The Ladybird thread (4 Viewers)

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Paul Winter

• May 15, 2024

• #521

Larry Sweetland said:

Unlike with birds, dragonflies, or butterflies where you might just pick one up by sight when flying around a roughly described location, it's possible to lose a ladybird completely before you've had an identifiable view, even when you know where you've dropped it! 😂

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I find that with Dragonflies -- particularly damselflies in grassland on a windy day

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• May 18, 2024

• #522

It's taken me until now to get 2-spot for the year, with these two in the garden. That's 25 species for the year now (23 on patch). They used to be one of the commonest species when I was a kid.

 

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Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Wednesday at 5:43 PM

• #523

Forestier's Rhyzobius found in buddleia in the garden (Bristol BS5) today

 

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Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Today at 1:03 PM

• #524

Four-spotted Nephus found today on the ivy-covered trunk in Bristol BS5 pictured here. It's been a reliable spot for them since I first discovered them there 2 years ago.

 

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