butterfly – Page 10 – Jill Orme Photography

11 May 2022

Damp

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

It rained through the morning, and R and I used the time to tidy and declutter the loft. No, honestly. I know – I was pretty amazed myself. Afterwards we went to the garden centre, primarily to eat cake and … Continued

10 May 2022

Snacking

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

It’s been quite a poor year for Orange Tips in our village – a situation I doubt will improve next year, because some tidy-minded person recently strimmed all the garlic mustard from the verge across the lane – and I’d … Continued

9 May 2022

Duchess

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

After my abortive trip to Prestbury Hill Butterfly Conservation reserve a couple of weeks ago, I was a little chary of making the climb up onto Cleeve Hill again, when it was overcast and windy down in the Vale. But … Continued

24 Apr 2022

Poised

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

While I was chasing mining bees and conopids along the laurel hedge in the secret garden this morning, at least three Holly Blues whizzed through at regular intervals – I can record three, because that’s the number of different individuals … Continued

20 Apr 2022

Speckled Wood

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

There are now four or five male Speckled Wood butterflies competing for possession of my garden, winding each other up, and having regular “fights” over the best basking spots. They’re quite annoying, to be honest, not least because they also … Continued

15 Apr 2022

Rhubarb and ginger

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

Today was butterfly day in the garden: as well as this Comma, and the Large White I’ve included below, I logged a male Brimstone, a male Orange Tip (first of the season), a Peacock, and four Speckled Woods. The Brimstone … Continued

25 Mar 2022

Peacock

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

Right up until the end of the afternoon, my blip had been going to feature the beautiful female ashy mining bee I’ve added below. I love Andrena cineraria, with its elegantly understated livery, and as it’s usually one of the … Continued

14 Mar 2022

Game on

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

Today brought another couple of solitary bee species to the garden, as well as my first two butterflies of the year, and a single bee-fly. The season is properly under way! This little beauty, which I spotted on the winter … Continued

8 Oct 2021

Skittish

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

The village was sunk in deep meteorological gloom today, and so was I. Guy Garvey once said that living in Manchester is mainly like being inside a Tupperware box with the lid on, and it struck me that being in … Continued

1 Oct 2021

Festive

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

After several minutes of careful consideration, I have decided that this – almost entirely definitely – is a birch shieldbug. There is a very similar species, commonly called the hawthorn shieldbug, and I have mixed them up in the past, … Continued

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