Invertebrates – Page 50 – Jill Orme Photography

24 Feb 2024

Plump

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

Part way through a rather mad morning – an early trip to Stratford to top up on shopping, followed by a couple of hours in the kitchen, making a batch of slow-cooker Stifado and next week’s breakfast yoghurt – I … Continued

21 Feb 2024

Buff

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

I spent quite a large part of the day raging against the weather – as if that could possibly achieve anything. But it was stormy again this morning, with gusty winds and heavy rain, and frankly I’m utterly sick of … Continued

20 Feb 2024

Chocolate miner

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

“That sounds like a job for me,” said R. “I think I’d enjoy chocolate mining.” Maybe so, but I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t enjoy being this Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica), which was one of two I spotted in the … Continued

14 Feb 2024

Emergence

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

The invertebrate season begins. Today I spotted my first Buff-tailed Bumblebee of the year, and my first hoverfly – a female Eristalis tenax. I also found some beetles and bugs, including this Hairy Shieldbug, in the Lawson cypress. For a … Continued

31 Jan 2024

Blue

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

It being the last day of January, and just about 10°C, I decided that it might be worth having a little hunt around the garden for invertebrates. I didn’t expect to find much, and I didn’t, but the bug season … Continued

24 Nov 2023

Playing dead

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

It was a brilliantly sunny, though very cold, day, and I knew it was likely that the owls would be flying this afternoon. But still tired after yesterday’s trip to Cardiff, and with a weekend’s Boy-sitting to come, I talked … Continued

15 Nov 2023

Body heat

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

The winter huddles are back! The tiny Oxystoma pomonae seed weevils in my garden are starting to pair up (and sometimes trio up, if that’s an actual thing) and settle on tree buds and leaf axils to sit out the … Continued

13 Nov 2023

Scale

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

I’m not fond of being photographed, nor of putting myself in my insect macro shots. But needs must: it was blowing a hoolie this afternoon, and when I spotted this Acericerus ribauti leafhopper on a hazel twig, not only was … Continued

7 Nov 2023

Similar

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

Having said on yesterday’s post that the image being a bit different seemed good enough, today I’ve swung round like a weathervane (or the Boy Wonder, who can turn on a sixpence, on pretty much any topic) to the position … Continued

4 Nov 2023

Wet

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

I didn’t have much time for photography this morning, because the Boy Wonder and his mother were due to arrive for a visit around lunch time. Rain, wind, and appalling light didn’t help the situation, and in the end I … Continued

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