bug – Jill Orme Photography

14 Feb 2024

Emergence

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

The invertebrate season begins. Today I spotted my first Buff-tailed Bumblebee of the year, and my first hoverfly – a female Eristalis tenax. I also found some beetles and bugs, including this Hairy Shieldbug, in the Lawson cypress. For a … Continued

13 Nov 2023

Scale

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

I’m not fond of being photographed, nor of putting myself in my insect macro shots. But needs must: it was blowing a hoolie this afternoon, and when I spotted this Acericerus ribauti leafhopper on a hazel twig, not only was … Continued

7 Nov 2023

Similar

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

Having said on yesterday’s post that the image being a bit different seemed good enough, today I’ve swung round like a weathervane (or the Boy Wonder, who can turn on a sixpence, on pretty much any topic) to the position … Continued

4 Nov 2023

Wet

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

I didn’t have much time for photography this morning, because the Boy Wonder and his mother were due to arrive for a visit around lunch time. Rain, wind, and appalling light didn’t help the situation, and in the end I … Continued

21 Oct 2023

Juniper

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

Storm Babet appears to be on its way out now, leaving a trail of destruction and several personal tragedies in its wake. Here the weather was pretty quiet today, with no repeat of yesterday’s flash flooding, though the far end … Continued

15 Oct 2023

Autumnal

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

Though it was sunny, it was bitterly cold in Trench Wood this morning, and I was glad of the gilet I’d thrown in the car before setting off. The bright sunshine brought quite a few invertebrates from their roosts to … Continued

9 Oct 2023

Parent

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

Today felt more like the second week of June than the second week of October. In terms of the future of the planet this is quite worrying – but I confess that I’m finding it impossible not to enjoy the … Continued

5 Oct 2023

Makeover

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

A 5am start with the Boy Wonder today was pretty much exactly what I didn’t need, but I wanted his mother to get more rest, and figured I could always get more sleep myself after they’d gone back to Wales. … Continued

3 Oct 2023

Beetles and bugs

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

I went to Trench Wood today, in search of beetles and bugs, and found a couple of species I’d never photographed there before. The main image is a Gorse Shieldbug, which was by far the more unexpected of the two, … Continued

30 Sep 2023

Saturnine

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

It was pretty much all beetles and bugs in the garden this afternoon – which is fine, but given that it was a mild, though overcast, afternoon, I was surprised to find so little else. First out of the blocks … Continued

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