Worcestershire – Page 23 – Jill Orme Photography

23 Apr 2025

Snout

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

And what a snout it is. Rhingia campestris is quite a small hoverfly, and thus easy to overlook, but once you’ve spotted one the only insect with which it could reasonably be confused is its close cousin, Rhingia rostrata. The … Continued

22 Apr 2025

Small

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Butterflies, Gloucestershire, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Everything I photographed today was pretty small, but I think these are two of the littlest. The featured photo is a male Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus), which comes in at only about 5mm long, and the second image shows … Continued

21 Apr 2025

Keen

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

It rained heavily overnight, and the first half of the day was murky and cold. When the sun appeared – unexpectedly – mid way through the afternoon, I grabbed the camera and squelched off down the garden in search of … Continued

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

16 Apr 2025

Windswept

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

The weather went completely insane today, blowing a gale the like of which we haven’t seen since the old privy roof took off and tried to take out a power line, back in December. In fact, en route to collecting … Continued

15 Apr 2025

Sit!

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

If evolution ever designed a fly that looks more like a small dog – or perhaps one of those battery-powered toy dogs that turns back flips – I’d very much like to see it. This is a conopid fly, or … Continued

14 Apr 2025

Greenish

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

It was a dour and fairly cold day, and invert activity was minimal. I went out for coffee and cake in Stratford with R, which was good, and then went shopping for supplies for some batch cooking I’m about to … Continued

13 Apr 2025

Vibrant

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

Did I say vibrant? Sorry – I meant vibrating. The weather has definitely turned. It was cloudy and cold for much of the day, with a biting, gusty wind. From time to time we had brief and unexpected bursts of … Continued

12 Apr 2025

Boxy

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

The beetles and bugs have been surprisingly slow to come out this year, despite a fortnight of temperatures that have been closer to June’s than to a normal English April. Today that weather began to break, and my scorched aucuba … Continued

11 Apr 2025

Masonry

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

I present here another instalment in my occasional series: Orange(ish) Bees on Pink Crab Apple Blossom. If you saw yesterday’s post you might remember the rather spiffy Common Carder queen I caught on the same tree in almost exactly this … Continued