Searching for a nest #bees

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 1, 2022 in 2022, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Fauna, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

Brimstone butterflies were on the wing and bumblebees hunting for nests.

Possibly a Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.

Picture taken March 22.

#bees #bumblebees #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography #bee

Sheet web #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 8, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, November, Spider | 0 comments

Usually built by the Linyphiidae, the largest family of UK spiders, according to the Natural History Museum.

Picture taken November 2.

#spider #spiders  #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insectphotography

Millipede #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 15, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, Insects, Millipede, October, Provisional identification | 0 comments

Possibly a White-legged Snake Millipede which I disturbed. Now back sheltering behind the remote camera.

Tachypodoiulus niger, provisional identification.

If you can help with identification, please leave a message below.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #insects

Mineworkers #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 1, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Burdocks, Fauna, Flowers, Insects, Leaf miner, Plants, September | 0 comments

Leaf miners at work on a Burdock.

Picture taken September 22.

#plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #insect

Southern Hawker #dragonfly

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 27, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, Insects, September, Southern Hawker | 2 comments

A male Aeshna cyanea patrolling above the pond.

Picture taken September 22.

#dragonflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect

Dark bush-cricket #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 17, 2021 in 2021, August, Cricket, Insects, Pholidoptera griseoaptera, Summer | 2 comments

Pholidoptera griseoaptera hanging around.

Picture taken August 30.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect

Hoverfly #insects

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 10, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, August, Fauna, Hover Fly, Insects, Meliscaeva cinctella, Summer | 0 comments

Meliscaeva cinctella.

Picture taken August 30.

Meadow Brown #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 27, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Devil's-bit Scabious, Fauna, Flowers, Insects, July, Meadow Brown, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Maniola jurtina on Devil’s-bit scabious, Succisa pratensis.

Picture taken August 17.

#butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect

Gatekeeper #butterfly

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 23, 2021 in 2021, August, Butterflies, Fauna, Gatekeeper, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

Pyronia tithonus.

Picture taken August 17.

#butterflies #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect

Cricket #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 11, 2021 in 2021, Cricket, Fauna, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 4 comments

Possibly a Dark Bush cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera.

Picture taken July 9.

#nature #naturephotography #woods #insects

Bumblebee #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Aug 4, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Fauna, Flowers, Insects, July, Marsh Thistle, Plants, Summer | 0 comments

Possibly a Common Carder Bee, Bombus pascuorum, on Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre.

Picture taken July 9.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #bees #bumblebee #insect

Straw Dot #moth

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 28, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Fauna, Insects, July, Moth, Rivula sericealis, Summer | 0 comments

Rivula sericealis.

Picture taken July 9.

#moths #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect