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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 16, 2012 15:01:44 GMT
;D @ your naming Tig. You do seem to get your fair share of the little Shield Bugs.
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 17, 2012 12:16:04 GMT
A couple of bugs which I spotted - a very dark 'green' shield bug  x Tig Love this - it reminds me of a soldier in uniform with loads of buttons on the jacket!!  RF |
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Post by Tig on Nov 2, 2012 17:00:12 GMT
I didn't expect to see this sunbathing in the garden today, bit late in the year for them!   x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 3, 2012 7:25:09 GMT
Beautiful and at this time of the year as well...well done... Been trying to decide which like best...don't know really...possibly the 2nd one slightly.... RF |
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Post by Tig on May 9, 2013 19:01:42 GMT
Newly hatched, just drying out on the pot - not sure what it is as I can't find anything similar in my book, so any ideas welcome.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on May 10, 2013 7:30:53 GMT
Tig could it be the Pale Clouded Yellow?
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Post by Tig on May 10, 2013 8:48:05 GMT
That is a possible Ladygardener, although I would have expected to see some black spotting on the underside of the wings if it were, and it is quite a rarity in the UK. I've got another book somewhere and will look again later |
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Post by Auricula on May 10, 2013 9:00:44 GMT
Lots of ladybirds around here  |
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Post by Ladygardener on May 10, 2013 12:51:16 GMT
I've not seen a single ladybird yet. Plenty of greenfly 'tho.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 20, 2013 14:06:53 GMT
Saw this today - no idea what it is..  and a well known figure..  RF |
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Post by Tig on Jul 3, 2013 18:42:58 GMT
OH 'spotted' these two tiny little yellow and black ladybugs 'at it' - not a brilliant picture but you can just about make out one getting a piggyback ride   |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 4, 2013 6:59:01 GMT
How good of one to carry the other along Tig  |
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Post by Geranium on Aug 5, 2013 15:20:35 GMT
 What are these two up to, in broad daylight?  |
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Post by Tig on Aug 10, 2013 19:15:12 GMT
That's a brilliant shot Geranium Haven't looked this up, but it was so brightly coloured ...  |
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Post by Geranium on Aug 11, 2013 5:39:27 GMT
Thanks, Tig. Well - I don't know what yours is, but he looks harmless - I think!  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 11, 2013 6:34:44 GMT
Thanks, Tig. Well - I don't know what yours is, but he looks harmless - I think! Lovely pics - do you often have antics like that happening in your garden Geranium ... tut tut !!!! Well done for capturing then "in the act" so to speak !! It's got to be a hover fly variety isn't it Tig...incredible markings... RF |
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Post by isabella on Aug 11, 2013 15:28:31 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Aug 12, 2013 5:25:07 GMT
My goodness - what a great close-up! |
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Post by Tig on Aug 18, 2013 18:45:29 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 22, 2013 11:58:08 GMT
How on earth did I miss this beauty then!! RF |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 28, 2013 20:33:11 GMT
Wonderful pics everyone, this isn't such a wonderful pic but this little chap was moving about far too quickly. He nearly flew into me when I was watering last evening & then I spent the next 10 minutes following him round the garden trying to get a shot. So glad to have one again though, it's the first for a couple of years. Oh it's a Hummingbird Hawk Moth btw.   |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 29, 2013 5:13:49 GMT
Well done Jilly - I have about a dozen "blobs" where I tried to take a pic of the ones that have visited us...no chance...they are enormous, aren't they?!! RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 29, 2013 6:05:06 GMT
Well done indeed Jilly, I've never even seen one. This big monster was lurking between some pots of spring bulbs I'd set beside the growhouse months ago. I was getting them out to check if any of the bulbs looked like they might do again for this coming year. The pots are 1ltr so you can imagine how big he was. Needless to say, I left the pots alone but he's gone now anyhow, I wonder where.  |
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Post by Tig on Aug 29, 2013 18:18:32 GMT
OMG He's big enough to have a name LG!!! Hope he's stayed outdoors! Well done doing better than getting a 'blob' of the Hummingbird Hawk Moth Jilly - I often get 'blobs' when trying to capture things in flight - which reminds me ...... |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 30, 2013 5:18:15 GMT
Yes he was huge was'nt he Tig, I'll just be original and call him Spidey, very obliging 'tho. He sat there while I went and got my camera to take his pic. He's lost in the undergrowth of my garden now and hopefully he'll stay there and not even think of coming inside. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 30, 2013 6:15:28 GMT
Well I hope spidey doesn't become too attached to your house and garden Ladygardener...we have them here - just hairier !! Mind you when you look at him he is rather a proud specimin isn't he - a real poser !! RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 30, 2013 8:12:32 GMT
Hopefully he's gone away out of the garden completly Rosefriend but I somehow think he's lurking somewhere to pop out again and give me another fright. He looked really black in real life although the pic shows him more brown. |
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Post by Tig on Aug 30, 2013 17:56:55 GMT
I spotted this yesterday, then forgot to upload the photos It was on the black obelisk in the middle border, and I thought it would have flown off while I was getting the camera ...  Just got that piccie and off it went, did two circles and came into land ...  It then continued to play taking off, flying round and landing again - over and over again - hope it was having fun, or even better catching mozzies!  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 31, 2013 6:01:50 GMT
Was'nt he a good boy to give you a little display like that.
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 31, 2013 7:14:46 GMT
Was'nt he a good boy to give you a little display like that. It's a double act the Tig does Ladygardener - training dragonflies for the Insect Olympics..she is hoping for the Gold medal in the starts and landings category!! RF |
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