A selection of insect photographs from the UK Gardening gallery
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I've been taking photographs of plants in and around my garden since I bought my first digital camera in 2001 (three years after I has started this website). So whilst wondering where to keep the pictures in the days before Flickr and cloud storage, I thought I'd create a little database of them on my UK Gardening website, and I've been taking photos and adding them to my site ever since.Below is a very small, random selection of photographs I have taken over the last 26 years. To see a larger version of a photograph, click the image. You'll then be able to scroll left and right through the current selection.
Vine weevil - adult
Eupeodes corollae syn. Metasyrphus corollae (Hoverfly). Whilst it may look like a wasp, it is actually a hoverfly.
Ladybird larvae
Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Caterpiller
Crab spider (Misumena vatia - female)
Belted hoverfly Volucella zonaria. One of the largest flies of Britain. It mimics a hornet or wasp, but is harmless to humans. The adults are great polinators and their larvae are believed to eat wasp grubs.
Ants
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Enallagma cyathigerum (Common blue damselfly)
Ants
Pentatoma rufipes (forest bug, stink bug, shield bug) on a lavender flower stem
Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald moth
Phymatocera aterrima (Solomon's seal sawfly) larvae
Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on foxglove
Lilioceris lilii (lily beetle, scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle)
Lilioceris lilii (lily beetle, scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle) including damage to the lily leaves.
Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald moth
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Caterpiller
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