There was still around a dozen or so wasps in there @Ergates , although I disturbed them a bit, so there's only a few in that photo. I hadn't seen any recently around that nest, so I sneaked a quick look to see if they'd all moved on. The workmanship of nests always astonishes me, no matter how often I see them. They're still going in and out the other one too, but it's inside a raised bed, so no chance of a pic.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Amazing bee nests @wild edges, thank you for starting this thread. I look forward to seeing more wonders.
Here are some seed cases I picked up on holiday on the island of Aegina in 1998. I don't know what they are, I'm afraid. They've been mounted in a frame ever since, so apologies for the photo quality - it's taken through glass.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I thought they were ammonite fossils at first glance. Maybe I just have fossils on the brain this week. Maybe Medicago Orbicularis, button clover? How big are they?
I don't think I've ever seen an earthstar fungus. Maybe I need to take the kids on a mushroom hunt this weekend and see what we can find.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I think you're right, thank you. They're about 8-10mm in diameter. They do look like ammonites, and were numerous along a dry and dusty road that we walked every day. The only plants I remember seeing there were ancient olive trees, but I wasn't very interested in plants then - they had a purely visual appeal to me at the time.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I found an oak tree today with a really heavy infestation of silk button galls. The whole tree was covered in them like this and you could hear them dropping off like rain through the leaves. I don't know why but the look of them makes my skin crawl a bit
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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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
This is going to be one of my go-to threads.
They're still going in and out the other one too, but it's inside a raised bed, so no chance of a pic.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Here are some seed cases I picked up on holiday on the island of Aegina in 1998. I don't know what they are, I'm afraid. They've been mounted in a frame ever since, so apologies for the photo quality - it's taken through glass.
That's like a bad case of acne @wild edges
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...