Bugs, bees and beasties- Bio-diversity matters

[David Goss]

What 'phone are you using for the photos - your Galaxy? You're getting some very good pics from it

 

I've been on golf courses for the past couple of weeks and it's been a bit of a wildlife wasteland . I did manage a bit of voyeurism with some Gatekeeper porn though.

 

tee'd off nicely those two

[RobArb]

Anyone else think these hoverflies have a face like the robot from I, Robot...?

 

Or is it just me?

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

[Bundle 2]

That's a terrific photo Rob !

 

Im seeing alot of hoverflies this year atm...they are more black and white !

 

I thought some of you would like to see this extraordinary behaviour by honey bees. Ive never seen it with european honey bees...these were once domesticated I reckon.

This colony is totally exposed on the underside of a branch...complete with wax comb and presumably, a queen in there somewhere! Gonna collect them and put them in a nuc box to overwinter them. They wont survive like that otherwise ( imo )

Dead cool...the first thing they did was sting one of us ! lol

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

sweet find and shots tim

[RobArb]

Found my first ever hawk moth caterpillar today whilst helping me dad do some flagging in his garden, it nearly got crushed:blush: in a spade full of sand?

 

Now going to put on some willowherb over the farm at the back:thumbup:

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

sweet find robarb

[Matthew Arnold]

Saw this beastly Garden Cross back after strimming and raking a wildflower bank. We noticed lots of frogs, toads, 3 Grass Snakes and 2 Common Lizards as we raked the grass.

[Fungus]

This scarab beetle must be mistaken, holding Laccaria amethystina for a bit of dung she's trying to roll over and lay her eggs in .

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

nice shot Gerrit, is that what we call a dor beetle?

[sean freeman]

I thought some of you would like to see this extraordinary behaviour by honey bees. Ive never seen it with european honey bees...these were once domesticated I reckon.

This colony is totally exposed on the underside of a branch...complete with wax comb and presumably, a queen in there somewhere! Gonna collect them and put them in a nuc box to overwinter them. They wont survive like that otherwise ( imo )

Dead cool...the first thing they did was sting one of us ! lol

 

Here is a very simiilar exposed hive at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, apparently has been there for a number of years...I am amazed that birds have not picked them off, or that kids have not destroyed the combs.

 

According to the Arb Curator noone has been stung (yet)