top of the thorax, just behind the head.
A pale orange bug with dark eyes sitting on a white net
A brightly coloured red and black bug on a concrete footpath
A strikingly marked fly with bright red eyes sitting on a green leaf. The eyes have black splotches and the wings are strongly marked with black.
A shiny winged small moth sitting on the petal at the edge of a daisy. The moth has very long white antennae, and a floofy face.
A bug sitting on the petals of a daisy. The bug is a pale grey-green with bright maroon markings
A green bug sat on a toothed leaf. The head and thorax are bright green, and the rest of the body is a paler shade, with a dense covering of dark hairs. The wing membrane is dark with a white vein through it.
A long-legged, plain brown bug on a green leaf.
A beautiful black, yellow and orange bug sat on the tip of a nettle flower against an out of focus green background.
a head on view of a bee sitting on a purple flower. The bee has the lower half of the face yellow, and a brown furry thorax
A metallic gold and orange coloured moth sitting on the middle of a large daisy flower. The moth has very long antennae sticking directly up above it which are considerably longer than the rest of the moth.
a brown dragonfly perched on a dead stem in a leafy hedge. The dragonfly has pale green eyes and largely clear wings with pale brown spots near the tips
A red and black beetle with two silver white stripes across its body, sitting on a tree trunk
A brown caterpillar on a white net, sitting in an arched position.
A yellow and black striped bug sitting on a green leaf
A long-legged wasp with a mostly black body, sitting on a glass background. The antennae have striking white bands at around two thirds of their length
A brown caterpillar sitting hunched up on a green stem. It is a bit knobbly, with two large hook shaped projections sticking off its bum
A metallic blue shieldbug on a blade of grass
A wasp like bee flying over sandy looking ground. The bee has a black thorax with two red dots on the scutellum and a yellow and black striped thorax with red markings down from the base to about halfway.
A pair of beetles on a lump of something black and gooey. The beetles are black with chestnut brown thoraxes. One beetle is on top of the other, for reasons that I probably don't need to explain.
A view of Laphria flava from below, sitting imposingly on a green leaf and surveying its surroundings
A pale brown bug with a diamond shaped abdomen and long black tipped antennae.
The glorious evolutionary fever dream that is a snakefly, with a long head and thorax combined with large wings with a dense network of veins.
A jumping spider on a wooden background. The spider is pale brown and blends in well with the wood. The abdomen is elongated with black and white markings
A pale brown bug with attractive black markings and translucent wings
A black weevil on a white net background
A beautiful bee viewed from head-on, but with most of the body visible. The face is festooned in white hairs and the thorax is clad in fox-red hairs on top, merging seamlessly to pure white below. 10/10, no notes.
A moth viewed side on against a pale background. The moth is intricately patterned in grey, black, orange and white, with a large white patch in the middle of its back.
A close-up of a small metallic black insect which is oval in shape, with spiky hind legs.
A side on view of a very bristly fly sitting on a dead leaf. The fly is brown, with a reddish tinge to the abdomen.
A black car sitting in a highchair, witha certain air of expectation
A hoverfly sitting on Yew leaves, viewed from the top down. There are six bright yellow bar-shaped spots on the abdomen.
A male Syrphus torvus hoverfly on white Pieris flowers. The hoverfly has two yellow spots at the top of the abdomen, with two yellow bands below. On close inspection, the eyes are hairy.
A close up of a frog with its head out of a pond, surrounded by frogspawn.
A Brimstone butterfly sat on a nettle leaf against a background of dried leaves. The butterfly is a lovely pale yellow colour.
A photo of a Bee-fly, Bombylius major, resting on a dry piece of grass on a busy background. The fly has a brown, fluffy body, a long proboscis and black patches across the front of the wings.
A brown shieldbug sat on a brick wall
A reddish fly sitting on a daffodil leaf. The legs are heavily bristled.
A screenshot of a pop-up on a map, showing the number of records, species, most recent record and list of taxa for a 1km square
A Fiery Clearwing moth with red dusted wings and a funky orange stripe in the middle of the tail,
A top down view of a brown springtail with black markings. The body is long and thin, and the black markings towards the tail do not form a complete U, so this is Entomobrya intermedia.
A slide showing information about the lacebug Catoplatus fabricii. There is an image of the species (a small brown bug with mesh like structures at the edge of the abdomen. The text on the slide reads A medium sized species of lacebug which is strongly associated with Ox-eye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare. The thorax is rather narrow behind the head, and lacks the meshes on the margins found in other lacebugs. The third antennal segment is the same width as the fourth. A very scarce species in Bedfordshire, with only one recent record. Should be looked for where Ox-eye Daisies are found, especially in dry, sunny situations on calcareous soils. Adults over-winter in moss close to the host plant.
A view into a large bag of peanuts. In one corner a small mouse is hiding
A slide about the Southern Green Shieldbug, Nezara viridula, in Bedfordshire, with images and a map. The text reads The southern European counterpart to the familiar Green Shieldbug, which has recently been recorded in Bedfordshire for the first time. In common with the Green Shieldbug, adults are uniformly green for most of the year, but go a dull brown colour when over-wintering. There are always three white dots across the bas of the scutellum, and the wing membrane is clear, not darkened. Nymphs are very different looking, being boldly patterned with white and red markings. Likely to be found more widely in the county in the coming years.
Two cup shaped mushrooms growing in a plant pot. The edges of the cup are gilled, and the top of the mushroom is purple with white markings
Two adorable, but also very dopey looking, black cats, sat on a bed
A mouse in a transparent live capture trap. Just the head is visible, viewed from side on.
An advert for a demon beetle trap, promising that it will catch Blatta orientalis
A long-bodied damselfly which is mostly metallic green in colour with pale claspers at the tip of the abdomen and pale wing-spots.
A phone photo of a plant with yellow flowers and green toothed leaves
A small bug on green hairy flower buds. The bug is greenish-brown with distinctively black and white chequered wing tips