Ichneumon Wasp.20mm. Orange body. Dark head & tail, dark brown spot tip of wings. Hunting in my nettle patch Yellow Admirals being targeted.
Painted Lady ,up close,good condition.Spent over an hour feeding & sunning on ground cover of small siver leafed, small yellow daisy like straw flower.Had a brief glimpse of one previous day.
African Mantis. After a day of rain they were out enjoying the warmth & most were easy targets for me.All sizes but initialy no males,However that changed when I attacked an overgrown patch in the garden 5 males there, Masses of hatchlings & juveniles & about 4 females loaded with eggs.In all a great days [...]
Asian paper wasps now foraging & eating Monarch hatchlings these past few days
Sighted Painted Lady Feeding on Cherry Pie for @ 5 minutes, good view @ 9 metres away.Good condition.
Magpi Moths regular visitors the past month.Early morning, late afternoons,early evening.Raised 12 past mpnth.
African Mantis, all sizes, being dispatched.Adults now appearing!!
Past two days Yellow Admiral sighted depositing eggs on my Nettles.Very few in the area past two months. Were regular visitors prior rains of Dec.
O Joy, Perfect Red Admiral 1st time sighted in my garden,Sunnig itself on a Fumitory bush. Wings spread @ a metre from me.
O Joy, Perfect Red Admiral 1st time sighted in my garden,Sunnig itself on a Fumitory bush. Wings spread @ a metre from me.
