lonicera – Jill Orme Photography

29 Jul 2023

Hawking

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

I was tired today, after yesterday’s party. Because of the way I live my life these days, I’m more used to chatting to six-legged creatures than to two-legged people, and though I had a good time at the party, by … Continued

17 Jul 2023

Spiky

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

While R and I were working in the garden this morning there were three Southern Hawkers hunting around us – two males and a female. One of the males was showing mature colouration, the female slightly less so (making her … Continued

16 Oct 2022

24

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

This was my very first find of the day – and the most exciting, because I’d never seen one before – though I don’t think it’s my best photo. If you have the time to take a look at my … Continued

12 Sep 2022

Carnage

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

Though it’s one of our smallest ladybirds, at 3.5-4.5mm in length, the 14-spot is a voracious predator of aphids. The swarm of aphids on my yarrow plants seems to have defeated the larger 7-spots and harlequins, which have now abandoned … Continued

19 Apr 2022

Early

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

Waking to brightness behind the bedroom curtains, on a day when I knew cloud and rain was forecast, I decided to get up and out, to try to catch some inverts in the early sunshine. It was cold when I … Continued

18 Apr 2021

Incoming

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

Another day in the garden saw a border that has never been cleared in the two decades we’ve lived here finally get tidied, edged, and mulched. In the process of which I broke an edging iron on the rock-hard ground … Continued