seven spot ladybird – Jill Orme Photography

20 Mar 2025

Lush

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

This was supposed to have been a no-gardening day – partly because I’m already bored to tears with it, the novelty of (relative) tidiness having worn off before it’s even been fully achieved, but mainly because I’ve been pushing myself … Continued

27 Feb 2025

Possessive

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

R and I did some more quite heavy gardening this morning, working on a rather tragic old greengage tree in the secret garden, which was blown apart in last month’s storms and has been leaning on other structures or lying … Continued

10 Mar 2024

Shelter

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

There are a lot of 7-spot ladybirds lurking around the garden at the moment, many of them in the honeysuckle or the laurel hedge, and a few in the rosemary and the sweet violet patch in the secret garden. But … Continued

8 Jul 2023

Terminator

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

I made a lightning macro raid on the garden this morning, before R and I set off to collect the Boy Wonder and bring him home for the weekend. The weather was threatening, so a lot of invertebrates were staying … Continued

22 Mar 2022

Stripy jumper

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

“Even I have to admit,” said R, looking over my shoulder just now, “that that is quite cute.” Which is especially pleasing, given the way he shuddered when I first showed him my photos on the back screen of the … Continued

15 Mar 2022

Resting

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

It was a slightly warmer day today, but there was a thin layer of high cloud for much of it, which kept the light hazy. Good for photography, but not so good for getting the inverts flying. Nonetheless, I increased … Continued

8 Mar 2022

Noodling

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

Playing a game with Baby B the other day, using his wooden invert blocks: “Here’s caterpillar. Caterpillar goes wriggle, wriggle, wriggle, doesn’t he?” – wriggling the caterpillar block across the carpet and up onto Baby B, who wriggled himself, while … Continued

26 Feb 2022

Sugar high

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

Guys, I have to tell you: those old entomologists definitely knew what they were doing. My sugar spray brings all the boys (and girls) to my yard – here you see a 7-spot ladybird noodling around on a sprayed honeysuckle … Continued

8 Feb 2022

Woke

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

As you can see from this photo it was a dark and dreary day, but I still found several signs of impending spring as I walked around the garden this afternoon: A carpet of snowdrops in the rose bed. Early … Continued

16 Mar 2021

Sap rising

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

I know it felt as though the winter would never end, but here we are finally, back at the bug porn season. This makes me very happy, and I know that some of you at least at least will be … Continued