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Green Hairstreak

Photo of the Month April 2026

The NatureSpot Photo of the Month for April is this image of a Green Hairstreak, taken by NatureSpot contributor E. Gaten. More... The Green Hairstreak is an unmistakeabl...

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National Mammal Week 2026

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Photo of Adelgids and white woolly deposits on spruce needles

Adelgids in Knighton Park

A Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society Natural History Section trip to Knighton Park made an Interesting discovery. More... You don't always expect to find much i...

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7-spot Ladybird

7-spot Ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Cropston garden

Kate Nightingale

Oedemera lurida

Oedemera lurida

Cropston garden

Kate Nightingale

Scathophaga stercoraria

Scathophaga stercoraria

Cropston garden

Kate Nightingale

Ant Damsel Bug

Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides

Cropston garden

Kate Nightingale

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Rhagonycha fulva

Cropston garden

Kate Nightingale

Comma

Polygonia c-album

Ashby Canal, Shenton, near aqueduct

Tephritis formosa

Tephritis formosa

South Kilworth St Nicholas Church

Empicoris vagabundus

Empicoris vagabundus

Cossington, churchyard

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The Making of Springwatch, part 2 - Jack Baddams (Charnwood Local Group of LRWT)

Woodhouse Eaves Village Hall

Market Bosworth & District Natural History Society: Contrasting Floras of Charnwood and Rutland

St Peter's Primary Academy, Market Bosworth.

Market Bosworth & District Natural History Society: The Bats of UK and Their Ecology and Conservation Tricia Scott

St Peter's Primary Academy, Market Bosworth

Market Bosworth & District Natural History Society: Pollen and Place Names: Uncovering Leicestershire's Woodland History - Dr Hannah Sellers

St Peter's Primary Academy, Market Bosworth

Latest addition to NatureSpot

Scrobipalpa atriplicella
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
16 April 2026
male confirmed by gen det
Synopeas
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
18 April 2026
Cryptoserphus dilatus
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
18 April 2026
male

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