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Insects of the day

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  • HippophaeHippophae Posts: 154
    This hairy ginger came scurrying over to me while planting some borage and calendula seedlings out into the garden today. She/he was so frantic! Wouldn’t sit still for even a moment and sped off, but not before I could get a few snaps.






  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    wild edges said:
    Big Blue Sky said:
    Just hope it’s not somebody who will eat up my garden 


    Looks like a mid-instar form of one of the squash bugs.

    So does one squash them or not?
  • HouseFinchHouseFinch Posts: 328
    Our balcony planters (containing Centaurea cyanus) are full of ladybird babies.
    One kept doing laps along the outside, presumably looking for a way off. I gave him a hand. I keep tucking them into the grass by the Cat enclosure. It is growing long and undisturbed.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    A female Common Blue which had just been feeding on the oregano flowers before briefly landing on a petunia:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    One of four Jersey Tiger moths caught in our borrowed moth trap last night - I wonder what we will catch tonight. p.s. all safely released after photograph shoot this morning.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    That is indeed a mouthful! Thanks @floralies, I use yahoo as a search engine and nothing came up. 

    Gorgeous photos @matt_fender and @Guernsey Donkey2

    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    @Nollie I have a very good insect guide book which I bought here about fourteen years ago, it cost me 23 euros, I see the same edition for sale on line second hand is 147.00 Euros!!
  • stewyfizzstewyfizz Posts: 161
    Any idea what this is? About 3cm long, sitting on the patio.
    Gardening. The cause of, and solution to, all of my problems.
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    It's a May Bug @stewyfizz - yes I know it isn't May anymore.  We have them still here, they like a lot of things are out of kilter with the seasons. These May bugs have a tendency to fly into lights erratically, making a loud buzzing sound.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It's a chafer but probably a summer chafer rather than a maybug. A maybug would have a darker head and would be a bit hairier.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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