Sunday, August 21, 2011

Bugs, Butterflies & Blooms July 2011

Taken in our garden or the surrounding countryside during July 2011.

cicadella-viridis

Cicadella-Viridis in our garden

common-blue-butterfly

Common Blue Butterfly Torrs Warren

Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius 4

Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius

Dance fly Empis tessellata

Dance fly Empis tessellata

dew-on-rose

Dew on rose petal

foxglove

Foxglove

foxgloves

Beautiful foxgloves along field margin next to our house. Sadly they were sprayed with weedkiller by the farmer a couple of days later.

green-dock-beetle-Gastrophysa-viridula

Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa-viridula

green-fritillary

Dark Green Fritillary butterfly Torrs Warren

hogweed-1

Hogweed flowers…

hogweed-2

…beautiful close-up

hole-in-thistle-stem

Holes in thistles stems-any idea what may have made them?

hoverfly Arctophila superbiens

Hoverfly Arctophila superbiens

hoverfly-pos-Episyrphus-balteatus

Marmalade Fly Episyrphus-balteatus

leopard-slug

Great Grey slug

Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata

Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata

meadow-brown (2)

Meadow Brown Butterfly

Meadow-Brown (3)

Meadow Brown

meadow-grasshopper

Meadow Grasshopper

Metellina sp 1

Metellina species spider

Metellina sp 2

Metellina species spider

mining bee 1

Mining Bee

mirid-bug (2)

Mirid Bug

Nicrophorus-vespilloides

Nicrophorus-vespilloides

Nicrophorus-vespilloides-2

Nicrophorus-vespilloides and mites!

ox-eye-daisy

Ox-eye Daisy in our orchard

ox-eye-daisy-2

Ox-eye Daisy

Ragged-Robin

Ragged Robin in a boggy area of our garden

red-admiral

Red Admiral, looks like a bird has taken a bite!

red-lilies

Red Lilies

red-lily

ringlet (2)

Ringlet butterfly on Feverfew

ringlet

Ringlet

small-tortoiseshell (2)

Small Tortoiseshell

small-tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell

thistle

Thistle

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