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Monday, June 21, 2021

21/06/2021 The last of the photos waiting from May!

The maximum temperature here today 23⁰C, minimum 13⁰C. Lots of rain over the past week - 79 mm. Wind 14km/h North Westerly winds with gusts up to 40 km/h. More rain forecast.

Love in a Mist (Nigella damascena). Californian poppies in the background.

Hoverfly next to the Rhododendron flower.

Dog roses (Rosa canina). They are wild here, but we have them growing vigorously in one of the cotoneaster shrubs

Viola (Violaceae family).

Chafer beetle (Oxythyrea funesta).

Common Wall Lizards (Podarcis Muralis)... spot that new tail!

As above...

As above. She looks like she might well be pregnant!

Black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus). I think, or Dark Vader from outer space.

I was about to throw these roses out that were in a vase in the house, (they had survived 2 weeks so they had done very well), and then I spotted an intruder.

Eurasian Running Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar)...

As above...

As above.

Rose plus longhorn beetle...

Longhorn beetle possibly a male (Stenocorus cursor).

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera).

Shield Bug (Graphosoma Italicum)...

As above...

As above.

Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae).

As above...

As above.

Potatoes growing well.

and a climbing rose.

Take care everybody, keep well and stay safe.

My local list of wildflowers. (91 Species 20/06/2021).

Monday, May 6, 2019

06/05/2019 In the garden with lots of insects and round and about.

Maximum temperature today 15C, minimum 2C. Rain intermittent over the last few days and it looks much the same for the rest of this week. 11 km/h North-westerly winds with gusts up to 30 km/h. Frost yesterday, the bird baths were all iced up!!

Rainfall so far this year 198mm - last year at this date it was 475mm.

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus).

Californian Poppies.

Possibly a Pine processionary moth caterpillar (Thaumetopoea pityocampa), BUT we have no pine trees nearby and this was the only one. Suggestions welcome.

Great camouflage, I am not a spider fan but the 3 in the garden interested me. My book is very limited so any ID on any of the three would be welcome...

Presumably, a female carrying her egg sac, I was getting in her way digging the garden!...

Yet another one getting out of my way with an egg sac. Also great camouflage. Think she has her head turned looking at me!

The blister beetle is still around on the dog rose - (Mylabris variablis.)

A very little hopper on a Californian poppy.

Bumblebee on the dog rose.

Looking over the rooftops of the local village.

Iris.

Azalea.

Thursday, May 2, 2019

02/05/2019 Bugs and flowers in the garden.

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 7C. 5mm of rain measured this morning. 13 km/h North-westerly winds with gusts up to 28 km/h. We look though as if we are in for a cold weekend before it warms up again next Tuesday.

We had friends to lunch yesterday and it was a really nice day. We had drinks and starter course sat outside in the sun. I intended to take some photos but was too busy and forgot!!

Mylabris variablis on the Red Robin flowers.

As above only a little closer....

And another one on the dog rose.

Chafer beetle also on the Red Robin shrub.

A bumble bee on the sage.

Lace Border moth Scopula ornata.

another member of the Chafer family Oxythyrea funesta.

The Red Robin was busy today - A robber fly.

and what I believe to be a member of the soldier-fly family.

Azalea.

Iris.

Climbing rose.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

27/05/2018 Taking a walk down the road.

Maximum temperature today 25C, minimum 14C. Rainfall 20 mm measured this morning;

10 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 26 km/h gusts.

Total since 1st January; 528 mm and another storm expected this evening.

Still busy with the painting, things have slowed up a bit as it has been very cloudy and difficult to see properly as the house is quite dark. The garden must be happy though with last nights rainfall 😊.