It was a warm and sunny day – once again, far too warm for the third week in November – and when I walked around the garden there were quite a few inverts out and about, basking in the sunlight. … Continued
For most of today the photo I’ve posted as an extra was going to have been my blip, but then I went on a final walk around the garden and found this spittlebug, and… well, you know how I feel … Continued
When it’s so hot, even your proboscis goes limp. At 2pm today it was 38°C in the shade at the back of our house. By 4pm, when the sun had come round, the thermometer was measuring 46°, and we were … Continued