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Showing posts with label insect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insect. Show all posts
Friday, 10 July 2026

Antennae

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Heterotoma planicornis When it comes to antennae, few insects match the proportions of Heterotoma planicornis , a little insect with appenda...
Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Black and white

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Great Pied Hoverfly ( Volucella pellucens ) One of the less common hoverflies we've seen in the garden is also one of Britain's larg...
Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Blue

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Holly Blue ( Celastrina argiolus ) For years now, I've been trying to get a picture of this little butterfly: the Holly Blue ( Celastrin...
Monday, 25 May 2026

Boxing day

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Box-tree Moth caterpillar ( Cydalima perspectalis ) Our poor Box hedge is doomed. Like all of the Box in southern England, it is under attac...
Thursday, 17 July 2025

Soldier

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Cantharis rustica For weeks now, the garden has been awash with Common Red Soldier Beetles . But last month, we found one of their less comm...
Saturday, 7 June 2025

18 spots

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Eighteen-spot Ladybird ( Myrrha octodecimguttata ) I treated myself to a new camera last week. It can take much closer macro shots than my p...
Thursday, 29 May 2025

Leaf beetle

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Cow Parsley Leaf Beetle ( Chrysolina oricalcia ) Earlier this week, a metallic bluish-black beetle clinging to the stem of one of the Cow Pa...
Monday, 26 May 2025

Cleaver gall

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Cecidophyes rouhollahi  on Common Cleavers ( Galium aparine ) While wandering around the garden the other day, I found a patch of Common Cle...
Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Galling

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Germander Speedwell Gall Midge ( Jaapiella veronicae ) A number of the Germander Speedwell plants in the garden wear furry little caps thes...
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Saturday, 3 August 2024

Six spots

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Six-spot Burnet ( Zygaena filipendulae ) While we sat working in the office the other day, Mike suddenly said "There's something re...
Saturday, 11 November 2023

Herald

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Herald ( Scoliopteryx libatrix ) Mike trotted downstairs last night to get a "spider jar" from the kitchen. But when he returned, ...
Friday, 21 July 2023

Little brown jobs

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Yarrow Plume Moth ( Gillmeria pallidactyla ) There have been precious few insects of any sort in the garden this year. And it's not jus...
Thursday, 26 January 2023

Buttoned up

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Buttoned Snout ( Hypena rostralis ) Typically, we don't see a lot of moths in the winter here, but occasionally, there are exceptions. M...
Thursday, 11 August 2022

Her highness

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Blue Emperor ( Anax imperator ) Our pond was a hive of activity over the past month, with multiple species of damselfly and dragonfly buzzin...
Friday, 8 July 2022

Outdoor carpet

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Common Carpet ( Epirrhoe alternata ) For those who think that all moths are boring little brown jobs, I present proof that this is not alway...
Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Waspish

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Wasp Beetle ( Clytus arietis ) While wandering out to the pond the other afternoon, I spotted this waspy looking insect on one of the old cl...
Sunday, 5 June 2022

Nettle bug

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Nettle Ground Bug ( Heterogaster urticae ) Right now, our Common Nettle plants are liberally sprinkled with mating pairs of Nettle Ground Bu...
Friday, 3 June 2022

Leaf rolling

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Rosy Leaf-curling Apple Aphid ( Dysaphis devecta agg.) These eye-catching leaves with their bright red rolled edges caught my eye when I wal...
Saturday, 28 May 2022

Shiny invaders

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Rosemary Beetle ( Chrysolina americana ) Whilst checking the herb garden during a coffee break this week, Mike chanced upon our first Rosema...
Thursday, 5 May 2022

Fruity weevil

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Apple Fruit Weevil ( Neocoenorrhinus aequatus ) While mooching around on this week's Bank Holiday Monday, I found this little insect res...