Toasty
It was a warm and sunny day – once again, far too warm for the third week in November – and when I walked around the garden there were quite a few inverts out and about, basking in the sunlight. … Continued
Golden boy
In another odd piece of synchronicity, here is the Boy Wonder kneeling under a beech tree this afternoon, searching for nuts, on the day when Chris Packham explained about mast years – that is, the cyclical fruiting of beech trees … Continued
Parent bug
This is the first parent bug I’ve seen since the previous generation began to come out of hibernation, back in the spring. Each summer I hope to get the chance to observe this bug’s unusual breeding behaviour, but I haven’t … Continued
Ten-spotted ten-spot
I find 10-spot ladybirds in my garden regularly but infrequently, though I don’t always recognise them immediately. The ones I see here tend to look like small, pale harlequins, and a few years ago I recorded one as such, but … Continued
Buss, buss, buss
“If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,” the Walrus said, “That they could get it clear?” “I doubt it,” said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear. From The Walrus and the … Continued
Camouflage
This dock bug and I have been playing a little game of hide and seek with each other around the fruit bed in the secret garden for most of this week. This morning I caught it pretending to be part … Continued
Victoria Park
Another day of fun and frolics for R and me, over in the Principality with Baby B. He was an absolute poppet, except when he wasn’t, but by the time we arrived home this evening we were almost too tired … Continued