Bugs – Page 15 – Jill Orme Photography

25 Oct 2020

Green

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was a bright sunny morning, and quite warm, but it still took me a good while to track down just a handful of invertebrates. This green shieldbug was sunning itself on the laurel hedge, which is a favourite basking … Continued

13 Oct 2020

Furry

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Bugs, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

My new ring flash arrived today, so I went for a walk with it and we began getting to know each other. My first impressions are pretty positive: I think it’s fairly obvious that this photo was taken with flash, … Continued

11 Oct 2020

Nymphomania

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

This is a final instar Hawthorn Shieldbug nymph – a rather unexpected find in the garden today, given the date. I was a little worried when I spotted him, because he doesn’t have much time to complete his transformation to … Continued

4 Oct 2020

Blushing

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I only had a few minutes early this afternoon, between the heavy rain stopping and the deadline to begin making lunch so that R and I could eat before our family Zoom call, to get out into the garden with … Continued

2 Aug 2020

Victor

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Butterflies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I don’t know the butterfly’s given name of course: my title refers to the casual way it’s standing on a shieldbug nymph, like a Victorian big-game hunter posing with their unfortunate victim. Luckily for the nymph though, the Gatekeeper isn’t … Continued

1 Aug 2020

Culprit

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It’s probably just my imagination that it looks guilty. If anything, it’s more likely to be exasperated because it finds itself having its photo taken again. But it definitely should look guilty, because it’s been living on one of my … Continued

19 Jun 2020

Mad Max

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Bugs, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

It was another very rainy day, and having exhausted my supply of indoor casualties flowers yesterday, I had to brave the weather this afternoon and squelch around the garden, photographing things with raindrops on. One of these was a young … Continued

9 Jun 2020

Buggy

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I’m surprised to discover that this is my favourite photo of the day, when it was only supposed to be a snatched record shot of a highly reluctant subject, but one of the nice things about photography is that some … Continued

17 May 2020

Sloe bug

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I was feeling pretty mouldy for much of today, though I don’t think there’s anything wrong with me beyond the cumulative effects of several weeks of poor sleep, stress, and boredom. Nonetheless, I struggled to do anything much other than … Continued

23 Mar 2020

Boxed in

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

On what already feels like Day 167 of the Covid-19 crisis, but probably isn’t, the Prime Minister has announced a lockdown. Sort of. The police (who of course have nothing better to do) now have to to distinguish between people … Continued

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