Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Insects in the Autumn Garden
Sunday, September 3, 2023
September Survey, Paxton Pits 1. The Gully
Friday, August 18, 2023
Bumper Day for Insects
The conditions were obviously ideal for insects today. Here a batch before the rain came. The Chalcid wasp was ovipositing into a knapweed head presumably finding a larva to inject its egg into. There are 1,717 at the last count of this family of minute wasps so chances of ID probably small!! Similarly not much luck with the tiny spider and its fly prey.
Monday, July 31, 2023
Latest Garden Safari
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Beewolf Wasps
We made a brief visit to the Beewolf Wasp colony near Sandy to assess the activity and found them very active as two trail bikes had just driven through and obscured their burrow entrances. Always fascinating to watch them come in carrying their Honeybee prey and try and locate their burrow entrance without upsetting the neighbours! It was windy and overcast so not the best for getting shots.