My garden – Page 47 – Jill Orme Photography

11 Nov 2022

Candlesnuff

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

R and I spent the morning sitting around chatting with H and S, but after they’d set off back to the Frozen North (where they’re due to rendezvous with L this weekend at the Leeds International Film Festival) R and … Continued

10 Nov 2022

Festive

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

This is a late end to a slightly crazy but ultimately satisfying day. We had the tree surgeon here for nine hours, cutting back the huge laurel in the centre of the top garden which has been making a stealthy … Continued

9 Nov 2022

Mug shot

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

I didn’t have much time to do bug pestering today, because R and I had a meeting in Evesham this afternoon, for which I spent part of the morning preparing. Before we went out I awarded myself forty minutes in … Continued

7 Nov 2022

Double trouble

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

It seems to have been an especially good year in our garden for 22-spot ladybirds: a single tap on a small section of one of the honeysuckles this afternoon dislodged four into my net. I carefully replaced them, one at … Continued

6 Nov 2022

Buggy

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

The temperature went back up by several degrees today, though it was still windy, and intermittently wet. R and I did some gardening this morning (eeeurgh), and then I scuttled around the garden after beetles and bugs, managing to find … Continued

5 Nov 2022

Huddle

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

The temperature dropped quite sharply today, and many of the usual garden suspects disappeared into shelter. Luckily my favourite weevils are turning up almost everywhere I look at the moment, and it’s almost harder to avoid them than to find … Continued

4 Nov 2022

Prehistoric

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

It’s been perplexing me for a while now that, while I can always find leafhoppers when I do my garden mini-beast safaris, I’d never once spotted a planthopper. Today I broke my duck with three tiny (sub-3mm) Issus coleoptratus nymphs, … Continued

2 Nov 2022

Incarnadine

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

Pantilius tunicatus is a late season mirid bug. Most members of this family are sap suckers, though a few are predatory, and they tend to be known colloquially as plant bugs. Some species cause serious damage to commercial crops and … Continued

1 Nov 2022

Toned

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

Having enjoyed a better day yesterday, and started to think that I might be coming out of the post-viral doldrums, today I suffered another slump. It’s probably as well that the weather was largely stormy and wet, because it was … Continued

30 Oct 2022

Vivid

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

Of all the shieldbugs I see regularly, this is the one that puts me most in mind of a child’s plastic toy: that cool and vivid green always looks slightly unnatural to my eye. I haven’t tweaked the colours here, … Continued

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