bug – Page 8 – Jill Orme Photography

30 Apr 2023

Billy No-mates

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

For the past few days the garden has been full of green shieldbugs, resplendent in their breeding plumage, pairing up and having fun. Just a few singletons appear to have been left out of the festivities, and this unlucky chap … Continued

23 Apr 2023

Squash

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

I did a couple more hours of extreme gardening this morning, and I’m now barely able to move. I am pleased with myself though – the horrible flower bed I began to work on yesterday is now properly cleared, tidied, … Continued

12 Mar 2023

Steampunk

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

A warmer (though not especially pleasant) day had me reaching for the macro and searching the garden for solitary bees and hoverflies. Neither was to be found, which is a bit depressing given that experience over the past few years … Continued

5 Mar 2023

Improvement

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

It was still cold and grey for much of the day, but at lunch time the cloud thinned briefly, and the light improved. I don’t think I’ve moved so fast in quite a while – bounding upstairs to grab the … Continued

19 Nov 2022

Toasty

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

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

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

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

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