Ephemera vulgata – Jill Orme Photography

30 May 2025

Final moult

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

When I caught sight of this Drake Mackerel Mayfly on a bank of bramble and nettles down at Cleeve Prior Mill this afternoon, I wondered what on earth she was doing sitting out in the open like this: they’re usually … Continued

6 May 2025

Brutal

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Talk about Nature, red in tooth and claw. Your entire life has been leading up to this. You spend two years as a nymph, living in a burrow on the river bed, using your gills to create a water current to … Continued

6 May 2024

Spinner

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, Warwickshire | 0

The light this afternoon wasn’t as kind as yesterday’s, and I suspected that there would be fewer demoiselles around, but I went back to the Heart of England stretch of the River Avon at Barton anyway because I wanted to … Continued

1 Jun 2022

Pristine

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

If someone filmed me walking round my garden, looking for invertebrates, and then speeded up the film, I think you could probably set it to the Benny Hill Show theme music: there’s so much stopping and starting, double-taking and reversing, … Continued

30 Jun 2021

Ephemeral

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

When I my car went through its MOT last month it came back with an advisory notice that one of the tyres was approaching the legal tread limit, so this afternoon I went into Stratford to have a new tyre … Continued

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