More from the nettle patch where I have never seen as many 2-spot Ladybirds together.
2-spot Ladybird
A mating pair.
Harlequin Ladybird.
Mating pair of Harlequin.
There were a few Harlequin Ladybirds around.
14-spotted Ladybird.
Ladybird larva.
Common Nettle Bug.
Froghopper.
Soldier Beetle.
Heather Beetle.
Willow Flea Beetle.
Flea Beetle.
Nettle Groundbug.
Common Green Shieldbug.
Common Green Shieldbug eggs.
Pollen Beetle.
I still take my camera to work on the days I’m in (if its not raining) just in case I spot some wildlife especially insects. Some of these images, taken at the beginning of the month, are from a nettle patch.
Micropterix aruncella White-line Pollen Moth.
Longhorn Moth.
Possibly Orthotaenia undulana.
Common Wave.
Ants farming Aphids.
Aphids.
Aphid.
Sawfly.
Female Scorpionfly.
Crane Fly.
Jumping Spider?
Tetragnatha Sp. Spider.
Woodlouse.
Sawfly larva.
An Albino Slug.
I think this is a Tick.
Rust Fungus?
A trip to Kibblesworth Brick Works at the end of last month for Dragonflies. A few around but not as many as I had hoped for, still, a canny morning out.
Male Broad Bodied Chaser.
A distant female.
Mating wheel.
Four-spotted Chaser with an Azure in tow.
Four-spotted Chaser.
In flight.
A distant Emerald Dragonfly.
Azure Damselfly.
Mating pair.
Birch Catkin Bugs.
2-spot Ladybird.
Take off.
Alder Leaf Beetles.
Sawfly.
Common Blue Butterfly.
The next few images of Banded Demoiselles were taken
at Lamesley.
Large Skipper
also at Lamesley.
