Doncaster Naturalists' Society

Recording Doncaster wildlife since 1880

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  • Insects
    • Order – Coleoptera – Beetles
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    • Plants – Dicotyledons
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    • Bryophytes (Mosses & Liverworts)
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      • Ragwort
      • Hogweed
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Hogweed

Wasp Beetle, Clytus arietis on Hogweed, Chesterfield Canal near Wiseton, 3 June 2023. Photo by Tricia Haigh
Wasp Beetle, Clytus arietis on Hogweed, Chesterfield Canal near Wiseton, 3 June 2023. Photo by Tricia Haigh

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Sunday 3 December 2023 to Slaynes Lane (Birding) 28 November 2023
  • Next Meeting Tuesday 21st November 2023, Indoor meeting ‘Looking for Planthoppers’. 14 November 2023
  • Meeting Cancelled – Saturday 18 November 2023, Mosses 14 November 2023
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 8th November 2023, a ramble around Hatfield Moor 6 November 2023
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 2nd November at 1.30 at Parklands Club 30 October 2023

Slideshow

Poppies in set-aside field on farm
Photo by Ian McDonald (guest)
Clouded Yellow - Colias croceus
Myrmica rubra farming Aphis fabae
Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), Sprotborough.
Salticus scenicus, Potteric Carr.
Photo by Ian McDonald (guest)
Sehirus luctuosus - Forget-me-Not Shieldbug, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
Phyllobius pyri, Anston Stones Wood
Coprinus patouillardii, Anston Stones Wood.

Gallery

no-title-scaled Drone fly,Eristalis tenax on Ivy by Nora Boyle. Thorne Rd,18.11.23 Common flesh Fly,Sarcophaga carnaria, 3.9.23, Thorne Rd, SE605055 on Ivy by Nora Boyle Tachinid fly,Tacihna fera, 3.9.23, Thorne Rd SE605055,on Ivy by Nora Boyle

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