philippa smith2 this year I saw much less butterflies and other insects than a year ago. These pictures I took on my way to my allotment, which is beyond the city, there are always more insects.
Haven't been on the forum for a while though - it's only in the winter that I get much time to come on here, and even then...there's always something that needs doing!
A bee on my Anemone blanda this spring:
I've got some more insect photos from this year, but they're on a flash drive at home, so I'll have to post them another time.
http://www.bloomsforbees.co.uk/ is a good project, where you watch a plant for 5 minutes, photograph any bumblebees feeding on it, identify the bees (you don't have to already be able to ID bumblebees - there is a good guide on the site) and submit the data.
That way, you get an excuse to remain still for 5 minutes, do some photography, learn to ID bumblebees and help science. Win, win!
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Saw this yesterday at Capel Manor gardens Enfield in the Japanese garden.
I guess this must have been blown in on the jetstream high winds either that or it's an escapee from an insect house somewhere
Meant to say it is the size of my middle finger so definitely NOT a grasshopper much too big.
Is it a locust? That's all we need!
That would be my guess. I have only seen them in an insect house before but looks like picture on internet under Garden Locust
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These photos were not taken today, but I will add some insects from Poland:
Beautiful pictures Red, we all love butterflies - they help to brighten up the day.
philippa smith2 this year I saw much less butterflies and other insects than a year ago. These pictures I took on my way to my allotment, which is beyond the city, there are always more insects.
Guernsey Donkey2 thank you
For comparison pictures from October 2016
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Nothing attractive about these - are they slug eggs, uncovered last w/end. Quite tiny, and were under some wood.
Only just found this thread - it's fantastic!
Haven't been on the forum for a while though - it's only in the winter that I get much time to come on here, and even then...there's always something that needs doing!
A bee on my Anemone blanda this spring:
I've got some more insect photos from this year, but they're on a flash drive at home, so I'll have to post them another time.
http://www.bloomsforbees.co.uk/ is a good project, where you watch a plant for 5 minutes, photograph any bumblebees feeding on it, identify the bees (you don't have to already be able to ID bumblebees - there is a good guide on the site) and submit the data.
That way, you get an excuse to remain still for 5 minutes, do some photography, learn to ID bumblebees and help science. Win, win!
GD, those are slug or snail eggs. There's a snail in your photo... but maybe a bit too small to have laid all those?
Perhaps we need to re-name this thread "Insects and other beasties".