Invertebrates – Page 57 – Jill Orme Photography

7 Aug 2023

Colourful

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

Overly colourful, if we’re honest. If I’d had more energy this evening, I’d have selectively edited this to dampen the hemp agrimony down a bit, and let the Phasia hemiptera sing out in his full glory. As it is, I’ll … Continued

6 Aug 2023

Clean

by JDO | posted in: Grasshoppers, Invertebrates, Orthoptera, Worcestershire | 0

Ever since I started this nature photography malarkey, I’ve struggled with grasshoppers. Specifically, I’ve driven myself and them mad by trying, and usually failing, to get clean images of them, with all the identification features clear. And also, I’ve never … Continued

5 Aug 2023

Dormitory

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Fungi and slime moulds, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Weather: Biblical. Mood: Apocalyptic. When the storm abated briefly, I rushed out with the camera to try to grab some images, heading straight to the spots in the garden that have most reliably provided me with invertebrates over the past … Continued

4 Aug 2023

Exhibitionist

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

Common Froghoppers are highly variable in colour and markings, but most of the ones I see are brown or grey, with just one paler patch about half way along the fore edge of the wing case. For an entirely defenceless, … Continued

2 Aug 2023

Hairy

by JDO | posted in: Grasshoppers, Invertebrates, Orthoptera, Worcestershire | 0

The weather forecast for today was horrible, but apart from a sharp shower in the middle of the morning it was actually quite a pleasant day. Failing to take advantage of this unexpected gift, I spent most of the day … Continued

1 Aug 2023

Hoppy

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

I think this is probably one of the strangest images I’ve ever posted, but it cost me so much time and effort to capture it that I now find myself hopelessly attached to it. It’s a face-on shot of a … Continued

31 Jul 2023

Dusty

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

I was chasing butterflies around the dogwood this morning when R appeared, carrying a glass with a piece of card over the top. “Beetle?” I guessed, this being the type of insect we most commonly have to save from its … Continued

30 Jul 2023

Gaudy

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

We’ve reached the point in the summer when the wild flower patches in the garden are beginning to run to seed, and some of them appear to be seeding Woundwort Shieldbug nymphs. This herb robert is growing through a clump … Continued

29 Jul 2023

Hawking

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

I was tired today, after yesterday’s party. Because of the way I live my life these days, I’m more used to chatting to six-legged creatures than to two-legged people, and though I had a good time at the party, by … Continued

28 Jul 2023

Bronzed

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

I know that I’ve posted a few of these Red-legged Shieldbugs recently, but I simply can’t resist this fabulous beast, which I swept out of the Lawson cypress this morning. Given the proximity of the cypress to the willow-leaved cotoneaster … Continued

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