quince tree – Jill Orme Photography

20 Sep 2025

Beauty spot

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

Once or twice a season I walk round a corner in the garden and run smack into a Southern Hawker. If I have my wits about me, I can generally throw my bum into reverse in time to stop and … Continued

21 Aug 2025

Tick

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

Over the years I’ve been doing this I’ve discovered some really interesting creatures living on our land, but this is definitely the best garden tick of 2025. After spending far too much of the morning photographing the Hummingbird Hawkmoths flying … 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

6 Oct 2023

Reprise

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

R and I had a busy day today. This morning I had appointments in Evesham for my Covid-19 booster and annual ‘flu vaccination, and because the Evesham Mop is on, and half of the town therefore unnavigable, R sweetly offered … Continued

5 Oct 2023

Makeover

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

A 5am start with the Boy Wonder today was pretty much exactly what I didn’t need, but I wanted his mother to get more rest, and figured I could always get more sleep myself after they’d gone back to Wales. … Continued

2 Apr 2023

Picnic

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

“Is it,” I asked myself, “maybe a little too early in the season to be posting predation porn?” I considered the question for all of about two seconds, before deciding that it’s never too early. Plus, it seemed only fit … Continued

14 Nov 2022

Salmon-Eggs

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Fungi and slime moulds, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

This isn’t the most appealing photo I took today – that would be the spooning Oxystoma pomonae weevils below – but it’s a first for me (unlike my favourite weevils), and that’s enough to get it into pole position this … Continued

13 Oct 2022

Ready to launch

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

I realised recently that you can tell if a bug is thinking about blasting off, because it starts to flex and separate various bits of its exoskeleton. Ever since then I’ve been trying to capture the moment of take-off, and … Continued

10 Oct 2020

Mummy long-legs

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

It was a strange kind of day, weather-wise: periods of bright and even warm sunshine, interspersed with bouts of heavy rain. By dodging the showers, and resorting to flash when necessary, I managed to capture some reasonably pleasing bug portraits, … Continued

23 Aug 2020

Autumnal

by JDO | posted in: Fruit and vegetables, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I’m paying the usual price for having had two days of fun, so I was pretty maungy this morning, but when the weather cheered up I made an effort to do the same thing, and went for a walk through … Continued

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