Wonderful wildlife

Self-taught amateur entomologist Sabina George has been snapping super pictures of the creatures you may or may not have noticed in residence on your plots. A keen insect photographer who spends winter recording finds on iRecord (a database for UK Flora & Fauna), Sabina is always looking for new sites to explore and KATA was only too willing to take up her offer of having a looksie at what goes on around us on a sometimes very small scale…

latest sightings

On May 25th at the Spring Lane Allotments I found a hoverfly pupa on a
blade of grass. Put in a jar and covered with net, on June 1st a female
Marmalade hoverfly emerged. Also found, the Narcissus Bulb fly, a varied
   bumblebee mimic which in flight sounds like a noisy, cross bee but is
harmless. At Odibourne Allotments, a female Beautiful Damoiselle settled
on a shrub. A fairly large Tortoise bug rich colouring stood out against
the green foliage. Mining bees are still around and the Red-girdled
Mining bee feasted on buttercup pollen. The Green Drake Mayfly alighted
on my arm for a photo. A Currant Clearwing moth alighted on a buttercup
giving me just enough time for a snap. Several Cocksfoot moths seen
lower down among the stems of plants. Sabina George

All words courtesy of Sabina George. Thank you for regularly visiting our sites, Sabina, and keeping us up to date on your findings about this vital group of organisms.