Sawflies – Jill Orme Photography

17 Apr 2025

Reward

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

This morning, because the weather had suddenly turned warm and sunny again, and the timelines of my socials are currently full of the early Odonata which seem to be bursting out absolutely everywhere but here, I went off on a … Continued

28 Mar 2025

Glittery

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

I spent quite a lot of today working in the wild garden (eeeurgh), finishing the pruning of the dogwood, and improving the scrub clearance underneath our huge red chestnut tree. I also cut down several stray elder saplings, which I … Continued

1 May 2024

Culprit

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

This extraordinary creature – which would look like an alien monster from a science fiction film, I think, if wasn’t so small – is a sawfly. There are several black sawfly species, which can be difficult to differentiate from photos, … Continued

11 Apr 2024

Trickyposition

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

Back in my comfort zone today, and on the first really spring-like day of the year, I took over six hundred photos of insects engaged in various activities. This might not be technically the best of them, but when you … Continued

5 Apr 2024

Bronze

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

It’s always a red-letter day when I spot a Honeysuckle Sawfly, because we never get many here, and there have been years when I haven’t found any at all. At lunchtime today I was out in the garden with the … Continued

2 May 2023

Birch sawfly

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

Another day, another new garden discovery. This wonderful beast is a birch sawfly, Cimbex femoratus, which at around 25mm is one of the largest and most spectacular sawflies we have in the UK. Our other two Cimbex species, C. connatus … Continued

29 Apr 2023

Surprise

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

I was absent-mindedly stalking some tiny 22-spot ladybirds around the honeysuckle this morning, as they trundled about looking for the mildew on which they feed, when a comparatively huge something (12mm in length, as opposed to around 4mm for the … Continued

19 Apr 2021

Grounded

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

R and I went for a walk at Charlecote this morning, where the weather was glorious. The fallow bucks are shedding their antlers, and the does (many of them pregnant) are gathering in bigger groups than I’ve ever seen before. … Continued

12 Apr 2021

Bling

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

I’ve been searching for one of these little guys for the past few days, because my experience is that if you don’t find them in early April you’ve missed them for the year, so I was pleased to spot this … Continued

7 Apr 2020

Sparkly

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

I sometimes find myself wondering what the neighbours (who are using their lockdown time to build some kind of garden structure) think of the conversations that drift over from our side of the fence. Today I spent a while explaining … Continued