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Insects of the day

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    edited July 2021
    It looks like it may be a type of ladybird larva, possibly the twenty-four spot.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    It is not a ladybird, it is much too big. Definitely lepidotera.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    edited July 2021
    Impossible to estimate size from your photo, Alan. :D
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    How big was it? Parsnip moth is similar but not that hairy I don't think.
    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
    From memory about 15mm.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Here's a micro video on micro bees.


  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    edited July 2021
    My insect of the day is a tiny unidentified coleoptera, lost in an ocean of pink. Approx. 2-3 mm long, maybe of the Chrysomelidae family?


  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    @KeenOnGreen.  Beautiful Water Lily with its visitor.  :)
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Thanks @Fran IOM  We are normally very excited when the first Water Lilly flowers each year, however it was over-shadowed by our first ever Newt!  We could hardly contain ourselves.  I'll post a photo as soon as I can get a decent shot of it.  It was hiding under one of the Lily pads today.
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