PhotoDiary: Sweat Bee

Sunday, April 18, 2021

18/04/2021 After a week of frosts and icy winds it looks like spring is returning.

Maximum temperature here today 15⁰C, minimum 4⁰C. Dry. 9km/h North-Easterly winds with gusts up to 22 km/h. Next week it looks like spring is really returning, hopefully for good this time.

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) taking a drink.

As above...

As above, thirsty little fellows despite the colder weather...

As above but I liked the shadow.

Bluebells.

Wallflower.

Bumblebee (Bombus magnus) in the quince tree...

As above.

Cranefly (Tipulidae).

Blossom on one of the Acer trees.

European Orchard Bee (Osmia cornuta) on the apple blossom. A solitary bee...

As above.

Quince blossom.

Black Tulips.

Apple Blossom.

Lilac.

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) and Persian Speedwell flower (Veronica persica).

Not sure what this bee is, I did not get to see its body, maybe one of the sweat bees!

House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) 15 pairs of legs, think it is missing a few! Without the flash...

and with the flash.

Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.

My local list of wildflowers. (90 Species 23/08/2020).

09/03/2021 All photos in the garden.

Maximum temperature here today 10⁰C, minimum -2⁰C. Dry . 9km/h North-Easterly winds with gusts up to 26 km/h. If the forecast is right it starts raining again tomorrow and the temps stay low.

The past week the weather has been great and the bugs and lizards have been out and about - think they have now all gone undercover again. I have been gardening so no time to go out for walks.

On another note, I had my second COVID jab yesterday and no reaction other than a slightly sore arm.

Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles japonica).

Daffodils.

Japanese camellia (Camellia Japonica).

Two-spot ladybirds can have up to sixteen spots! And then to confuse matters further, the ten-spot and harlequin ladybird can also have two spots. I was presuming this 16 spot was (Adalia bipunctata)... On second thoughts maybe this is the Asian Ladybug (Harmonia axyridis.)