My garden – Page 24 – Jill Orme Photography

2 Jul 2024

Attention seeker

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

Caught between a morning of necessary domestic and administrative catch-ups and an afternoon hospital appointment, I had literally half an hour at lunch time to get out with the camera and track down something inchrestin’. I started at the black … Continued

26 Jun 2024

Visitors

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

The Family B, who are currently holidaying with G’s parents in the Cotswold Water Park, came over today for a visit. At first the Boy Wonder, who hadn’t seen us in person since his last weekend here back in April, … Continued

23 Jun 2024

Red

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

He was so perfectly camouflaged against the Clematis montana that if I hadn’t seen him drift in and land, I don’t think I’d have spotted him at all. He’d come down to eliminate the indigestible bits of someone he’d eaten, … Continued

17 Jun 2024

Glittery

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

This female Currant Clearwing looks to me as if she’s wearing a skin-tight sequinned evening dress and an extravagantly fringed shawl. Butterfly Conservation lists the species as Nationally Scarce, and dressed like that, I’m not surprised – when the light … Continued

14 Jun 2024

New toy

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

I can’t honestly say that I wasn’t nervous about this. Usually R and I make big purchasing decisions like this together, and slowly, with lots of research and discussion. This time though, R wasn’t well enough to get involved, so … Continued

13 Jun 2024

Malachite

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

I rarely see Malachite Beetles here – the last time I had one in the garden was two years ago. Today’s specimen was fat enough for me to assume it was a gravid female, until I got a close-up view … Continued

10 Jun 2024

Brown-eyed boy

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

My favourite photo of the day is this close-up portrait of an immature male Large Red Damselfly, which I took at my patio pond this morning. His wings had been damaged on emergence, and for a while I feared that … Continued

8 Jun 2024

Passive

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

I don’t think he was exactly asleep, because the antennae usually droop in those circumstances, but this Orange-vented Mason Bee was definitely having a few minutes of down time in my front garden this morning. He remained apparently oblivious while … Continued

5 Jun 2024

Dumpy

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

What do you mean, “dumpy”? We can’t all be Charlize Theron. At the beginning of the week we had a five yard skip delivered, with a view to clearing a quarter century’s accumulated rubbish out of the garage, and I … Continued

3 Jun 2024

Beauty and the beast

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

Today brought me two firsts. The main image shows the first Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) I’ve seen this year – a fresh and pristine male, so gorgeous that I let out an audible “Oooh!” of appreciation when I first … Continued

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