ivy – Page 4 – Jill Orme Photography

8 Mar 2022

Noodling

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

Playing a game with Baby B the other day, using his wooden invert blocks: “Here’s caterpillar. Caterpillar goes wriggle, wriggle, wriggle, doesn’t he?” – wriggling the caterpillar block across the carpet and up onto Baby B, who wriggled himself, while … Continued

25 Feb 2022

Newbie

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

When I first got into this daily nonsense, hoverflies were my gateway drug to a growing obsession with trying to photograph, identify, and learn more about invertebrates. Over time I became inclined – at least in the middle of the … Continued

6 Nov 2021

Late

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

I think I may have found the only patch of ivy in the village that’s still flowering – and it happens to be on top of the old farm wall that forms part of our boundary. The bad news is … 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

5 Oct 2021

Slurpy

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

I know I posted a Myathropa florea just a few days ago, and I did actually photograph one or two things today that were much more unusual than this (for me, at least), but I simply can’t resist showing you … Continued

3 Oct 2021

Maturing

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

I thought you might like to see the leafhopper from Thursday’s blip now that it’s developing its adult colouration. I was told at the time by a bug person over on Facebook that it was teneral – that is, newly-moulted … Continued

30 Sep 2021

Hopping mad

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

Well, it was nice while it lasted. After yesterday’s bright sunshine, today we found ourselves firmly back in autumn, with dark, windy, drizzly conditions that were frankly fairly hopeless for macro photography. But I didn’t get where I am today … Continued

28 Sep 2021

Multitasking

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

They say you shouldn’t lunch at your desk, but this female ivy bee was managing to combine business with pleasure at lunch time today, collecting pollen to provision her nest cells while feeding on the ivy nectar. The hedgerow where … Continued

26 Sep 2021

Batwoman

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

One of my favourite hoverflies to find on ivy flowers during the autumn is Myathropa florea: I love its striking colouring, and the bat-shaped smudge on the back of its thorax that gives the species its common name. Interestingly, I … Continued

25 Sep 2021

Michaelmas hoverfly

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I debated with myself for some time this evening over which of these two photos to feature. The extra, taken with flash in the darkest corner of the wild garden, is much better-focused than the main image, but in the … Continued

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