Scale
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
Stripy socks
I woke up this morning feeling completely wrecked. I think I’ve been overdoing things a bit recently, plus I currently have a virus that’s bad enough for me to have felt that I should do a Covid test (negative, luckily) … Continued
Improvement
It was still cold and grey for much of the day, but at lunch time the cloud thinned briefly, and the light improved. I don’t think I’ve moved so fast in quite a while – bounding upstairs to grab the … Continued
Oviposition site
Mate, no – you don’t want to be… Look, it’s not a good idea… No, really – wait, no – but… Look, just stop, woman, would you?? Go and do it SOMEWHERE ELSE!! I was happy and relieved to see … Continued
Not. Happy.
This was the lane directly outside our house at about 2pm today. The extra shows the extent of the flood to the north side of us – probably a couple of hundred metres at that time, though it carried on … Continued
Performative
Stratford being the kind of place it is, no-one turned a hair. Let’s face it, in a town where even this doesn’t look especially out of place, you’re going to have to work quite hard to get a reaction. I … Continued
A dark day
General Election day. The exit polls just came in, and I’m broken. If I had anywhere to escape to, I’d go. If you voted for this, do me a favour and say nothing – managing to ‘be excellent’ would be … Continued