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.

Greenfly on lupin

Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis

Buff-tailed bumblebees on hyacinth flower

Water Snail

Caterpiller

Vine weevil - adult

Hawthorn shield/stink bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) on clematis

Ladybird (2 spot) on sweet pea

Centipedes in a plant root ball

Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald moth

Large white, cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillar

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.

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

Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis

Hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

Lilioceris lilii (lily beetle, scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle)

Flesh fly Sarcophaga nodosa

Juvenile european garden spiders (Araneus diadematus)

Hawthorn shield/stink bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

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