Salad Burnet Rust (Phragmidium sanguisorbae) on... surprise, surprise: Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba) from County Durham
Too late for #WildWebsWednesday but just in time for #FungiFriday
With lots going on in the world, time to take a deep breath and hang out for a short while in a dandelion patch #Wildwebswednesday
A spot more sunshine and a few more regular sightings of bee flies over the past week #Wildwebswednesday
Side view of a brassy coloured Hoverfly on a green leaf edged with red.
Male Epistrophe eligans hoverfly on a Bramble leaf in Ely last weekend. #WildWebsWednesday #Hoverflies #Diptera
A Bumblebee feeding on a pink Red dead nettle flower.
Bumblebee on Red dead nettle. #WildWebsWednesday
A red and black spotted Ladybird on a Blackthorn branch, among faded pinkish white blossom.
Seven-spot ladybird on Blackthorn. #WildWebsWednesday
Possible #Leafhopper evading a photo good enough for ID 🤦
This tiny little thing was so small I thought it was a moth egg until it started moving.
#WildWebsWednesday
Different shades of pretty forget-me-nots seen this week
#WildWebsWednesday with pretty forget-me-nots flowering now in shades of pink/lilac/blue and also the little patch of white ones I've found. Tiny perfection! #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers #Lancashire
Comma, peacock and brimstone butterflies all seen on previous 1st April
#WildWebsWednesday from previous 1st April's, very overcast today so I won't be adding to them sadly! #Lancashire/#SouthCumbria #butterflies #vitaminN
Seven-spot ladybird on pink flowers of Red dead nettle.
Seven-spot ladybird on Red dead nettle. #WildWebsWednesday
A bee on a blue flower.
Hairy-footed flower bee on Green alkanet in Cambridge last week. #WildWebsWednesday
The photo of Goat Willow at RSPB Lakenheath #Suffolk on Sunday that I chose for #WildflowerHour was the only one without a Honey Bee - here's one of the many others. The tree was buzzing. #WildWebsWednesday.
Bright blue flowers of Green Alkanet against a backdrop of a local nature reserve gate rail grassland and trees. There is a discrete blurry image of a Dark-edged Bee-fly on the tip of the upper leaf.
So as it turns out I still haven’t seen a #BeeFly so far this Spring as I completely missed this blurry furry individual clinging on to the Green Alkanet leaf when taking a picture for #WildflowerHour but maybe worth a tenuous entry for #WildWebsWednesday having perhaps filled up with nectar.
A close-up of two red ladybirds next to each other inside a small cup-shaped structure of a lime-green coloured plant
A close-up of a many spotted ladybird on the edge of a cup-shaped structure of a lime-green coloured plant, with a softly blurred background of muted greens and browns
Room for two? 🐞🐞
Two 7-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) sharing a cup-like bract and an Eyed-Ladybird (Anatis ocellata) is 'going it alone'🐞 on a Euphorbia; seen on a sunny day as shown by the shadows
#Ladybirds #Ladybugs #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday
A few moments with a 7 spot ladybird #WildWebsWednesday
A Peacock butterfly with its wings spread open on Blackthorn.
Peacock butterfly on Blackthorn in Ely last weekend. #WildWebsWednesday
So much variety in colour and shape from petals pointing backwards, to petals coming forward but all united with a trumpet!
#WildWebsWednesday To counter the very cold and wet day here are some of the glorious #daffodils & #narcissi I've seen in the last couple of weeks. Such cheery flowers benefitting from the play of light through their translucent petals. #bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers #vitaminN
Top and bottom; beautiful basking peacock butterflies Middle: a perfect small tortoiseshell
#WildWebsWednesday No apologies for sharing these again, as I type there are hailstones tapping my windows ! Hope these #butterflies from glorious Saturday are tucked up safe! Peacocks & small tortoiseshell shell looking super smart. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #vitaminN #joy
Peacock butterfly with open dark red wings which have four distinct eyespots on them nectaring on some pink flowers
Green and yellow Brimstone butterfly with its leaf-like wings folded nectaring on some pink flowers
Peacock and Brimstone #butterflies almost camouflaged with the flowers and leaves respectively, busily feeding on these pretty pink Bergenia flowers in yesterday's sunshine @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social 🦋
#InsectThursday @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #WildWebsWednesday
There were so many beautiful Brimstones on the wing yesterday in the warm sunshine. I was charmed to watch this one nectaring on Lesser Celandine at Honeysuckle Bottom. #WildWebsWednesday
A red and black-spotted Ladybird on a green leaf of Red dead nettle, with pale pink flowers.
Seven-spot ladybird on Red dead nettle. #WildWebsWednesday
A male Dark-edged bee-fly on a green Bramble leaf.
My first Dark-edged bee-fly of the year today! On The Backs in Cambridge, briefly resting on a Bramble leaf. Recorded for #BeeFlyWatch. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
Peacock butterfly posing on a Cherry Laurel near the River Cam in #Cambridge today. #WildWebsWednesday
Side view of a Red-tailed bumblebee on white Blackthorn blossom.
Red-tailed bumblebee on Blackthorn in Ely last weekend. #WildWebsWednesday
