Derek Binns
Amateur naturalist - parasitic wasps (and other tiny insects) specialising in UK Trichogrammatidae and Mymaridae. All posts are my own finds, and all are found in Sussex (unless otherwise stated).
Born at 317.68ppm.
- Found this morning in Brede High Woods (in horrible weather). Some kind of Mite. Am thinking it is probably one of the Uropodidae, a mesostigmatic mite. Can anyone help with id? #Mite #Acari #HighWeald
- First proper moult of a Lithops dorotheae sown in February last year, hence just shy of one year old. The new leaf pair is clearly visible, and is strongly patterned. A hopeful sign at the end of a long January. #Lithops
- One of the garden visitors. #Badger
- Who doesn't love a Tardigrade? One of three found in a clump of moss under pine trees in Brede High Woods. Could be Macrobiotus cf hufelandi, but if anyone knows better ... #Tardigrade #HighWeald
- A 0.3mm long female Trichogramma sp wasp found 28.10.2024 in the garden birch tree. Unusually, females of this genus are almost impossible to get to species. Identification is done from the male. #UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
- A female Ooctonus vulgatus wasp of the Mymaridae found 11.4.2025 on the saltmarsh at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. #UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #RyeHarbour
- Wing fringe Wednesday? A 0.4mm long female Litus cynipseus wasp of the Mymaridae found 19.11.2025 at Rye Harbour Nature reserve. This is a very commonly found species, but (like most things in the natural realm) it is rather wonderful when you look closely. #UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #RyeHarbour
- A 0.6mm long female Mirufens longicauda wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 19.7.2023 in the garden birch tree. #UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
- A female Chartocerus subaeneus wasp of the Signiphoridae found 29.7.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter. It was very good year for Signiphorid wasps. #UKWildlife #Signiphoridae #wasps #HighWeald
- A 0.8mm long female Ufens hirticornis wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 1.8.2023 in Brede High Woods. #UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #HighWeald
- A beautiful 0.5mm long Uscana princeps wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 5.9.2023 at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. #UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #RyeHarbour
- A beautiful little Tardigrade - Ramazzottius aff oberhaeuseri found in lichen growing on a wind-blasted tree trunk in Warrior Square gardens yestrerday. #UKWildlife #Tardigrade #St.Leonards
- 11.1.2026 07.51 am
- A female Anaphes globosicornis wasp of the Mymaridae found 10.9.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter. #UKWildlife #wasps #Mymaridae #HighWeald
