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.
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Greenfly on lupin
Aglais io Peacock butterfly (European peacock)
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
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.
Summer chafer (Amphimallon solstitialis)
Wooly aphid on beech leaf
Vine weevil - adult
Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Phymatocera aterrima (Solomon's seal sawfly) larvae
Flesh fly Sarcophaga nodosa
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Aglais io Peacock butterfly (European peacock)
Pentatoma rufipes (forest bug, stink bug, shield bug) on a lavender flower stem
Ants
Crab spider (Misumena vatia - female)
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Stag beetle (Adult)
Ladybird larvae
Bibio marci (St. Mark's Fly)
Bright-line brown-eye moth (Lacanobia oleracea) caterpillars eating tomato leaves
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