It's always a good day when you log a new bee species for the garden (technically two species but I can't work the other one out yet): The ashy mining bee is now species No 22
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
New moths have been coming thick and fast this week. Last night I found this Brown silver-line moth (Petrophora chlorosata). Not a great photo as I was trying to focus in on the curly tongue and my night-time lighting technique is still a bit crude. These moths rely on bracken so a chance visitor rather than part of the regular biodiversity here.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I've got nothing against horseflies in principal. They're very pretty and having been bitten by a few horses in my time I can understand their motive to bite back. I found this one in the garden today and realised it wasn't on my record list so I needed a photo. For some reason it wouldn't land on one of the kids so I had to take a bite for citizen science. Annoyingly it landed on my right hand so I had to try and take photos with the left which is never easy. But anyway this is the Notch-horned Cleg (Haematopota pluvialis), just look at those eyes.
They have surprisingly cute little paws too.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Oh, the things you do for science Mr Wild. Such amazing sunglasses. Did the horsefly actually get blood? That would be a step too far for me, personally. I swell up like a pumpkin.
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