As far as I can tell, it’s the entire southeast of england, my personal anecdote was last Saturday at Reculver (check the UK Roman maps) there were a load, and it’s only gotten more notable down the coast, if you’ve seen mayflies, you can understand the amount, I should have tried a video. That said, there are incredible amounts down by the coast currently, I’m not exaggerating when I say 30 x what I see in a normal summer.
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Oh, sorry. They looked so recognizable for North America I forgot Europe is where seven-spots are originally from! I don’t know as much about beetles there.
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No worries, even now you still know far more than me 
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People in my neighborhood have evidently wised up re: pesticides and herbicides! I saw at least twelve fireflies in our front yard, on each side of the walkway leading to our home, not in total! I can see a bunch across the street, too 
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Yeah, I’m noticing more than I remembered seeing last year, where I am. Fewer butterflies though.
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The warm wet spring in England this year meant there were many more aphids than usual, which has presumably led to a corresponding increase in ladybirds. There are definitely more than usual up here in the northeast, but it’s not “swarms” yet.
I’m too young to remember the massive ladybird swarms of 1976, but I do vaguely remember the “aphid plague” of 1979, when at times it was impossible to go outside without breathing them in.
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were glorious and weird.
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Any better?
Collective noun for ladybirds – a loveliness
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sharks are so fekkin’ cool!
hammerhead sharks are some of the very most coolest of cool sharks.
whale sharkes are the ultimate cool shark.
yeah, man… sharks are cool.
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I got back from my cottage in northern Ontario late on Monday, and took a couple of shots of this beauty while I was up there. I wasn’t able to identify it until today; Linden/Basswood Leafroller Mother (Pantographa limata). Native to North America, but I submitted it to a butterfly and moth site for id, and this is the northern most reported sighting, which is cool! It’s very handsome in a restrained way. What the photo doesn’t really show is the iridescence of the wings.
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