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.
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on foxglove
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.
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
Blackfly on floxglove
Osteospermum 'Glistening White' syn. Dimorphotheca pluvialis (Cape marigold, Cape daisy, Rain daisy, African daisy) with hover fly
Flesh fly Sarcophaga nodosa
Juvenile european garden spiders (Araneus diadematus)
Wooly aphid on beech leaf
Juvenile european garden spiders (Araneus diadematus)
Common green shield/stink bug nymphs and egg cases Palomena prasina
Buff-tailed bumblebee on Hyacinth
Large rose sawfly (Arge pagana) larva
Enallagma cyathigerum (Common blue damselfly)
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Stag beetle (Adult)
Ants
Geometra papilionaria Large Emerald moth
Lilioceris lilii (lily beetle, scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle)
Lilioceris lilii (lily beetle, scarlet lily beetle, red lily beetle) including damage to the lily leaves.
Ladybird (Harlequin) - Harmonia axyridis
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