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  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    I must add that I am talking about nests - we have had less than a dozen nests here and in Sark, but that potentially means an awful lot of Asian hornets making their home here, mostly from Normandy and Brittany.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Unfortunately, they are here too, can’t get near my fig tree for them feasting on the burst fruit. Two hedgehogs have been feasting on the fallen fruit in the evenings, though, which is a far cheerier sight.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
     I came across this on the internet today: a longhorn beetle (Necydalis mellita) doing a decent impression of a ichneumonid wasp.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Hi everyone! Spring has arrived, with the first peacock butterfly of the season spotted in my garden this morning. Basking in the sun amidst the dead foliage of Lady's mantle.

  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Lovely, Papi Jo. I saw my first peacock a few days ago and am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my favourites, the scarce swallowtails
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Insect of the day spotted in my rose-tree 'flower carpet Yellow Sunshine': Harmonia axyridis aka the harlequin, multicolored Asian ladybeetle.



  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716


    Two different ladybugs and an ant... 
    Only saw one bumblebee today. Where are they all? There used to be so many in the previous years 🙁
    Surrey
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Still on the new foliage of my rose-tree 'flower carpet Yellow Sunshine': another specimen of Harmonia axyridis in a different disguise.
  • TeriannemilyTeriannemily Posts: 74
    Beautiful 🐞
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    This landed on my hand today, I think its a clear winged hawk moth? 


    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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