Common Carder Bee #insects

Posted by on Aug 31, 2015 in 2015, August, Bee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Common Carder, provisional identification, August 2015

 

Bombus pascuorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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Among the thistles #ladybird

Posted by on Aug 26, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Orange Ladybird, August 2015

 

Orange Ladybird, Halyzia 16-guttata. (more…)

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Devil’s-bit Scabious #plants

Posted by on Aug 25, 2015 in 2015, August, Devil's-bit Scabious, Flowers, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Devil's-bit Scabious, August 2015

 

Succisa protensis and unidentified visitor. (more…)

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After the rain

Posted by on Aug 23, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Spider, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, web, August 2015

 

Unidentified spider’s web in the clearing. (more…)

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Among the Brambles #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 15, 2015 in 2015, August, Bramble, Butterflies, Flowers, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, August 2015

 

Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia, resting in Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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One of the Crambinae #insects

Posted by on Aug 9, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

Insects, Moths, unidentified, August 2015

 

Probably one of the grass moth family. (more…)

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A coat of many colours #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 7, 2015 in 2015, August, Butterflies, Insects, Peacock, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Peacock, August 2015

 

Peacock, Inachis io. (more…)

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One of the biggest in the UK #hover flies

Posted by on Aug 3, 2015 in 2015, Insects, July, Summer, Volucella pellucens | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hover fly, Volucella pellucens, July 2015

 

For more on the Pellucid hover fly, Volucella pellucens, see Nature Spot. (more…)

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Skipper #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 31, 2015 in 2015, Butterflies, Insects, July, Large Skipper, Provisional identification, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Large Skipper, provisional identification, July 2015

 

Ochlodes sylvanus, Large Skipper, provisional identification. (more…)

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‘You better not fool with a Bumblebee!’ #bees

Posted by on Jul 30, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2015

 

A line from The Bumblebee by James Whitcomb Riley. (more…)

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Silver-washed Fritillary #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 28, 2015 in 2015, Bramble, Butterflies, Flowers, Insects, July, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, July 2015

 

Argynnis paphia on Bramble flower, Rubus fruticosus. (more…)

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One in more than 280 #insects

Posted by on Jul 26, 2015 in 2015, Eristalis interruptus, Hover Fly, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Hover fly, July 2015

 

Hover fly – there are nearly 300 types found in the UK (more…)

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