Invertebrates – Page 28 – Jill Orme Photography

18 Mar 2025

Major

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

It’s always a notable marker of the arrival of spring when I spot the first Dark-edged Bee-fly of the year in my garden. Today, after several days of cold and cloudy weather the sun came out, and as the temperature … Continued

15 Mar 2025

Hairy

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

This morning I cut back some more shrubs – increasingly grateful for the powered secateurs that make the job so easy – and then did some general garden tidying, and planted up the new heucheras on the patio. By the … Continued

14 Mar 2025

Sitting pretty

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

Sitting pretty among the sweet violets in the sunshine this morning, this Hairy-footed Flower Bee stopped me heading off to Slimbridge for the second time in ten days. At breakfast time all four of my weather apps had suggested that … Continued

11 Mar 2025

Aromatherapy

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

It was sleeping bumblebee day in the garden today. I followed this huge Bombus terrestris queen around the Viburnum tinus as she sipped from some of the flowers, then watched her land on a leaf, tuck in all her legs … Continued

10 Mar 2025

Thorny

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

Seriously – what is going on with the weather? After the unseasonably warm weekend, I went to bed last night thinking that I’d need to water my new front garden plantings this morning, to make sure they didn’t dry out. … Continued

9 Mar 2025

Primed

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

After finishing my planting in the front garden yesterday, I started to mulch the long border with a commercial rotted bark mulch, but quickly ran out. So this morning R and I went back to the garden centre and bought … Continued

8 Mar 2025

Tasty

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

We seem to have moved almost seamlessly from winter into summer: last week I was wearing thermals and the Big Owling Coat, and today when I went off to the garden centre I discovered that I was too warm in … Continued

7 Mar 2025

Messy

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

I must be mad. I spent about five hours today completing the spring clearance of the long border in the front garden, and then edged it. If this doesn’t sound like too big a deal, I can promise you that … Continued

6 Mar 2025

Ta-da!

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

I was intending to head off to Slimbridge this morning, but when I stepped out of the door it was toasty warm, so I thought I’d better quickly check the garden for bees, and within seconds I’d spotted the first … Continued

2 Mar 2025

Fierce

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Family life, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

“And though she be but little she is fierce.” William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1605) According to my Wild Guide to Britain’s Spiders, March is the beginning of the Zebra Spider season, so I was a bit surprised to … Continued

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31