Marcopis europaea bee - Bishopstone - 8.8.2015

Bees, beetles and other insects


Folder: The natural world
Butterflies & moths have their own album

Damselflies mating - East Blatchington Pond - 26.…

Southern Hawker dragonfly - East Blatchington Pond…

Volucella zonaria hoverfly EB 16 9 2011

Flesh fly - East Blatchington Pond - 31.8.2011

Rose Chafers - East Blatchington Pond - 23.6.2011

Ruddy Darter Bishopstone Pond 15 8 2011

Ruddy Darter female - East Blatchington Pond - 30.…

Ruddy Darters - East Blatchington Pond - 15.8.2011

Blue-tailed Damselfly Male - East Blatchington Pon…

Bombus pascuorum Seaford - 1.6.2011

Variable Damselfly - East Blatchington Pond - 1.6.…

Bombus terrestris & Symmorphus crassicornis wasp S…

Migrant Hawker Dragonfly Cuckmere 1 10 2011

Migrant Hawker Dragonfly - Seaford - 24.7.2014

24 Jul 2014 1 154
This shot was achieved with built-in flash - the Hawker was hanging upside down, near the middle of a large apple tree. Has the current fashion for cider drinking caught on with Dragonflies, as both insects have chosen a cooking apple tree to rest on?

Bombus lapidarius on Broom flowers - East Blatchin…

Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly - female - East Blat…

19 Jun 2013 221
I seem to have uploaded this one twice, but put the other one into groups - so you may have seen this photo before. I have deleted the other one, as it had less 'views'.

Ruddy Darter - East Blatchington Pond - 18.8.2012

18 Aug 2012 209
Adapting to the modern environment, a bit like sun-bathing on a lilo, or a one-dragonfly protest against carrier bags and litter?

Ruddy Darters near Denton - 7.10.2013


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