James Bashford

🧠 I’m giving a talk on Wednesday 28th October 7-9pm about Nature and health 🦋 🗣️ It would be lovely to see you in person at Bush House, London 💻 Or you can join online 🎟️ Access tickets here: tinyurl.com/ANA-NWtalk

Yesterday’s Lappet post reminded me of a few other lappets I’ve seen in Spain over the years 🇪🇸 Pine-tree Lappet & Cypress Lappet & Cork-oak Lappet #NatureWithin

Wattle, dewlap and lappet. All refer to the flap-like fold of certain animals. Including this Lappet moth 😃 #NatureWithin

Violet Ground Beetle 🪲 Reaching new heights 🪾 #NatureWithin

Hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Good! Because here is my #insectimore series 🐛🐞 Time to eat your greens 🥬 #NatureWithin

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Moths sustain us… ♥️ Blood-vein 🩸 (Essex, June 2025) #NatureWithin

UK’s largest resident moth… 🩷 🖤 🩷 🖤 🩷 🖤 🩷 🖤 Privet Hawkmoth (Essex, June 2025) #NatureWithin

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Mint Moth in mint condition ♥️ (Essex, June 2024) #NatureWithin

#NatureWithin in numbers: 📃 229 pages 🧬 70 species 📕 9 chapters 🙋‍♀️ 7 experts 🔤 2 new words 🌍 1 message

June in her sleekest of suits 🖤 🤍 Aka: Ringlet 💍 #NatureWithin

The moths are listening… Ear Moth 👂 (Aug 2024, Cairngorms 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) #NatureWithin

Hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Excellent! Because here is my #insectimore series 🐛🐞 Today: Emeralds 💎 #NatureWithin

From a summer past… Ghost Moth 👻 #NatureWithin

I’m starting the week with some real beauties 😍 🦋 #insectimore #NatureWithin

From this day 3 years ago 🗓️ Trois Merveilles du Jour 💚 💚 💚 Never gets old 🤩 #NatureWithin

I was looking through some old photos. This one caught my eye from May 2023 in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Broom Moth 🧹 The colours are spectacular, offset by its rusty ledge. #NatureWithin

👏 Yay the weekend 👏

Quarter stars have finally arrived on Goodreads…which means you can now give your favourite Nature book the 4.75 you’ve always wanted to 😜

Still hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Excellent! Because my #insectimore series continues 🐛🐞 Today: Fritillaries 🤩 Who can spot the odd one out? 🤔 #NatureWithin

Something to chew on 😃 #NatureWithin #Quote

Hungry for more insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Brilliant! Because my #insectimore series continues 🐛🐞 Today: Dragons 🐉 #NatureWithin

Thank you @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social for your kind words about #NatureWithin 🐛 😊

Hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Super! Because here is my #insectimore series 🐛🐞 Today: Blues 💙 🩵 #NatureWithin

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Blue-tailed Damselfly 🩵 #NatureWithin

European Rhinoceros Beetle 🇪🇺 🦏 🪲 #NatureWithin

Interested in the 🧠? Then here’s a day of online talks just for 🫵! #WAND2026 #NatureWithin

Passing through Dauntsey Lock yesterday on foot, I was glad to be accurately apprised of the local conditions… My conclusion: sunny and no wind ☀️

Garden Rose Tortrix 🌹 #NatureWithin

I’ve seen some Vestals before but never one as fresh and vibrant as this 🤩 #NatureWithin

Sometimes, just sometimes, everything comes together very nicely indeed 💜 🩵 🧡 Common Blue on Creeping Thistle #NatureWithin

Mallow 🩷 #NatureWithin

I was surprised this Latticed Heath let me get so close 🤩 #NatureWithin

I am very grateful to @davegoulson.bsky.social for his thoughts about #NatureWithin

Red-barred Tortrix ♥️ #NatureWithin

A tiny and stripy leaf-miner 🍃 ⛏️ Possibly Dark Hornbeam Leaf-miner, although not possible to ID on looks alone. From France in August 🇫🇷 #NatureWithin

Jersey Emerald 🩶 From SW France in August 🇫🇷 #NatureWithin

Thank you @mikebernerslee.bsky.social 😊 #NatureWithin

Inornate Pyrausta 💕 Seen in SW France in August, where it has been accidentally introduced 🇫🇷 Native to USA 🇺🇸 #NatureWithin

Plane Lace Bug - tiny with some serious-looking armour 🛡️ Seen in France 🇫🇷 but native to North America 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 #NatureWithin

2K followers! Thank you everyone! 🙏 I love sharing my engagement with the natural world, so here’s to the next K… 🐛 🦋 🌳 🐞 #NatureWithin

Maiden’s Blush ☺️ #NatureWithin