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Photography: Marbled white

Marbled white on scabious, Happy Valley, Croydon, June 2015

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Photography: Capsid bug

Capsid bug, Farthing Downs, July 2015 My love affair with these bugs continues, mainly because they appear so often and they’re straightforward to identify. Not that I know which capsid bug this is.

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Photography: Walking in the threatened landscape of Swanscombe Marshes

Swanscombe Marshes, August 2015 The Swanscombe marshes are threatened by an impending planning application by London Paramount. They want to build a theme park on this vast wildlife haven. Is that...

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Common blue damselfly

Amwell Nature Reserve, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust, August 2015

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Photography: Nomada rufipes

Nomada rufipes, a cleptoparasitic wasp that I spotted on Farthing Downs on the edge of London. It steals from an Andrena bee to survive, but I only saw it drinking nectar from the heads of these...

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Photography: Wasp queen

This queen common wasp Vespula vulgaris was feeding on Alexander’s in Peckham, London

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Macro Monday: getting the excuses in early

Planthoppers on a sage leaf Macro Monday 4th May 2020 This week I’m going to get my excuses in early. The weather in West Sussex has been cool and wet over the past week. The insect life has was shoved...

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Macro Monday: real bees and wannabees

Macro Monday 25th May 2020 Happy Bank Holiday Monday to British readers. Recent weather has been hot, with strong winds coming in on Friday, blowing macro out of the equation. I’ve kept to my routine...

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Macro Monday: the blood bee’s cuckoo spree

Macro Monday 13th July 2020 The cooler weather continues, interspersed with rain and cloudier days. These are good macro conditions. I spent a couple of lunchtimes outside this week with my heavier...

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Macro Monday: the wasp that made Darwin doubt God

Macro Monday 10th August 2020 Welcome to the weekly wasp. A couple of years ago my friend recommended a book called The Snoring Bird by Bernd Heinrich. The book is a memoir about Heinrich’s...

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