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 27 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.

Phymatocera aterrima (Solomon's seal sawfly) larvae

Phymatocera aterrima (Solomon's seal sawfly) larvae

Bibio marci (St. Mark's Fly)

Bibio marci (St. Mark's Fly)

Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald moth

Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald moth

Hawthorn shield/stink bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) on clematis

Hawthorn shield/stink bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) on clematis

Ladybird (2 spot) on sweet pea

Ladybird (2 spot) on sweet pea

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.

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.

Water Snail

Water Snail

Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis

Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis

Vine weevil - adult

Vine weevil - adult

Dilophus fibrilis (Fever Fly)

Dilophus fibrilis (Fever Fly)

Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis)

Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis)

Large white, cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillar

Large white, cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillar

Ants

Ants

Bright-line brown-eye moth (Lacanobia oleracea) caterpillars eating tomato leaves

Bright-line brown-eye moth (Lacanobia oleracea) caterpillars eating tomato leaves

Enallagma cyathigerum  (Common blue damselfly)

Enallagma cyathigerum (Common blue damselfly)

Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) caterpillar

Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) caterpillar

Stag beetle (Adult)

Stag beetle (Adult)

Stag beetle (Larva,grub)

Stag beetle (Larva,grub)

Caterpillar eating hollyhock flower

Caterpillar eating hollyhock flower

Hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

Hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

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