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Sep 12, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
Craneflies, a 🧵

We are approaching the time of year where the media publish scare stories about the annual emergence of certain species of #cranefly (aka #DaddyLonglegs).

This happens every year (the cranefly emergence & the anti-bug stories).

🧵 1/8 #ShareDontScare Cranefly (Tipula vittata) © Paul Brock The anti-bug media season usually starts with #FlyingAnt “invasion” stories in July, then anti-#wasp articles in August. In September we have the “horror” of #craneflies & as we approach October the scary #spider stories appear.

🧵 2/8 #ShareDontScare


Flying Ants © Smallbrainfield (Flickr CC)
Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) © Sid Mosdell (Flickr, CC)
Cranefly (Tipula vittata) © Paul Brock
House Spider (Tegenaria gigantea) © Roger Key
Sep 6, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
Light Pollution - a thread.
Today will see members of the House of Lords debate an amendment to the #EnvironmentBill that would require national targets on reducing #LightPollution. Read the thread below for just some of the reasons why targets are needed. 1/
📷William Warby Invertebrates
#LightPollution impacts invertebrates at all stages of their lives. Areas lit by streetlights have 50% less caterpillars. One third of insects attracted to lights die as a result. And nocturnal pollinator visits are reduced by over 60%. buglife.org.uk/campaigns/ligh… 2/