Orange
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
Persecuted
I feel guilty every time I do this – though not guilty enough to stop, obviously. I was searching the photinia for birch catkin bugs when I caught sight of this leafhopper, which was trying to edge round to the … Continued
Interloper
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
Snuggle bugs
With every passing day it’s becoming harder to find invertebrates to photograph – although there’s a rumour that it may warm up again (briefly) next week, which should bring a few of them back out of their shelters. I do … Continued
