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Showing posts with label carpenter bee. Show all posts

Thursday, September 30, 2021

30/09/2021 A few bugs and reptiles from the garden....

 The maximum temperature here today is 19⁰C, minimum 8⁰C. Rain is due from tomorrow forecast for a whole week!. Wind 9km/h icy South-Easterly winds with gusts up to 16 km/h!
 
I have so many photos for September and I have had no time to go through them all.  Here are just a few so that you know I am still in existence!!

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis Muralis).

Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus)...

As above.

Great Banded Furrow Bee (Halictus scabiosae) I think


Wasp (Scolia hirta).

Common Heath, a moth of the family Geometridae.(Ematurga atomaria).

Small White (Pieris rapae) better known as a Cabbage White...

As above.

A pretty battered but happy Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)...

As above...

As above...

As above.

European Peacock Butterly (Aglais io)...

As above.

Common blue butterfly - male (Polyommatus icarus)...

As above.

Common blue butterfly - female (Polyommatus icarus)...

As above...

As above.

Western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Not sure which bee this is, the flower is Sedum but which variety I do not know!

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis Muralis).

Carpenter bees, (Xylocopa violacea) or (Xylocopa valga), very similar...

As above.

Map butterfly (Araschnia levana)...

As above.

Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.
My local list of wildflowers. (91 Species 20/06/2021).

See also my



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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

03/03/2021 Gosh it is March already........

 Maximum temperature here today 18⁰C, minimum 6⁰C.  Dry but very grey skies.  15km/h South-Easterly winds with gusts up to 30 km/h.  If the forecast is right it turns cold again next week and the birds, bees and butterflies are going to have a shock!

Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)...

As above...

As above.

Early tulip.

Snowdrops.

Daffodils.

Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosa Ranunculaceae).

Crocus.

Sweet violet (Viola odorata), this year we seem to have white, this pale colour and dark blue.

Western Honey Bee  (Apis mellifera).

Bumblebee.

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea).

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria).

and the return of the Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)...

As above.

Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax).

Western Honey Bee  (Apis mellifera).

Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis Muralis).

Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.

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

See also my

Thursday, October 29, 2020

29/10/2020 Still a few insects around, but with all the rain they are few and far between

  Maximum temperature here today 17⁰C, minimum 10⁰C.  3 mm rain measured this morning but we have had 163 mm so far in October!   16km/h South-westerly winds with gusts up to 37 km/h.  

The Euonymus in all its Autumn glory.


Great Banded Furrow Bee (Halictus scabiosae)...

As above (I think)...

and yet another one.

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)...

As above...

As above...

As above.

Common blue butterfly, female (Polyommatus icarus)... 

As above...

As above.

Carpenter bee ( Xylocopa violacea or Xylocopa valga)...

As above.

Common blue butterfly, male (Polyommatus icarus)... 

As above.



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

See also my


Joining up with My Corner of the World.


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