Purple Passion

These Insects took advantage of my Pincushion flowers, Scabiosa columbaria. I'm sure I will find a few little ones here next spring!

A Tuesday Mix

Mystery Hoverfly


White Plume Moth, Autographa gamma


Rushes in the garden

Sciara hemebrioides

Red Clover, Trifolium pratense

And its pale cousin, the White Clover, Trifolium repense

Froghopper (sticking to the Nettles and leaving all my new plants alone)

very sweet, and unknown plant. (Probably from the birdfood!)

Macro Monday: Autumn Flower Fliers

Fatsia japonica is an Asian shrub which flowers in autumn. I do not have it for the Insects, and I never really considered it a shrub which the Insects would turn to for a last feed before they go into hibernation somewhere hidden away from sight and the cold.
As it was, there have been lots of Insects feeding on the flowers. The individual florets look like tiny poached eggs.

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I love the big eyes stuck onto the head. Looks more like a wart to me!
















This is my Fatsia japonica from my window:




The last thing I expected to photograph this month would have been a creature smothered in pollen! It is mid November after all, temperatures had dropped to minus two during the night.

Ladybird and Zebra Spider.

Zebra Spider, Salticus scenicus.

his fangs are bigger than those on the Zebra Spiders in my own garden, so I'm pretty sure this is a male. And very impressive he is for sure!

From a distant I had spotted just a lot of legs on the move, and on closer inspection I had found the resident Zebra Spider, Salticus scenicus.

And although he had his back to me, he had certainly sensed something in the air, as he lifted his head to try and figure out what or who.







What had alerted me to this bit of the garden at BantryRehabcare Respite, was the movement of this little 7-spot Ladybird, Coccinella 7-puncta
We had just arrived and, as the Sun was out, in the middle of October, I headded outside with my cuppa. What was apparent, was that there were more Insects than during the summer! I had complained about the lack of Insects, but this time there were lots of flies trying to find something to eat. The Ladybird was the only one sitting still for a picture though. So here's a few other pictures of the garden.








This Zebra Spider, Salticus scenicus,


A sparkling sheet hung loosely over the top of a Hebe.







The New Zealand Flax had gone a little brown.