Ivy Bee
The weather went off today, taking me with it – I could barely lift my head off the pillow this morning, and wound up asleep again this afternoon. Maybe my love of beetles and bugs is leading me to adopt … Continued
Hanging on
Looking at this, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was a nice day, but it was not. The ferocious wind and periodic bouts of lashing rain have had me almost at screaming pitch, and by this afternoon I was … Continued
Nine
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“What are you going to do for your nine-year thingy?” enquired R yesterday. “Oh, bugger,” I said. “I’d completely forgotten.” And then, “I’m going to go to Trench Wood, and find nine interesting invertebrates.” Several things occur to me about … Continued
Large meadow mining bee
As soon as I looked at that sweet little face, I felt sure that I was making a new acquaintance. I thought he was probably a mining bee, but I couldn’t think of one with such extensive yellow facial markings, … Continued
Synchronicity
It’s just two days since I posted photos of a red mason bee on Geranium phaeum – a plant I’d never seen before in my life – and a male blue mason bee, which is a species I see quite … Continued