Wild and Wonderful

I was on a dragonfly and damselfly quest last Sunday afternoon when my attention was diverted by this ladybird. It was so tiny that I needed...

    We seem to be entering 'damselfly season' at long last in my corner of Suffolk, UK. We spotted several Large Red Damselflies and...

  We visited the gardens at Helmingham Hall last weekend in the hope that we might be some early 'dragons' or 'damsels' aro...

I seem to have been chasing my tail a bit recently, so here are a few pretty pictures of Helmingham Hall and the insects in the grounds....

I posted a piece last week about moths. I mentioned the Hummingbird Hawk-moth (I shall follow the UK Moths site spelling), and how I ha...

Unidentified Damselfly: brown band at S9 These were both seen at Helmingham Hall in Suffolk some days ago. Possibly a female Azure D...

Chrysopa perla | Green Lacewing I couldn't resist photographing this little creature. It was enjoying the nectar from a lupin. For a ...

We enjoyed a summer stroll (during a brief break in the clouds) around Helmingham Hall gardens. During our visit, we kept an eye out for Lad...

I was delighted to find what I think must be a female Green Orb Arianella spider, having encountered the more rotund male for the first ti...

This Green Orb Spider ( Arianella ) was scuttling about on its bush. Its abdomen looked like a round psychedelic-green bead, but as you can...

My 2012 Damselfly-spotting season got off to a very slow start, but things are picking up a little. I think the picture above shows a male ...