Photography: Wasp queen
This queen common wasp Vespula vulgaris was feeding on Alexander’s in Peckham, London
Common blue damselfly
Amwell Nature Reserve, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust, August 2015
Photography: Capsid bug
Capsid bug, Farthing Downs, July 2015
My love affair with these bugs continues, mainly because they appear so often and they’re straightforward to identify. Not that I know which capsid bug this is.
Photography: Marbled white
Marbled white on scabious, Happy Valley, Croydon, June 2015
Photography: Micro moth
The garden, London, June 2015
It’s always good to resist attributing human traits to animals but this micro moth does look a little bit angry. Obviously I don’t know what species it is!
Photography: Capsid bug
The garden, London, June 2015
This is a capsid bug, but I’m not sure whether it’s a common green capsid bug or a potato capsid bug. At first I thought it might be a shield bug but the head is completely different. Whichever one it is, it was on a privet bush in the garden, not doing very much.
Brimstone feeding on bird’s-foot-trefoil
On the North Downs Way from Oxted to Otford, England
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Soldier beetle
Cantharis rustica at Farthing Downs, London
Grizzled skipper
Feeding on meadow buttercup at Park Bottom, South Wiltshire
