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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).

Saturday, June 13, 2020

More insects from May and June Part 3

Maximum temperature here today 17⁰C, minimum 10⁰C. Rain measured this morning 5 mm. 27km/h South-Westerly winds with gusts up to 62 km/h.

Small white butterfly (Pieris rapae).

Possibly a spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma), I did not get to see the underside of its wings.

Damselfly Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx Virgo) female.

As above, male.

Common Clubtail Dragonfly (Gomphus vulgatissimus).

Red-and-black Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata).

Bee on the cotoneaster.

Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata).

Bee on a Californian poppy.

Bumble bee, possibly (Bombus terrestris).

Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa Atlanta).

Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae). They are very colourful if only it had opened its wings!

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea or Xylocopa valga).

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)...

As above...

As above

Bombylius species...

as above.

Red-brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) both males...

As above.

My thanks to Richard once again for ID of the damsels and dragon.

My local list of wild flowers. (67 Species 12/06/2020)

Monday, May 18, 2020

18/05/2020 Yesterday's walk 7 km.

Maximum temperature here today 22⁰C, minimum 9⁰C. Dry. 13km/h North-Easterly cool wind with gusts up to 31 km/h.

I apologise for the slow posting of the 'photodiary' but we just appear to be extra busy with the garden, exercise, and cooking, we seem to keep running out of time!

So nice to be able to walk further than 1 km radius from home.

I saw 5 Common buzzards (Buteo buteo) playing in the sky within a few yards of leaving home. Presumably, the pair had successfully managed to bring up 3 youngsters, quite a feat. I could only manage 3 birds together at one time in a frame.

As above.

Green-veined white (Pieris napi).

Hoverfly, I think it is (Episyrphus balteatus).

Hoverfly possibly (Syrphus ribesii).

Flag Iris seen in a small stream that I crossed.

Part of the track I walked.

Haybales under cover in the barn and plastic wrapped....

More haybales at the same farm. This must be last years hay as too early to cut for this year. Not sure why there is still so much here at this stage.