Ann Miles Blog
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Insects Photographed with Full-Spectrum Camera
Monday, July 21, 2025
Sharpenhoe Gall Flies and Butterflies
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Rainy Morning at Sharpenhoe
We decided to continue with our RPS Nature Group outing to Sharpenhoe despite a pessimistic forecast. In fact, the light rain didn't prevent us finding and photographing insects etc and by the afternoon it had stopped. Here some Male and Female Chalkhill Blues found roosting among the vegetation, a very fine Wasp Spider with its Grasshopper prey and some of the mating Burnet moths.
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Life on Knapweed
I previously shared the variety and large numbers of insects etc feeding on a Hogweed flower.However, if I had to grow just one flower to encourage insects etc, it would be Knapweed. As well as visiting Butterflies, Bees, Flies, Beetles and Bugs feeding on the nectar, pollen and leaves/sap, there are at least 3 Gall fly species that lay their eggs in the Knapweed heads and their accompanying Ichneumon Wasps - around 50 species photographed yesterday all on the Knapweed plants (see ID sheets).