@ForLilCreatures

Project celebrating plants, inverts, amphibians & reptiles through art, science, folklore, photography & art. https://xitter.cf/t.co/1italOrok3

 South West, England
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Joined July 2018
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I've been doing a little website work this afternoon, few bits of cleaning and updating and adding 3 new articles. forgottenlittlecreatures.comโ€ฆ
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A beautiful holly blue butterfly on British bluebells in our garden yesterday. Another new species for our garden ๐Ÿฅฐ Excited to see what else turns up this year and carry on my garden photography project. #butterfly #gardenwildlife
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Snakeshead fritillary flowers looking gorgeous in the late afternoon light. #flowers
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Itโ€™s leatherback nesting season in Puerto Rico! #leatherback #turtles
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Dr Richard Bate
@thenewgalaxyApr 5
5/4/26 #OrchidsofRhodes - Weโ€™ve filled our boots with a veritable bounty of outstanding #orchids today but my highlight was this pair of busy Eastern Festoon #butterflies. We donโ€™t just do orchids yโ€™know!
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Small but still stunning porcelain fungi #fungi #Autumn
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Paula Cooper@iceniphoto17 Oct 2025
Autumn in the woods ๐Ÿ‚
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What an absolutely incredible year for fungi.
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Don't forget to grab your 2026 Wild Woolley Friends Calendar. There's a different, very cute, animal each month and space for writing in those important dates and appointments. mademe.co.uk/product/wild-woโ€ฆ Just ยฃ10 each plus P&P, numbers are limited.
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One of my favourite flowers of all tim, Queen of the Alps. How gorgeous are those colours. ๐Ÿ˜
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This isn't a nature reserve (although that might be debatable now!) This is actually our garden and this morning I counted 4 gatekeeper butterflies fluttering between the oregano and marjoram. As well as large whites, brimstone & red admiral butterflies @savebutterflies
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Every year we leave the garden to go wild. This year there are so many bees, flies & butterflies enjoying the plants. The noise is just amazing, so much buzzing. Despite the hot and prolonged dry weather, the plants are doing really well, especially after some much needed rain
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Froglife@froglifers27 Jun 2025
Even the tiniest pond can make a huge impact! Staff member James recently added a tub pond to his small garden & the local wildlife are loving it! Want to create your own? Check out our Just Add Water guide: ๐Ÿ‘‰ ow.ly/vkLh50WgFub #PondLife #WildlifeGarden
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Happy FrogFriday I accidently disturbed this beauty the other day whilst filling the bird baths. I didn't know it was there until it hopped onto the pebbles at the edge of the pond where it sat for a little while before hopping off into the wild area next to the pond.
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SAVE THE FROGS!@savethefrogs27 Jun 2025
๐Ÿšจ Cattle Guards: An Overlooked Death Traps for Amphibians & Reptiles A new study documents alarming numbers of amphibians and reptiles becoming entrapped and dying in cattle guards across California and Baja California. journal.wildlife.ca.gov/2025โ€ฆ #amphibians #savethefrogs
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Herps in the News@HerpsInTheNews26 Jun 2025
#NewSpeciesAlert - ๐บ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘Ž. A new species of mantellid frog of the genus ๐บ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘  from south-eastern Madagascar. #Herpetology ๐Ÿ”’ mapress.com/zt/article/view/โ€ฆ
Hutter, C.R., Andriampenomanana, Z.F., Basham, E.W., Glaw, F., Masotti, M.D., Lambert, S.M. & Vences, M. (2025) A new species of mantellid frog of the genus ๐บ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘  from south-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa, 5647 (3), 260โ€“274. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.3.3

ALT Hutter, C.R., Andriampenomanana, Z.F., Basham, E.W., Glaw, F., Masotti, M.D., Lambert, S.M. & Vences, M. (2025) A new species of mantellid frog of the genus ๐บ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘  from south-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa, 5647 (3), 260โ€“274. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.3.3

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Cities can be transformed into havens for butterflies and moths ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ™๏ธ Following successful projects in Perth and Stirling, Bristol and Leeds, we now plan to create 28 new #WildSpaces in the heart of Glasgow! Find out how you can support ๐Ÿ‘‰ crowdfunder.co.uk/p/glasgow-โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“ท: Cath Scott
A Small Tortoiseshell rests on a thistle in a wild verge situated next to a busy main road

ALT A Small Tortoiseshell rests on a thistle in a wild verge situated next to a busy main road

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Herps in the News@HerpsInTheNews18 Jun 2025
#NewSpeciesAlert - ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–, a new species of sticky frog is described from Cibalong District, Garut Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. #Microhylidae ๐Ÿ”’ mapress.com/zt/article/view/โ€ฆ
Gonggoli, A.D., Fauzan, M.F., Kaprawi, F., Herlambang, A.E.N., Kirono, S., Wiradarma, H., Alif, H. & Midy, A.H. (2025) Taxonomic assessment of Javanese ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘  Tschudi, 1838, with a description of a new species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zootaxa, 5646 (4), 501โ€“526. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5646.4.2

ALT Gonggoli, A.D., Fauzan, M.F., Kaprawi, F., Herlambang, A.E.N., Kirono, S., Wiradarma, H., Alif, H. & Midy, A.H. (2025) Taxonomic assessment of Javanese ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘  Tschudi, 1838, with a description of a new species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zootaxa, 5646 (4), 501โ€“526. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5646.4.2

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Such a wonderful encounter with a very fresh swallowtail butterfly in Switzerland. Believe it or not, these were taken on my phone!
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This right here is why, from spring through to early autumn, I barely touch the garden other than some bits that need trimming or tidying, which is all done by hand.
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