gardening for hoverflies
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20 Apr 2019
Create your very own #Hoverfly Lagoon and provide important habitats for larvae! Sign up now at thebuzzclub.uk/hoverfly-lago…
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15 Jul 2024
Be sure to listen into this folks - @EllenRotheray is a great scientist and communicator - and this is a great project
a whole talk on bog snorklers.....aka long-tailed larvae...aka rat-tailed maggots - #Hoverflies
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15 Jul 2024
A beautifully made short film made by WoodlandsTV about how you could try to make Hoverfly Lagoons in a woodland, or indeed if you’re lucky enough to have a tree stump or large log in your garden url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com… @The_Buzz_Club @DaveGoulson @SussexBiology
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10 Jul 2024
ENTOLIVE: @HoverflyLagoons Project: Journey into the Past, Present & Future with @EllenRotheray
One week to book onto our free webinar in @KeironDBrown's EntoLive series. Join us on 17th July to find out more about our longest running project!
Book: shorturl.at/Rwll6
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1 Jul 2024
You too could have a @HoverflyLagoons and have these delightful critters in your garden:
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14 Jun 2024
Thanks so much for sharing this - amazing to see!!
Lots of our projects are great to do with kids, as Poppy shows in this video! Check out Buzz Kids! for free resources as well: thebuzzclub.uk/buzzkids
Thanks Poppy!
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25 May 2024
Can you spot the hoverfly eggs? 👀🥰#hoverflylagoons #gardening4wildlife @The_Buzz_Club lots of hoverfly activity right now! These were found in two little notches in twigs in a glass vase Hoverfly Lagoon 😃 presumably when the larvae hatch they crawl or drop into the wate 👀
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18 May 2024
Why not make a different kind of bug hotel this weekend and help to conserve hoverflies?
Learn more about Hoverfly Lagoons 2024 from the project lead, @EllenRotheray
Sign up here: thebuzzclub.uk/hoverfly-lago…
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14 May 2024
The Hoverfly Lagoons project 2024 has officially kicked off - see a 1-min intro to the project here youtu.be/RjR1uj3p5sg find more details and sign up to the @The_Buzz_Club project here: thebuzzclub.uk/hoverfly-lago…
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13 May 2024
Our first online Symposium is only a few days away!
Book a ticket to hear back to back talks from our team - hosted by @DaveGoulson - with Q&A 🐝
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11 May 2024
Totally thrilled our #hoverfly lagoons we made w/ @The_Buzz_Club are being used today. Lots of eggs! Visit thebuzzclub.uk/hoverfly-lago… to make your own @DaveGoulson @LGSpace @HoverflyLagoons @Team4Nature @citygirlnature @HeathHands @alisonurbanbees @WildlifeTrusts @HenCorner
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14 May 2024
NEW PROJECT: Hoverfly Lagoons 2024
This year we want to know how ponds in gardens affect recruitment of hoverflies to Lagoons. If you don't have a pond don't worry - you can still take part!
Find out more & sign up here: thebuzzclub.uk/hoverfly-lago…
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17 Apr 2024
We are very excited for our Citizen Science Virtual Symposium with the Biological Recording Company @KeironDBrown on the 16th May!
Speakers: @DaveGoulson @LJBees @BethBees @yanetsepulveda @EllenRotheray
More information and booking link here: biologicalrecording.co.uk/20…
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12 Apr 2024
Have you booked onto our Symposium yet? One of our talk's below:
Spreading the Word Using Citizen Science: Hoverfly Lagoons Project Case Study
16 May 2024 | Dr Ellen Rotheray | The Buzz Club
eventbrite.co.uk/e/773643988…
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14 Apr 2024
When the sun comes out to play, so does The Footballer Helophilus pendulus. Seen at Cloud Wood last week, this striking Hoverfly looks fresh out of the Paintworks, large Dark Orange central segments indicates being a Male. @HoverflyLagoons @WildlifeTrusts #365Dayswild
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2 Feb 2024
Surprise feeder on Holwell NR Snowdrops today Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax. Females often emerge from Winter Hibernation late February, whilst Snowdrops usually release Nectar to Pollinators at 10 degrees, it was just 8 today! @HoverflyLagoons @WildlifeTrusts #InsectThursday
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11 Feb 2024
This week, Yr 7 have been putting their #BuildTheChange #BuildForBirds @LEGO_Group designs into action @thedaytweets . One task has been the construction of #HoverflyLagoons inspired by @EllenRotheray @HoverflyLagoons
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10 Jan 2024
When we installed hoverfly lagoons on the @Nomura green roof within a few years we saw a marked increase in saprophytic hoverfly species. eventbrite.co.uk/e/hoverfly-… @The_Buzz_Club
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30 Jul 2023
A most pleasant Garden surprise. Spring varieties of Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea tend to be dull Black and Orange, Summer varieties however are noted for being extremely Bright Yellow. Changes diet late Summer to Brambles & Ivy @HoverflyLagoons @WildlifeTrusts @WoodlandTrust
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30 Jun 2023
Watch these loveable rat-tailed maggots go!
youtube.com/watch?v=ihdEzqPz… @EllenRotheray You can join our citizen science experiment on hoverfly lagoons here thebuzzclub.uk/
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