Nature Challenge – Day 5 – A Bugs Life

How photographers manage to get that perfect shot of insects flying about beats me but I did have fun trying tonight as part of day 5 of my nature challenge.

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Fleeting

I gave up chasing (well hobbling really) and settled down amongst the flowers instead to see what was going on. There was plenty of life on this stitchwort. Not to sure what these little fellas were but they were pretty busy running around.

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Tiny

There are a lot of bees in our garden at the moment and I spotted this one resting in the grass. Not long after I took this picture she took off and was away in a flash.

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Resting up

I am not sure if this was a hoverfly or a small wasp but the flower it was sitting on was a tiny daisy so that gives you the scale. I took the shot as I could see that is was really covered in pollen.

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Pollen taxi

I spotted some ladybirds and this one seemed to be chasing some aphids about – I take it that it was dinner time 🙂 The picture was shot as the ladybird was standing on the tip of a white dead nettle.

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On the hunt for aphids

My last shot of the evening was of this little ladybird settling down on a nettle leaf. An ideal location for a ladybird to curl up in so as not to become a meal for some other animal.

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A bed of nettles

Cheers

George

Picture of the Week – Week 10 – Wild Wicker Walk

Ok, not so much a picture of the week but a collage of the week.

I had a delightful walk last Sunday with my family at The Vyne National Trust property in Hampshire. The gardeners have installed a number of wicker figures around the gardens and named the trail the Wild Wicker Walk.

The Wild Wicker Walk
The Wild Wicker Walk

Some are easy to spot but some are not (the Hawk in particular) however they kept our whole family happily busy as we hunted for them.

My favourite (they are all excellent) because of its location on a fallen log has to be the Fox.

Thanks to all the gardeners for taking the time to make these wicker characters and placing them in some beautiful spots for us to find.

Cheers

George