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21 May 2024

Sang-froid

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

We seem to be heading into a period of unsettled weather – for most of today it was overcast and not especially warm, and by dinner time it was raining. I dare say the local farmers won’t be unhappy about … Continued

19 May 2024

Blue boy

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

I haven’t seen any Azure Damselflies emerging from either of our ponds so far this year, but today while I was touring the homestead in search of inverts this mature male drifted past me and landed on the Viburnum juddii. … Continued

30 Apr 2024

Elegant

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

I’m always pleased when I spot a Xylota segnis. They’re rather elegant hoverflies, I think – if you can apply that word to something that’s barely more than a centimetre long – and I always enjoy trying to photograph them … Continued

17 Apr 2024

New

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

“I’ve found a new beetle,” I said to R. “Not new new. Not new to science, obviously. But new to me.” “Oh good,” said R, clearly thinking about something else. Well, I was pleased, anyway. I first spotted it through … Continued

9 Apr 2024

Tarnished

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

I’ve been photographing different specimens of Epistrophe eligans ever since they emerged last week, but until today none has made it into my journal. Today it rained until lunchtime, and even when that stopped it was blowing a gale and … Continued

5 Apr 2024

Bronze

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

It’s always a red-letter day when I spot a Honeysuckle Sawfly, because we never get many here, and there have been years when I haven’t found any at all. At lunchtime today I was out in the garden with the … Continued

3 Apr 2024

Siesta

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

I spent a while in the garden this afternoon, firstly planting up patio pots, and then wandering around with the camera in search of invertebrates. Initially I didn’t have much luck with the insects because it was dark and rather … Continued

1 Apr 2024

Spurgaceous

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

I used to have a tall Euphorbia characias Wulfenii in the middle of the rose bed in the back garden which was mildly popular with Andrena fulva females, and for several years I would haunt this plant through April and May, … Continued

30 Mar 2024

Favourite

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

R and I felt that the Boy Wonder might still be a little too young for an Easter egg hunt this year, so this morning he and I went on an Easter bee hunt instead. In an effort to stop … Continued

27 Mar 2024

Neat

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

Yesterday morning it was 14°C in our valley. This morning it was 6°C, and raining horizontally on a vicious, gusting wind, and the bedding plants I bought yesterday were looking like they regretted having come to live here. I’ve now … Continued

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