Overcast but very warm day produced lots of insect activity including this beautiful male Orange Tip Butterfly and this very hairy Anthomyoiid Fly feeding on a dead Snail. Otherwise spiders in abiundance and 10 species of Plant Bug (Dock and Hairy Bug not shown)..
Showing posts with label butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butterfly. Show all posts
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Toft Bees and Butterfly
I am a bit behind with sorting images from the garden so here is a batch from last three days of various bees and a beautiful Orange Tip Butterfly taken in various light conditions. The cold conditions have meant that lots of the bees are resting up and in some cases 'sleeping' clinging on to leaves etc with their strong mandibles. Here Nomada flava attached and Nomada goodeniana preparing to rest. The fourth image is N. marshamella then a selection of Andrena species
Monday, August 21, 2023
Sawflies, Ichneumons and Others from the Garden
Another batch from the garden last Friday when the wet conditions gave way to a really hot humid day that the insects found to their liking. Lots of different Sawflies and Ichneumons - most not able to identify from photo but will go in the garden database as photos with suggested family etc. The one with the very long ovipositor was very impressive - about 1 cm total size. The rain had brought out slugs and snails
Monday, August 14, 2023
Latest Batch of Garden Insects
I am still on a quest to record all the insects in my garden - sometimes interesting (!) photos of familiar species like these mating Sphaerophoria scripta and some new species like the bug Dicyphus epilobii.
Monday, August 7, 2023
Recent Garden Records
Latest batch from the garden - still producing some new records like the first image which identifies as Haltichella rufipes which hasn't many observations in the UK though common in continental Europe, the furrow bee species Lasioglossum sexnotatum Ashy Furrow Bee. and Southern Hawker dragonfly.
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