Grass Bug #insects

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

 

 

Insect, unidentified, August 2018

 

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

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Bumblebee #insects

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

 

 

Bumblebee, unidentified, August 2018

 

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

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Honey Bee #bees

Posted by on Aug 13, 2018 in 2018, Apis mellifera, August, Bee, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Honey Bee, August 2018

 

Apis mellifera. (more…)

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Meadow Brown #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 1, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, July, Meadow Brown, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Meadow Brown, July 2018

 

Maniola jurtina. (more…)

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Harvestman #insects

Posted by on Jul 30, 2018 in 2018, Harvestmen, Insects, July, Leiobunum rotundum, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Insect, Harvestman, Leiobunum rotundum provisional identification, July 2018

 

Male Leiobunum rotundum. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Green-veined White #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 28, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, Green-veined White, Insects, July, Summer | 6 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Large White, July 2018

 

Pieris napi. (more…)

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Straw Dot #moths

Posted by on Jul 26, 2018 in 2018, July, Rivula sericealis, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Moths, Straw Dot, July 2018

 

Rivula sericealis. (more…)

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Ringlet #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 24, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, Insects, July, Ringlet, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Ringlet, July 2018

 

Aphantopus hyperantus. (more…)

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‘ … fate had made thee for the pleasure of the wind …’ #butterflies

Posted by on Jul 20, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, Insects, July, Silver-washed Fritillary, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Silver-washed Fritillary, July 2018

 

Watching Silver-washed fritillary butterflies zip about the skies in the clearing, I’m not sure Robert Frost had this quite right. (more…)

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Variable Longhorn #insects

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

 

 

Insect, unidentified, June 2018
Insect, unidentified, June 2018

 

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

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Speckled Wood #butterflies

Posted by on Jun 8, 2018 in 2018, Butterflies, June, Speckled Wood, Summer | 1 comment

 

 

Butterfly, Speckled Wood, June 2018

 

Pararge aegeria. (more…)

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Hunting a nest site #bumblebees

Posted by on Apr 23, 2018 in 2018, April, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bumblebee, Buff-tailed, provisional identification, April 2018

 

Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. (more…)

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