ladybird – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

26 Feb 2022

Sugar high

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

Guys, I have to tell you: those old entomologists definitely knew what they were doing. My sugar spray brings all the boys (and girls) to my yard – here you see a 7-spot ladybird noodling around on a sprayed honeysuckle … 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

8 Feb 2022

Woke

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

As you can see from this photo it was a dark and dreary day, but I still found several signs of impending spring as I walked around the garden this afternoon: A carpet of snowdrops in the rose bed. Early … Continued

15 Dec 2021

Orange

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

I was pretty pleased with myself when I found this orange ladybird on the photinia today. At least until I read the new edition of the Hawker – the journal of the British Dragonfly Society – and discovered that Common … Continued

30 Nov 2021

Pining

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

I spent most of the day doing far more useful and boring things than taking photos, and it was mid-afternoon before I realised that I was headed for trouble if I didn’t get outside with the camera pretty promptly. Given … Continued

7 Nov 2021

Interloper

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

R wandered into my study just after breakfast this morning, and suggested that I might like to stop slumping around in my dressing gown and get myself outside, where it was currently sunny for what was forecast to be the … Continued

3 Nov 2021

Spotted

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

I was scuttling back to the house to avoid the rain that was just starting when I spotted this ladybird on a twig of the cherry plum in the top garden. This was only intended to be a record shot … Continued

16 Oct 2021

Tiny dramas

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

I’d been planning to go out in search of photos today, but in the event I spent several hours grovelling around in the flower beds, recording the tiny dramas I found going on there. I can’t abide human soap operas, … Continued

15 Oct 2021

Confrontation

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

I can’t decide whether this reminds me more of a lion gazing at a herd of wildebeest, or the confrontation between the Fellowship of the Ring and the Balrog in the Mines of Moria. If there’s one thing we’re all … Continued

7 Oct 2021

Blue

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

I was intending to post the 10-spot ladybird I found noodling around the photinia this morning, because it’s always nice to see one of the less common ladybirds. But every time I look at this weevil in its little dark … Continued

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