A solitary bee visiting the blue flower of green alkanet
A solitary bee visiting the blue flower of green alkanet
A solitary bee visiting the blue flower of green alkanet
Osmia bicornis or O. cornuta?
All photos of the same individual bee.
#SolitaryBees #Bees #NorthantsWildlife
CHIFFCHAFF!!!
#NorthantsBirds #NorthantsWildlife
Wrinkled pink edges (the galls) on Red Valerian plant.
A fluffy brown caterpillar and a 7 spot ladybird on a leaf.
Rosettes of bee orchids amongst short grass, and 7- spot ladybird.
What A Day!
I managed to talk about parasites (including galls and cuckoo bumblebees) to different groups of people, and saw some galls too! Plus, spotted a Ruby Tiger moth caterpillar and some Bee Orchid rosettes.
#Galls #Moths #Orchids #NorthantsWildlife
Apparently the Large Blue butterfly was once found in Northamptonshire, and went extinct here in c.1860?
I found a passing reference to this in a book, and am now very intrigued!
#NorthantsWildlife #UKButterflies
I'll be helping to run the Northants Nature Girls #BoardGames in January
#NorthantsWildlife #TableTopGaming
A green cricket, lacking wings, and with an ovipositor, perched on a tree trunk
Female Southern Oak Bush-cricket.
#Insects #NorthantsWildlife
A female Common Blue butterfly perched on a grass stem with her wings closed.
A male Common Blue butterfly perched on a grass stem with his wings closed.
A couple of Common Blue butterflies, at @wildlifebcn.org's Summer Leys Nature Reserve.
#NorthantsWildlife #Invertebrates #Butterflies
A female Wasp Spider, with distinctive yellow and black stripes, in the middle of her web
What a delight to see one of the Wasp Spiders at @wildlifebcn.org's Summer Leys reserve today.
One of my favourite #invertebrates, and definitely one of my favourite #spiders!
#NorthantsWildlife
Black Hairstreak- Satyrium pruni
Variable Longhorn Beetle- Stenocorus Meridianus
Spotted Longhorn Beetle- Ruptela Maculata
Vapourer moth caterpillar- Orgyia Antiqua
A trip out today to Northamptonshire with a mate to look for Black Hairstreak. At least 20 seen and showing well. Also spotted Spotted and Variable Longhorn Beetles and a Vapourer moth caterpillar.
#northantswildlife
#butterflies
#beetles
