Showing posts with label scorpion fly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scorpion fly. Show all posts

Thursday, 18 June 2026

Work part 1

 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? 


Monday, 30 September 2024

Burdon Moor part one

 Another walk around Burdon Moor, one of my favourite places to go to for insects etc. It can be famine or feast at times but there is nearly always something to photograph. On this particular day it just happened to be feast so once again I have split the Blog into two.

I Think this is a Yellow-sided Clover Sawfly a first for me.

Leaf Hopper.

Rove Beetle.

Noon Fly.

Cross/Orbweb Spider with two bits of bait.

Cross/Orbweb Spider with two other Spiders but I haven’t a clue what is going on.

Spider.


Spiders.

Another Cross/Orbweb Spider with bait.

Harvestman.

Speckled Wood Butterfly.

Female Common Scorpionfly.


Sunday, 7 July 2024

A local walk

My wife and I did an afternoon circular walk around the outskirts of our village (a few weeks ago now) and this is what we saw while we were out. 

We had just started our walk when my wife spotted this female Roe Deer on the path just ahead of us so we stood still while it looked at us. It must have thought that we weren’t a threat as it slowly walked off leaving us to carry on our walk.

A pair of Large White Butterflies.

Wall Butterfly.

Ancylis badiana Moth.

Longhorn Moth possibly Adela reaumurella.

Small Yellow Underwing Moth.

A pair of Syndemis musculana Moth.

Common Carpet Moth.

Cydia ulicetana Moth.

Glyphipterix species of Moth.

Gorse Shieldbug.


7-spot Ladybird.

A couple of 7-spot Ladybirds.


A 7-spot sitting on a Snail shell.

Still quite a few of these Froghoppers around while we were out.

Female German Scorpionfly.

Male German Scorpionfly.


A pair of Robberfly.

Possibly Baccha elongata Hoverfly.

Common Greenbottle.

Nettle Tap.

Walking down the bank back into the village near the end of our circular walk the same female Roe Deer that we saw at the beginning was there to greet us.

Flying above the house when we got back was a Red Kite.