Work

 Once again, I’ve had my camera at work and I always say to myself, because there are so many of them, “don’t take pictures of Common Green Shieldbugs” however when I see them, I can’t help myself and take pictures anyway.  

Common Green Shieldbug.

Kidney-spot ladybird a first for me.

7-spot Ladybird.

Sphaerophoria interrupta Hoverfly.

Ichneumon Wasp.

Another from the Ichneumonid family of Wasp.

Larva of a 22-spot Ladybird.

Lacewing.

Coenosia genus of Fly.

This Robin was quite happy to sit and pose for me while I took its photograph with a 90mm macro lens. 

I drop the wife’s…

 …car off at the garage the other day for a service then had a walk back home, here are a few insects that I found.

Common Green Sawfly.

Another Common Green Sawfly.

Dung Fly.

Dance Fly.

Hoverfly.

Fly.

Broad Centurion.

Lacewing.    

Weevil.

Grypocoris stysi Plantbug.

Thistle Ermine Moth.

Tortricidae family of moth.

Tortricidae family of moth.

Tortricidae family of moth.

Wren behind twigs.

Harlequin Ladybirds

 15.10.23 And a walk around the graveyard in our village produced a few Harlequin Ladybirds on the gravestones. The variety of patterns and colours on these Ladybirds is amazing.

Harlequin Ladybird.

Two Harlequin Ladybirds.

This one seems to have a damaged wing case.

Ladybird with an empty pupa case.

Harlequin Ladybird Larva.

Ladybird Pupa.

Two Ladybird Pupa.

The closest I can get to identifying this is a Lacewing Larva but I’m not sure.

Harvestman.

I have seen a Kestrel on this pole a few times.