Roddy Hays is an enthusiastic photographer of all the little creatures in his large coastal hinterland garden. When we stayed in his family's holiday cottage there back in June I did the same. [Link to Susan's Instagram page where you can find details of the cottage.] Here are some of the photos I took.
Male European Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum (Fr. Abeille cotonnière).
Female Lestica clypeata wasp. This was rather a challenge to identify, as it was female.
The males are really weird looking and quite distinctive.
The longhorn beetle Paracorymbia fulva (Fr. Lepture sauvage).
Teneral (juvenile) male Common Darter dragonfly Sypetrum striolatum (Fr. le Sympétrum fascié).
Thick-legged Hover Fly Syritta pipiens.
Male Tetralonia malvae (Fr. Eucère de la mauve).
Thanks to Roddy for whipping out a little torch to provide more light to take this photo.
Many thanks to the various experts in specialist Hymenoptera groups on Facebook who provided helped with identifying the bees and wasp.
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4 comments:
Interesting post. I can - or at least I think - identify some flowers, but not all.
Lavender, fennel, hibiscus.
Shame on me, I didn't recognize lavender! And I thought that the sixth photo was ivy. I have never seen fennel in bloom. Thank you for the information.
I think Roddy grows the fennel especially for the insects. It's his favourite stalking spot.
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