Picnic
“Is it,” I asked myself, “maybe a little too early in the season to be posting predation porn?” I considered the question for all of about two seconds, before deciding that it’s never too early. Plus, it seemed only fit … Continued
Bee grabber
My first thought when I spotted this was that it was some kind of hoverfly I’d never seen before, and it took me a few minutes to identify it as a conopid – though I don’t feel as silly as … Continued
The flies have it
It usually starts with hoverflies, I think, which are mostly pretty, and generally pretty inoffensive – at least in their adult form, though I wouldn’t recommend the sight of a syrphus larva cutting a swathe through a group of aphids … Continued
Broad Centurion
My Facebook page post yesterday contained a photo of a female Broad Centurion, and here for completeness is her other half. The books would have you believe that you can tell the difference by their colours – while they both … Continued
Major annoyance
Right then, Mr B. major. Now we’ve finally introduced ourselves, can we come to an agreement? I realise that you don’t like me following you around, and that’s fair enough. But I need you to understand that this is my … Continued
