Autumnal
It was a pretty bleak day, and my equally dour mood wasn’t improved by the realisation that the ivy is now coming into flower. This is almost the last gasp of summer, and means that autumn is just around the … Continued
Butter-fly
“I need the long lens,” I said to R as I scuttled through the kitchen. “There’s a Brimstone on the perennial pea, and they get arsey if you just march up to them.” Which they do, very often, but in … Continued
First off the blocks
Yesterday evening the heatwave broke and it started to rain. I lay in bed listening to the grass growing outside, and reflecting on the fact that having recently bought just about every mower and grass trimmer available to man, it … Continued
Leafcutter
My identification app says that this is Megachile willughbiella, but I don’t think it is. Far be it from me, etc., etc., but I think I can reasonably claim to know a M. willughbiella when I see one, because I … Continued
Red-tailed male
A couple of months ago I posted a male Early Bumblebee, and talked about the only two UK bees with which he might potentially be confused. Of these, I’ve never seen a Bilberry Bumblebee (Bombus monticola), and certainly wouldn’t expect … Continued
Post-coital munchies
Chronologically, this is the last of today’s sequence of three photos, but I’m featuring it because of its energy. Who am I kidding? I’m featuring it because it’s really quite hard to capture Wool Carder Bees in flight, and having … Continued
Flower beetle
Having stomped in and mardily announced to R that I hated every photograph I took today, on closer examination I found that I actually like these two quite a lot. So much, in fact, that I couldn’t choose between them, … Continued