Category Archives: Insects

Roaming around the garden with my camera: A longer slideshow

Posted on Monday, 10 September 2012 by

And for those who have problems seeing the slideshows, here is a gallery too:

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The demise of the wasps

Posted on Thursday, 10 November 2011 by

Remember the wasps that recently made their home in the hollow cross-bar of our washing line? We’d been very much in two minds as to what to do about them… Should we allow them to stay, potentially build an even … Continue reading →

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Spider webs and wasps nests: Unexpected hazards near the washing line

Posted on Monday, 24 October 2011 by

Do you remember the posts I wrote about the two nocturnal spiders who make their nest every evening between our carport roof and the washing line, or thereabouts? December 2009 – Two hyperactive spiders January 2010 – Two hunting spiders … Continue reading →

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Thirsty bees drinking from the water fountain

Posted on Sunday, 3 April 2011 by

We’ve had a couple of hot days in March, and so I’ve been keeping the water fountain in the backgarden flowing, and the various bird baths dotted about under bushes topped up with water.

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Thirsty bees

Posted on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 by

I was working in the garden this afternoon, and had switched on the fountain to encourage bird visitors to splash about in the refreshingly cold water. Instead of birds, though, we were visited by bees – Apis mellifera capensis to … Continue reading →

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Miss Scarlet is a very pretty dragonfly

Posted on Thursday, 11 March 2010 by

During a recent visit to the Millstone Farmstall at Oude Molen Eco Village, I noticed this little dragonfly in the lavender bushes. After zipping back and forth for a while, it alighted on a lavender spike with its pretty purple … Continue reading →

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Bees among the basil

Posted on Thursday, 4 February 2010 by

This afternoon, the hot summer breeze was flinging the nose-tickling scent of the flowering basil into the air with cheerful abandon. It is THE herb in my little herb-garden that grows the best and the most prolifically, and that has … Continue reading →

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Scary insect!

Posted on Thursday, 4 February 2010 by

I just found this insect lying on the window sill in the bathroom. I have no idea how it got in, because the windows were firmly closed. Initially I thought it looked rather pretty with its antenna all curled up … Continue reading →

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Is it a twig? Or a Carausius morosus?

Posted on Friday, 22 January 2010 by

It looked as though the south-easter wind had blown a twig against the dark green vibrecrete boundary wall. It was just stuck there, completely motionless. “I think it’s just a twig, but go on, touch it,” hubby said, daring me. … Continue reading →

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Eeek! Another hairy caterpillar!

Posted on Friday, 23 October 2009 by

I was ambling through the garden with my camera yesterday afternoon, when I spotted this beautiful chap munching his way along the cotoneaster: He looks a lot more hairy and has a far more striking colourscheme than the hairy caterpillar … Continue reading →

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