These Nezaras are amazing - I have never seen anything like them and yet Brittany is not so far from us on a southerly wind. Assuming they are related to the common green shield bug?
I have massive amounts of very tiny black beetles on my autumn phlox. Does anyone know who they are? They are not eating anything, it seems, just hanging out.
Fabulous photos. Cracking ladybird and so are the other pics. Never seen an orange tip here and when I do spot butterflies, moths and dragonflies and the like they never sit still for their portrait and most disappear anyway before I find my camera.
Thank you all for sharing.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I agree - gorgeous photos. Love the detail on those wings in Alan's photos. Lovely butterflies Papi Jo. We don't get commas here unfortunately, but we do get Admirals. I haven't seen any this year at all though. Their markings are beautiful.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi all bug lovers! Just spotted this lovely (?) specimen of Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) in my garden this morning. Actually there were 3 individuals altogether, sitting either on a chrysanthemum plant or on the foliage of my choisya. On the choisya they were licking the honeydew on the leaves.
Brilliant photos Papi Jo, you certainly captured them at their best. However they are not welcome here - we have a war on the Asian Hornet as it begins to invade the Channel Islands. They are not good for our honey bees and will decimate their hives if allowed to proliferate.
Those Asian hornets are certainly not welcome in France either and a war is waged against them. But one has to admit that their (huge) nests are quite a masterpiece.
Oh yes for sure they are one of natures wonders. However we have all been asked to look out for them, some found in sheds, others in trees. The queens are hibernating now though. I think Jersey has had the most so far, Guernsey and Sark have had less than a dozen.
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Thank you all for sharing.
Love the detail on those wings in Alan's photos.
Lovely butterflies Papi Jo. We don't get commas here unfortunately, but we do get Admirals. I haven't seen any this year at all though. Their markings are beautiful.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...