Work

 A few images taken over a couple of days at work this month.

One of at least three Tawny Owl chicks that were sending Jays ballistic. This was one of two I managed to get pictures of but, as I said, I heard at least three altogether and I also saw the adult bird flying off.

A second chick. I was taking pictures of insects so I had a 105mm macro lens on the camera when I got these images of the Owls so wrong lens and all the wrong settings on the camera.

One of three Puss Moth Caterpillars. In this image it has what look like red streamers at the rear.

In this image they have gone.

A second Puss Moth Caterpillar.

A close up.

The next few image are of the instar of the Common Green Shieldbug.

Click Beetle.

Pupa of a Harlequin Ladybird.

Ichneumon Wasp.

Mating Snipe Flies.

Cranefly.

Ringlet Butterfly.

Twizell Woods

 A visit to Twizell Woods near to the end of last month didn’t produce any dragons or damsels but it did produce some canny insects.

Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle.

Take off.

Mating pair.

With Bumblebee and Speckled Longhorn Beetle.

With two Speckled Longhorn Beetle.

Speckled Longhorn Beetle.

In flight.

Final instar Red-legged Shieldbug.

14-spot Ladybird.

Alder Leaf Beetle.

Pollen Beetles.

Raspberry Beetle?

Common Froghopper.

Common Green Grasshopper.

Slender Groundhopper?

Tephritids Sp. of Fly.

Large Skipper Butterfly.

Yellow-barred Long-horn Moth.

Garden Grass Moth.

Wolf Spider carrying newly hatched spiderlings.

Wolf Spider with egg sack.

Spider.

Nursery Web Spider.

Sawfly.

Work part 2

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.