Love the rose chafer. I haven't seen one around here in years.
Todays bug is a brown leaf weevil that came in with the washing and had to be evicted back to the garden, hence the washing fluff stuck to its head. A surprisingly furry beast in close detail.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
The last few days I've seen a lot of larva in my garden, which I put down as most likely some sort of moth. But having finally done a google search, I think they're probably hoverfly larva hunting down greenflies.
A jumping spider that mimics a caterpillar (photos 16 and 17 are the caterpillar, the others are the spider).
The species was named Uroballus carlei, and the story of its name is cute:
Etymology: The species is dedicated to Eric Carle (b. 1929), the American illustrator and author of more than 70 books for children and adults. His most renowned books include ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, which chronicles the growth and metamorphosis of a caterpillar, and ‘The Very Busy Spider’.
There are fairies dancing in the woods by my house. Fairy moths anyway. A hard one to photograph as they don't sit still for long and when they do land it's on the ends of branches that are fluttering in the wind. The long antennae move in the slightest breeze too so they're blurry in most pictures. On top of that I had a lively toddler strapped into his carrier on my back so I'm amazed I managed to get one even slightly sharp photo.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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The species was named Uroballus carlei, and the story of its name is cute: