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25 Sep 2025

Gardening

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

R was busy this morning, slapping wood stain on the garage, and I decided – with deep reluctance – that instead of going out and enjoying myself I was morally obliged to share the pain of domesticity. After the weird … Continued

13 Nov 2023

Scale

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

I’m not fond of being photographed, nor of putting myself in my insect macro shots. But needs must: it was blowing a hoolie this afternoon, and when I spotted this Acericerus ribauti leafhopper on a hazel twig, not only was … Continued

9 Oct 2023

Parent

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

Today felt more like the second week of June than the second week of October. In terms of the future of the planet this is quite worrying – but I confess that I’m finding it impossible not to enjoy the … Continued

23 Oct 2022

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

This is the first parent bug I’ve seen since the previous generation began to come out of hibernation, back in the spring. Each summer I hope to get the chance to observe this bug’s unusual breeding behaviour, but I haven’t … Continued

16 Nov 2021

Shepherdess

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

Oh, hello! You’re a gorgeous big fat chap! Oh! Chappess…. sorry! You are mahoosive though – who have you been eating? I hope it wasn’t my hawthorn shieldbug – it was round about here that I last saw it… No … Continued

29 Oct 2021

Bold

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

Most shieldbugs are pretty shy and retiring – as would you be if you were as far down the food chain as they are – but when I walked round the corner into the wild garden this afternoon, the first … Continued

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