Not common
When I found a pair of asparagus beetles in cop on my wild asparagus a few days ago, I was delighted with them, and offended on their behalf to discover that they’re regarded as common. There is, I read, another … Continued
When I found a pair of asparagus beetles in cop on my wild asparagus a few days ago, I was delighted with them, and offended on their behalf to discover that they’re regarded as common. There is, I read, another … Continued
I’d been planning an early trip to Trench Wood this morning, but the weather forecast told me it was likely to be stormy there, and even though I didn’t really believe it, this isn’t a place where you want to … Continued
Three more Large Red Damselflies emerged from our patio pond this morning, and three from the wildlife pond. I expected to be posting one of these today (in hope that the rest of the world wasn’t sick of the sight … Continued
I’d happily have used any of the images in today’s Facebook post for my blip tonight, but these asparagus beetles and the black and yellow longhorn are both new records for the garden, which makes them especially pleasing. I have … Continued
The synchronised emergence of Large Red Damselflies from our ponds that conspicuously didn’t happen six weeks ago when we were hoping and looking for it, seems to be happening now. Today we had four emerge from the wildlife pond, and … Continued
Back at home after spending the day in Wales with the Boy Wonder, and with R having gone back out again to a gig in Birmingham (Bonnie Raitt, if that set you wondering), I took the macro and wandered round … Continued
It was a trying kind of a day – not least for anyone who had to deal with me as my emotional temperature soared – but a few good things happened, and this was one of them. As I walked … Continued
R and I went for a walk at Croome this morning, where it was extremely hot and steamy. We strolled down to the lake and made one circuit around it, then R walked over to the house and back up … Continued