wild flower – Page 2 – Jill Orme Photography

17 Sep 2023

Rap jumping

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

It was another day of murky weather and horrible light, so I felt compelled to take a second trip around the hedgerows in search of ivy feeders. R has chosen, as his favourite of my keepers today, this photo of … Continued

16 Sep 2023

Ivy Bee

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

The weather went off today, taking me with it – I could barely lift my head off the pillow this morning, and wound up asleep again this afternoon. Maybe my love of beetles and bugs is leading me to adopt … Continued

15 Sep 2023

Messy eater

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

The devil’s-bit scabious is in full flower at Trench Wood right now, and with the continuing warm weather keeping the numbers of nectar-feeding insects high, today it was in high demand. While this was good for my purposes in that … Continued

3 Sep 2023

Rolling shutter

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

I’m currently using the R7 with the big zoom, because (surprisingly) it’s better than the R5 at picking up dragonflies and other insects in flight and holding focus on them. When set to electronic shutter and shooting fast-moving creatures, the … Continued

21 Aug 2023

Copper

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Oxfordshire | 0

I drove over to Oxfordshire this morning, to look for Silver-spotted Skippers and Adonis Blues on Watlington Hill. I found some Skippers, along with a few Small Heath and a gazillion Brown Argus and Common Blues, but no Adonis. Back … Continued

11 Aug 2023

Verdant

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

I put my back out overnight, which wasn’t the brightest idea I’ve had all week. A session on the shakti mat and some judicious stretching eventually got me moving, but by this point it was late morning, and hot, and … Continued

7 Aug 2023

Colourful

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

Overly colourful, if we’re honest. If I’d had more energy this evening, I’d have selectively edited this to dampen the hemp agrimony down a bit, and let the Phasia hemiptera sing out in his full glory. As it is, I’ll … Continued

5 Aug 2023

Dormitory

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Fungi and slime moulds, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Weather: Biblical. Mood: Apocalyptic. When the storm abated briefly, I rushed out with the camera to try to grab some images, heading straight to the spots in the garden that have most reliably provided me with invertebrates over the past … 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

17 Jul 2023

Spiky

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

While R and I were working in the garden this morning there were three Southern Hawkers hunting around us – two males and a female. One of the males was showing mature colouration, the female slightly less so (making her … Continued

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