My garden – Page 26 – Jill Orme Photography

16 May 2024

Rich

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

Lavender seems to have a reputation in some quarters of thriving on neglect, but I have to say, that hasn’t been my experience: I neglect it, and it dies. So it’s come as a surprise to me that last year’s … Continued

15 May 2024

Moody

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

Another busy day saw both Offspring joining R and me at home this afternoon, so unsurprisingly I didn’t have much time for bug hunting. But the quarter hour of rummaging I managed at the very end of the afternoon produced … Continued

13 May 2024

Tidy

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

This was one of two female Orange-tailed Mining Bees (Andrena haemorrhoa) that were working the variegated spurge this morning. There was also one Tawny Miner, now faded to a deep buff colour, but she was much less cooperative about having … Continued

11 May 2024

Emergent

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

When I first saw this emergent female Large Red Damselfly this morning I was terribly worried about her, because the stem she’d chosen for support was in contact with the wooden surround of the patio pond – and worse still, … Continued

8 May 2024

Fiery

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

This is only the second time I’ve ever found a Red-headed Cardinal Beetle in our garden; the first was at just this time last year, in exactly the same spot at the base of the weeping ash tree. Offspring, I … Continued

3 May 2024

Ranunculus

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

A wet, dreary and cold day was cheered up enormously by the arrival back in the Shire of both Offspring, who are home together sans partners or children for the first time in several years, and seemingly are intending to … Continued

2 May 2024

Aim

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

Today was another day of trying to cram quarts of activity into pint pots of time, and I only managed about ten minutes in the garden with the camera. I didn’t have high hopes at the start, invertebrate-wise, because it … 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

30 Apr 2024

Elegant

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

I’m always pleased when I spot a Xylota segnis. They’re rather elegant hoverflies, I think – if you can apply that word to something that’s barely more than a centimetre long – and I always enjoy trying to photograph them … Continued

29 Apr 2024

Hairy

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

We have some stuff going on right now chez nous, so I don’t have much time for either photography or chatting, but a quick trot around the garden this morning got me this Hairy Shieldbug, and it amused me that … Continued

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