It doesn’t take long for the male Hairy-footed Flower Bees to lose their bright chestnut colouring and fade to an insipid elegant ash blonde (much like my own). By now they’re hanging around the pulmonaria like a phantom horde, and … Continued
This photo works as a follow-up to yesterday’s. The female Green Shieldbug, on the right here, noticed me trying to photograph their nuptials, and literally dragged her partner across the depth of the aucuba leaf, over the edge, and down … Continued
Tired from the weekend, and with quite a backlog of domestic stuff to sort out, I only managed a short garden bug safari today, and took just a handful of photos. That’s to say, a hundred or so, which in … Continued
Quite a bit of the Boy Wonder’s morning was spent in our kitchen, helping us to wrap his Daddy’s birthday presents – both the rock cookies we made yesterday, and the gifts R and I had bought for G – … Continued
This is the best year for Common Mourning Bees that I ever remember – the males, at least, of which I have at least four currently patrolling the top garden. I haven’t yet seen a female, but I’m quite sanguine … Continued
Back in my comfort zone today, and on the first really spring-like day of the year, I took over six hundred photos of insects engaged in various activities. This might not be technically the best of them, but when you … Continued
