Invertebrates – Page 125 – Jill Orme Photography

2 Apr 2020

Viburnum

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

Today’s post is a small morality tale. We’ve been in this house for twenty years, during which time I have always wanted a pond, and R has never wanted a pond (even though he liked the pond we had at … Continued

31 Mar 2020

Hubs

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

A week ago I posted a lovely female tawny mining bee, and said that the male is nondescript by comparison. And to prove it – here he is. In fact, because I had a better view of his bum than … Continued

27 Mar 2020

Deceiver

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

For all that she looks sweetly innocent nectaring on this aubretia, this female Bombylius major is exactly where I would rather she wasn’t – that is, very close to a bank containing a number of ashy mining bee nests. I’m … Continued

26 Mar 2020

Forget me not

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

When I spotted a patch of self-seeded forget-me-nots beginning to flower behind the garage this afternoon, I thought that the very contrasty light might make a dramatic image, and allow me to give you a break from tiny invertebrates. The … Continued

25 Mar 2020

Embracing the grey

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

Bee of the day: Andrena cineraria, the ashy mining bee. I heard someone asking an “expert” on a television programme yesterday if it was time for women whose hairdressers have closed for the duration of the CV crisis to stop … Continued

24 Mar 2020

Foxy

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

Bee of the day: Andrena fulva, the tawny mining bee. The honey bee sized females are absolutely unmistakeable – I spotted this very fresh specimen from about five metres away, and knew immediately what she was. The males are much … 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

22 Mar 2020

Bombtastic

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

After a winter that has felt interminable, today we were finally treated to some properly spring-like weather. R and I had been planning a walk around the park at Croome, but luckily we checked the National Trust app before setting … Continued

17 Mar 2020

Spotty

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

Ladybirds are beginning to come out of hibernation now, and are trundling about in search of food and mates. Although some of their habits are less than appealing, I always find them amusing, and I think it’s because they put … Continued

16 Mar 2020

Social distancing

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

R and I took ourselves off to Croome this morning, lugging a large flask of coffee which we drank sitting on a bench overlooking the lake. You can’t completely avoid people there of course – you have to enter through … Continued