What’s going on? #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 17, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, Fungi, Insects, November, Uncategorized, Unidentified | 0 comments

I couldn’t identify the caterpillar – which was dead and held in this strange position – or the fungi. Thoughts appreciated!

Picture taken November 7.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #caterpillar #insectphotography

Floored by #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 3, 2023 in 2023, An English Wood Blog, Fungi, March, Nature, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

I’m constantly amazed and then baffled by the variety of #fungus in the wood. Is this a type of polypore?

Picture taken March 15.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #mushroom

Bright morning #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 3, 2020 in 2020, January, Plants, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

Unidentified seedheads. (more…)

Fading fast #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Jan 3, 2020 in 2019, December, Fungi, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

Unidentified fungi. (more…)

Mushroom time #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 11, 2019 in 2019, Autumn, Fungi, Unidentified | 0 comments

It’s a good year for fungi in the wood though I struggle to identify the vast majority. (more…)

‘A child said, What is the grass?’ #plants

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 2, 2019 in 2019, Grass, July, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

From ‘Song of Myself 6’ by Walt Whitman. (more…)

Burnt Knight? #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 26, 2018 in 2018, Autumn, Fungi, November, Unidentified | 0 comments

Possibly Tricholoma ustale. (more…)

Parasol Mushroom #fungi

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 5, 2018 in 2018, Autumn, Fungi, November, Unidentified | 0 comments

Possibly Macrolepiota procera. (more…)

‘I know that beauty must ail and die, and will be born again’ #wildflowers

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 7, 2018 in 2018, Autumn, Flowers, September, Thistle, Unidentified | 0 comments

From ‘The Death of Autumn‘ by Edna St. Vincent Millay. (more…)

Grass Bug #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 25, 2018 in 2018, August, Insects, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

Thanks to British Bugs who’ve provisionally identified this small insect as a grass bug, probably a Stenodema sp. (more…)

Bumblebee #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 21, 2018 in 2018, August, Bumblebee, Summer, Unidentified | 2 comments

Hard to see the banding on this one. Possibly a Buff or White-tail. (more…)

Variable Longhorn #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 8, 2018 in 2018, Insects, June, Summer, Unidentified | 2 comments

Very grateful to Bugman Jones, Richard Jones, for identifying Stenocorus meridianus, which flew into the edge of the clearing. (more…)