We have a magnificent oak tree just beyond the edge of our land which is always full of birds (and kittens when the cats were small); presumably, if I could get close enough, I would see that it is also full of insects. Instead. I'll have to make do with this loan herb fennel which has just come into flower. It is self seeded, beloved of swallowtail butterflies and right on the edge of the deck, so I could escape to the shade between bouts of camera pointing!
Enjoy - I love a bug!
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| Leafhopper |
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| Eggs and just hatched bugs - not yet identified |
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| Umbrella wasp |
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| Umbrella wasp with parasites |
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| Graphosoma italicum |
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| Amazing long tail on this was |
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| Hover fly - you can never have enough of these friends of the gardener. |
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| And another hover fly |
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| A pretty snail - and not on the veggies. |
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| 6 spot burnet |
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| Swallowtail |
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| ... and another. |
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