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.
Eupeodes corollae syn. Metasyrphus corollae (Hoverfly). Whilst it may look like a wasp, it is actually a hoverfly.
Ladybird larvae
Pentatoma rufipes (forest bug, stink bug, shield bug) on a lavender flower stem
Buff-tailed bumblebee on Hyacinth
Lilioceris lilii (lily beetle, scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle)
Bright-line brown-eye moth (Lacanobia oleracea) caterpillars eating tomato leaves
Ladybird (2 spot) on sweet pea
Ladybird
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Ladybird larvae
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Crab spider (Misumena vatia - female)
Bumble bee
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Hawthorn shield/stink bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
Ladybird
Bright-line brown-eye moth (Lacanobia oleracea) caterpillars eating tomato leaves
Greenfly on lupin
Speckled bush cricket (juvenile) Leptophyes punctatissima
Caterpiller
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