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Decided to take my macro lens out for a spin in the garden and get some pics of the bees who've been frequenting the flowers. Turned out a bit trickier than expected as the buggers wouldn't stand still and the wind didn't help either. Bumble bee  Hoverfly of somekind?   Not sure what kind of bee this is   Honey bee?  
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Mak0rz posted:Leafcutter bee. Family Megachilidae. Recall our conversation earlier about carrying pollen on their hairy bellies Cardiovorax posted:If it's Europe, then yeah, pretty definitely. Bombus hortorum looks very similar and shares most of the same habitats and distribution, but you can tell that it's B. terrestris by the way it has only one yellow band on its abdomen instead of the characteristic twin bands that you see on B. hortorum. Yeah I am in Europe (UK), thanks.
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Jul 14, 2020 19:17
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More practise with my macro lens in the garden. Hover fly again.   Small black thing, think both pics are the same insect but not sure.   A different, slightly larger, small black thing! Not sure what it is but I love the iridescence on the wings.   Leafcutter I think.   (Focus is a bit off on the bee in this one but I love the colour of the flower in the background).
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Jul 17, 2020 11:28
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My garden seems to attract more bees than butterfly's but I managed to get a few decent pics of some butterfly and moths who paid a visit. Cabbage white   Comma butterfly  Mint moth  Small brown unidentified moth, was out at dusk and had a white underside  I also found this little caterpillar which I believe is a cabbage white (found it on my arm, so didn't see what plant it came off)  
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Jul 24, 2020 21:53
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Cardiovorax posted:Lavender buddy! I feel like if you want bees and butterfly's in your garden then you should get some lavender, not only do they love it but it also flowers for a long time and smells great! Only thing that annoys me is that the bumble bees are so big and buzzy they flop about every time they land on the lavender making it hard to get a pic!
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Jul 25, 2020 22:10
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I thought you were reposting some of my images for a moment, it looked so similar.
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Ebola Dog posted:I also found this little caterpillar which I believe is a cabbage white (found it on my arm, so didn't see what plant it came off) Figured out what this probably was. Found a more developed one munching on my rose bush and it is clearly some kind of sawfly larvae.  Also found this ladybird larvae  Along with a couple of ladybirds   Red Admiral   Think these two are the same, not sure what, maybe some kind of hoverfly?   Unidentified bee? 
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Jul 27, 2020 21:11
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More garden bugs Fairly confident this is a 14 spot ladybird  22 spot ladybird    Mint moth  
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Aug 3, 2020 21:12
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Anyone know what this caterpillar I found in the garden is? I'm in south UK. I tried google lens but all it helpfully told me is that it is some kind of caterpillar!
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Jul 5, 2021 10:55
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Some more critters from the back garden Some kind of hover fly? This is the only shot I got of it before it buggered off but the back was light and darker grey stripes.  More of a caterpillar, think this might be a more mature version of the one I posted recently. Pretty certain this one is a yellow-tail moth caterpillar.   
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Jul 9, 2021 12:57
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