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Insects of the day

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    In honour of fathers' day here is a rather large daddy long legs spider I found earlier. Its legs are arched up but would span over 10cm (4") if it stretched out.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    No fans of big spiders? :#  How about furry yellow moths? This brimstone was just hanging out in my potato patch.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716


    A bee that looks like a fly?
    or a fly that looks like a bee? 🤔
    Surrey
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @wild edges   - amazing. Thanks for that. I'm loving your bee pictures this year. Very inspiring. Have you thought about having honey bee hives? x
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I'd love bee hives one day. My sister's mum was a bee keeper and had loads of hives that we used to help with when we were kids. Demand is high around here though and there's long waiting lists for swarms. I'm happy to just feed other peoples' bees for now though.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    A few interesting creatures in the garden today.
    and I just liked this photo.

    That's a female specimen of Oedemera nobilis. Well-spotted again!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Close but no cigar. That one is oedemera lurida, a bit smaller than nobilis and the males don't have the weight lifter thighs. We don't seem to get nobilis here sadly.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Sazz101Sazz101 Posts: 248
    Found in my Dahlia. Not sure if I should be worried but he is beautiful.
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