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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Hornets and hibernation #insects

Posted by on Oct 31, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Hornet, October, Provisional identification | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Hornet, October 2017

 

With the wood ‘closing down’ for winter, this site will be semi-hibernating. We’ll be publishing every Monday and Friday, rather than daily, until the Spring. (more…)

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Last of the butterflies #insects

Posted by on Sep 21, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, Butterflies, September, Speckled Wood | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Speckled Wood, September 2017

 

One of a group of three Speckled Wood seen chasing each other in the September sun. (more…)

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The butterflies have flown #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 31, 2017 in 2017, August, Butterflies, Speckled Wood, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Speckled Wood, August 2017

 

Apart from some Speckled Wood’s and an occasional white, the butterflies have disappeared much earlier than in previous years. (more…)

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Tapered Drone Fly #flowerflies #hoverflies

Posted by on Aug 26, 2017 in 2017, August, Eristalis pertinax, Hover Fly, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insects, Tapered Drone Fly, August 2017

 

Male Eristalis pertinax. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Gatekeeper #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 25, 2017 in 2017, August, Butterflies, Gatekeeper, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Gatekeeper, August 2017

 

Pyronia tithonus. (more…)

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Comma #butterflies

Posted by on Aug 21, 2017 in 2017, August, Butterflies, Comma, Insects, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Butterflies, Comma, August 2017

 

Polygonia c-album. (more…)

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Pellucid Hoverfly #insects

Posted by on Aug 18, 2017 in 2017, August, Hover Fly, Summer, Volucella pellucens | 0 comments

 

 

Hoverfly, Pellucid Hoverfly, August 2017

 

One of Britain’s largest flies, Volucella pellucens. (more…)

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