I think these are small ermine moths ... Yponomeuta ... and probably reasonable to expect more next year ... @norfolknats.bsky.social
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Lapsed physicist ... entangled with Norfolk plants, birds and bugs ... superposition of pie and canary ... below average middle order batter on summer Saturdays ... enjoy a bit of art, bit of history ... who will rid me of this turbulent X
This looks like a bug but is completely transparent and not alive ... guessing it is a shedded skin/skeleton ... but amazingly complete @norfolknats.bsky.social
It's hard work to keep water mint under control in a small garden pond ... but when the moths arrive ... Pyrausta aurata ... well worth it
Seen several reports of firebugs in Norfolk ... Pyrrhocoris apterus ... so great to spot some in Keswick today @norfolknats.bsky.social
Definitely the most common moth in the garden ... Mother of Pearl. .. Pleuroptya ruralis @norfolknats.bsky.social
Bright white moth difficult to identify from below ... possibly a common white wave but 4 spots suggest a cream wave Scopula floslactata @norfolknats.bsky.social
Beautiful darter but unsure whether this is common or ruddy female ... spectacular wings in the sunshine @norfolknats.bsky.social
Beautiful darter but unsure whether this is common or ruddy female ... spectacular wings in the sunshine @norfolknats.bsky.social
Looks like a candy stripe spider ... Enoplognatha ... not sure which @norfolknats.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
Jacob's ladder is difficult to grow and then doesn't always flower ... but a beauty when it does
Quiet afternoon in the garden ... but joined by a visitor eating new shoots in the green alkanet ... possibly a wood mouse ... but way out of my comfort zone @norfolknats.bsky.social
Irrespective of the result ... impossible not to admire Pakistan captain Fatima Sana Kahn ... well played
I think this is the brilliantly named bladder campion ... Silence vulgaris ... pleasant change from white and red
Don't come across many green spiders. This one ... from below ... is quite photogenic and I think the red spot indicates a cucumber orb web spider ... Araniella cucurbitina ... on hogweed and eating something black! @britishspiders.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
Glorious Mullein moth caterpillar ... Shargacucullia verbasci ... on a Mullein leaf - not sure vibrant does these colours justice @norfolknats.bsky.social
There must a technique for photographing an object on a window ... sadly I don't know what it is ... but even with a poor image the gateway guide points to a small dusty wave ... Idaea seriata @norfolknats.bsky.social
Worked hard to identify this as the nymph stage of a blue shield bug Zicrona caerulea ... predating on an unidentified larva @norfolknats.bsky.social ... spectacular colours
Small moth that behaves like a butterfly ... feeding on meadow buttercup with wings raised ... identification tricky ... could be twin spot carpet Mesotype didymata or grass rivulet Perizoma albulata ... or others ... @norfolkmoths.bsky.social
Mayfly are fascinating ... Carl Linnaeus placed them in genus Ephemera ... Greek not his usual latin ... meaning for a day ... short lived things appear to have been a fascination for ancient Greeks ... including for Aristotle who observed Mayfly ... 2000 year on ...
Beautiful spider with crazy paving markings ... elongated abdomen suggests Tetragnathidae ... but species uncertainty @britishspiders.bsky.social
Not sure about these fish ... looking like trout and behaving like spawning ... but in the wrong place at the wrong time? @norfolknats.bsky.social
Gorgeous Marsh Orchid ... possibly Dactylorhiza purpurella ... Northern Marsh Orchid? @norfolknats.bsky.social
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Markings on this fly are exquisite ... probably Chrysotoxum cautum
First two spot ladybird I have spotted this season ... and the situation looks a bit perilous ... crab spider but unsure which one @britishspiders.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social
Suspect this is a female Philodromus dispar ... crab spider on Cow Parsley @britishspiders.bsky.social
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