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3. RANDOM SELECTION OF INSECT PHOTOS

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.

Blackfly on floxglove

Common green shield/stink bug nymphs and egg cases Palomena prasina

Phymatocera aterrima (Solomon's seal sawfly) larvae

Vine weevil - adult

Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis

Flesh fly Sarcophaga nodosa

Hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

Ladybird

Enallagma cyathigerum (Common blue damselfly)

Hawthorn shield/stink bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

Praying matis

Stag beetle (Larva,grub)

Chrysolina americana (rosemary beetle) on lavender flower stem

Caterpiller

Large white, cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillar

Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) caterpillar

Ladybird (2 spot) on sweet pea

Hawthorn shield/stink bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis)

Ladybird

Currently there are 1,620 images in the UKGardening database. If you would like to see a selection of random images, you can reload the page.

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