shieldbug – Page 4 – Jill Orme Photography

7 Nov 2023

Similar

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

Having said on yesterday’s post that the image being a bit different seemed good enough, today I’ve swung round like a weathervane (or the Boy Wonder, who can turn on a sixpence, on pretty much any topic) to the position … Continued

4 Nov 2023

Wet

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

I didn’t have much time for photography this morning, because the Boy Wonder and his mother were due to arrive for a visit around lunch time. Rain, wind, and appalling light didn’t help the situation, and in the end I … Continued

21 Oct 2023

Juniper

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

Storm Babet appears to be on its way out now, leaving a trail of destruction and several personal tragedies in its wake. Here the weather was pretty quiet today, with no repeat of yesterday’s flash flooding, though the far end … Continued

15 Oct 2023

Autumnal

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

Though it was sunny, it was bitterly cold in Trench Wood this morning, and I was glad of the gilet I’d thrown in the car before setting off. The bright sunshine brought quite a few invertebrates from their roosts to … 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

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

3 Oct 2023

Beetles and bugs

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Bugs, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I went to Trench Wood today, in search of beetles and bugs, and found a couple of species I’d never photographed there before. The main image is a Gorse Shieldbug, which was by far the more unexpected of the two, … Continued

30 Sep 2023

Saturnine

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

It was pretty much all beetles and bugs in the garden this afternoon – which is fine, but given that it was a mild, though overcast, afternoon, I was surprised to find so little else. First out of the blocks … Continued

30 Jul 2023

Gaudy

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

We’ve reached the point in the summer when the wild flower patches in the garden are beginning to run to seed, and some of them appear to be seeding Woundwort Shieldbug nymphs. This herb robert is growing through a clump … Continued

28 Jul 2023

Bronzed

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

I know that I’ve posted a few of these Red-legged Shieldbugs recently, but I simply can’t resist this fabulous beast, which I swept out of the Lawson cypress this morning. Given the proximity of the cypress to the willow-leaved cotoneaster … Continued

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