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Thursday, October 1, 2020

A few more insects before they all disappear with winter approaching.

Maximum temperature here today 17⁰C, minimum 12⁰C. 10 mm of rain measured this morning from overnight. 20km/h South-westerly winds with gusts up to 49 km/h.

I walked a couple of kms down the road to get this sunset. The sky looked promising and I decided to try and get it from a different position to where I normally stand. The walk was well worth it. Nigel said, "now if only you had a silhouette of a giraffe it could easily be Africa".

Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)...

As above...

As above

Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina).

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).

Web Spinning Triangulate Combfoot (Steatoda triangulosa).

Green shield bug - Adult (Palomena prasina). See the nymph of this bug in the last blog.

Too many moths, (to me), look similar to this so I am not going to try with an ID.

Giant House Spider (Eratigena atrica).

Western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus-occidentalis)

As above.

Autumn daffodil/crocus (Sternbergia lutea).

Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea or Xylocopa valga) on a cosmos flower...

As above.

Social wasp (Vespula germanica).

Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album).

Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria).

Common Wall Lizard - adult (Podarcis Muralis)...

This little fellow was only about 7cm (3 inches) long.

N.B.

I am often asked what lens I use for my photos. I do not have a macro lens and all above photos are taken using a TAMRON Megazoom - 18-400 mm on my Nikon D3500 camera. I have a Nikon fitting, but they also make a Canon fitting as well.

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

Thursday, August 27, 2020

27/08/2020 Out and about, insects and skies.

Maximum temperature here today 27⁰C, minimum 13⁰C. Dry, but rain forecast. 17km/h North-Westerly winds with gusts up to 39 km/h.

Sorry that I am not keeping up with blogs or comments, but we have had continuous slow WiFi, at times being only 0.1 (sigh). The garden is also being very demanding, especially with two fig trees loaded with fruit and the dehydrator being on the blink. I am spending many hours in the kitchen bottling.

Sunflowers.

Interesting clouds, do you see the teddy bear face?

Genus Calliptamusa member of Short-horned Grasshoppers Family Acrididae...

as above.

House sparrow (Passer domesticus) - I just liked this shot!

Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album)...

As above...

See the white comma and why it is named as such.

Orchids in the house. Cymbidium.

Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia). Think this is the female, the male (of course) is the pretty purple one!! She is still pretty good looking though!

As above...

As above.

The setting sun after a stormy day. 16/08/2020

Florentine Woolcarder (Anthidium florentinum)...

As above.

Bumblebee.

As above.

Peacock butterfly (Aglais io)...

As above.

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).

Common social wasp (V. vulgaris).

Yellow‐legged hornet, (Vespa velutina) - another bee killer that appears to be rapidly spreading in France!! First identified here in 2004 😡

The first rose for some time appeared especially for my birthday 19/08 ....

We met up with friends and had a 'distancing' picnic at a friends house with a very large garden, and a very pretty farm wagon. Despite the fact that we had not seen each other since February, and we had all been in lock-down, there seemed to be a lot to talk about. Thirty-nine years anniversary tomorrow!

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

Thursday, July 25, 2019

25/07/2019 Very hot still and photos hard to come by.

Maximum temperature today 39C, minimum 24C. Dry. 18km/h South-westerly winds with gusts up to 42 km/h. Rain forecast for Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. I hope it happens, but please not storms or hail which so often happens after very hot weather!! The garden is almost flat other than the lavender which seems to survive most.