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Insects of the day

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'm sure he enjoys insects as much as we do😋
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    Me neither @markandres100, looks great; and a lovely find @borgadr. Loving all the bees @wild edges!

    Found this little guy hiding from the rain in a rosebud (Vanessa Bell), you can see the eyes if zoomed in — forgive the iPhone photos.




    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • markandres100markandres100 Posts: 10
    Mine's an iphone picture too. I'm surprised how clear it is. The ladybird is only four or five millimetres long at most.

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    markandres100 said:
    Just found this Propylea quattordecimpunctata on a sunflowerhead. Have never seen one before.
    I love the markings on these. You get all kinds of faces made out of the spots.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    A slightly shaky shot of the Welsh Chafer, Hoplia philanthus. Despite its name it is also widespread in England, but with a patchy distribution. The larvae feed on grass roots.


  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    Saw this little one sharing the achilleas with the ladybird larvae.


    I'm assuming it's some variety of miridae but can't pin it down beyond that. 
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

    It looks like Deraeocoris flavilinea.

    https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/deraeocoris_flavilinea.html
  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool I did wonder about that but the colouring didn't seem quite right.
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