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Tuesday, 12 January 2021

Rough Woodlouse

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Common Rough Woodlouse ( Porcellio scaber ) When I reached the top of the stairs in the house the other day, I found this little fellow trun...
Monday, 21 December 2020

Nightshade

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Black Nightshade ( Solanum nigrum ) With winter's grip firmly on the garden, things are relatively quiet at the moment. Even now, though...
Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Cabbage-palm

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New Zealand Cabbage Palm ( Cordyline australis ) Lately, birds have been swarming over our two New Zealand Cabbage-palms ( Cordyline austral...
Saturday, 14 November 2020

Spots

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Violet Bramble Rust ( Phragmidium violaceum ) Now that many of the leaves have fallen from bushes, trees and vines around the garden, the on...
Thursday, 12 November 2020

Mozzie

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Banded Mosquito ( Culiseta annulata ) Somehow, I never expect mosquitoes at this time of year. And yet, here's one I found yesterday, re...
Thursday, 5 November 2020

Starry

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Springy Turf-moss ( Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus ) Now that winter is well and truly on its way, things are slowing down considerably in the g...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Greenfinch

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Male European Greenfinch ( Chloris chloris ) On a typical day, our garden is full of birds. During the spring and summer, we hear them singi...
Saturday, 10 October 2020

Catkin nibbler

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Birch Catkin Bug ( Kleidocerys resedae ) While turfing non-moths out of the moth trap on a recent morning, I found this intriguing little in...
Thursday, 8 October 2020

Missus longlegs

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Female  Dicranopalpus caudatus While clearing away some of the branches and fallen Cordyline leaves Mike had piled in one corner of the gar...
Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Tiny armadillo

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Common Pill Woodlouse ( Armadillidium vulgare ) Every now and again, we spot a woodlouse scurrying along the baseboards in our bathroom; I...