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Brown Hawker dragonfly, butterfly, cuckoo bee, dragonflies, Field vole, Flesh Fly, flies, garden, ichneumon wasp, Large Yellow Underwing moth, micro moths, moths, Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, small white butterfly, Southern Hawker dragonfly, Tachina fera fly, wildlife
I will continue to post last year’s photos while this winter weather continues. I am away from home for a good part of the day; certainly the part of the day with the best light for taking pictures. We haven’t been out anywhere recently either, so nothing much to show or tell you.
Rear end of a vole. I think this may be a Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) rather than a Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus).
Front end of a vole.
This vole was hiding behind the wheel of the hose-pipe cart. In fact, the shots were taken just a couple of weeks ago but I was unable to add them to the other posts I’ve published this year. Field Voles are aggressive and noisy rodents and like to live in damp and tussocky grass. Exactly! Our garden is full of that at the moment.
Bees on Chive flowers
I let most of my herbs flower as I prefer to see the insects and flowers to having perfect tasting herbs.
I believe this is a Cuckoo Bee (Psithyrus vestalis) on Chives.
A micro moth I found in grass. I haven’t yet discovered what it is called.
Another micro moth seen on a wall. I apologise for the shot being out of focus.
A Brown Hawker dragonfly. This is the only photo I managed to get of it and it blends in so well with the dead leaf it was perching on. This is our only Hawker with amber wings and has prominent yellow stripes on its thorax. These can just be seen above the wings. I believe this is a female.
Tachina fera on Marjoram. The larvae of these flies are parasites of saw flies and other caterpillars.
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on Marjoram
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on Marjoram.
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on Marjoram.
This is an Ichneumon wasp (possibly Amblyteles armatorius but I have my doubts about this ID). It is on Bronze Fennel.
Ichneumon Wasp and Flesh-fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) on Bronze Fennel.
Unknown moth. Angle Shades moths (Phlogophora meticulosa) fold their wings like this but I am not sure that they are this dark in colour.
A rather chewed Small White butterfly (Pieris rapae).
Large Yellow Underwing moth (Noctua pronuba)
Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) – female.
Best wishes to you all!
