Variable
22 Jun 2022

Variable

by | posted in: Cambridgeshire, Damselflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata | 0

R and I set off for home this morning (though pledging to return to Suffolk, with which we’ve both fallen rather in love), breaking the journey at Paxton Pits in Cambridgeshire so that I could spend a couple of hours … Continued

Resplendent
2 Jun 2022

Resplendent

by | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wales | 0

R and I were in Cardiff again today, where poor Baby B was suffering from a combination of an emergent molar and this week’s nursery virus – or maybe that should be last week’s, because L and I both seem … Continued

Babe
22 May 2022

Babe

by | posted in: Crickets, Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Orthoptera, Warwickshire, Worcestershire | 0

Speckled bush crickets are pretty strange little beasts even as adults, but the nymphs are so bizarre I find it hard to believe they’re real, even when I’ve got one cowering in front of me, wondering if I’m about to … Continued

Resting
21 May 2022

Resting

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

This afternoon I went hunting small early butterflies at a nearby brownfield site with HelenJG and her friend C. We made some pretty good finds, including the first Brown Argus I’d seen this year, and a very unexpected Green Hairstreak, … Continued

Bluetail
13 May 2022

Bluetail

by | posted in: Damselflies, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Warwickshire, Worcestershire | 0

A busy day today saw me over in Chipping Norton first thing for a haircut, then zooming through to Stratford (roof down to dry my still-damp hair, which is why I now look quite a lot like Struwwelpeter) to insert … Continued