James
@mrrhubarb.bsky.social
All photos I post are taken by me.
I like colourful skies and creatures that are sufficiently slow-moving for me to find in the viewfinder... so there will be many more pictures of invertebrates than birds-in-flight for example. :)
I like colourful skies and creatures that are sufficiently slow-moving for me to find in the viewfinder... so there will be many more pictures of invertebrates than birds-in-flight for example. :)
Another from a couple of years back: a mint moth on lemon balm (which grows like a weed in my garden).
January 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Another from a couple of years back: a mint moth on lemon balm (which grows like a weed in my garden).
Belated bug-of-the-day: a bush cricket in the raspberry patch taken early August 2021 :)
January 18, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Belated bug-of-the-day: a bush cricket in the raspberry patch taken early August 2021 :)
Ladybug pic taken in autumn a few years back. My sedum plant had flowered particularly well that year… it put on a very poor show last time, the result of being eaten by a very bold deer (it’s right under my living room window).
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Ladybug pic taken in autumn a few years back. My sedum plant had flowered particularly well that year… it put on a very poor show last time, the result of being eaten by a very bold deer (it’s right under my living room window).
Invert-of-the-day: aphids!
I hate them, so it was very satisfying to come across these dying horribly. 😆
Onein the jaws of a lacewing larva and others that have been parasitised by a tiny wasp, the larva of which has burrowed out to build a cocoon underneath the husk of their victim.
I hate them, so it was very satisfying to come across these dying horribly. 😆
Onein the jaws of a lacewing larva and others that have been parasitised by a tiny wasp, the larva of which has burrowed out to build a cocoon underneath the husk of their victim.
January 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Invert-of-the-day: aphids!
I hate them, so it was very satisfying to come across these dying horribly. 😆
Onein the jaws of a lacewing larva and others that have been parasitised by a tiny wasp, the larva of which has burrowed out to build a cocoon underneath the husk of their victim.
I hate them, so it was very satisfying to come across these dying horribly. 😆
Onein the jaws of a lacewing larva and others that have been parasitised by a tiny wasp, the larva of which has burrowed out to build a cocoon underneath the husk of their victim.
Plume moth on rosemary, taken a few years ago.
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Plume moth on rosemary, taken a few years ago.
Carpet beetle doing a handstand to feed on a feverfew flower.
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Carpet beetle doing a handstand to feed on a feverfew flower.
@ineslauradawson.bsky.social
A while back I managed to peel a scale insect off the infested euonymous under my kitchen window in the hope that my macro lens might show something that looked insect-like in its design. However, even the underside looks more slug than insect. :(
A while back I managed to peel a scale insect off the infested euonymous under my kitchen window in the hope that my macro lens might show something that looked insect-like in its design. However, even the underside looks more slug than insect. :(
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
@ineslauradawson.bsky.social
A while back I managed to peel a scale insect off the infested euonymous under my kitchen window in the hope that my macro lens might show something that looked insect-like in its design. However, even the underside looks more slug than insect. :(
A while back I managed to peel a scale insect off the infested euonymous under my kitchen window in the hope that my macro lens might show something that looked insect-like in its design. However, even the underside looks more slug than insect. :(
Stunning damselfly I rescued from long grass it’d become entangled in.
It showed its gratitude gifting some poop, but at least it stayed long enough for a photo. Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
It showed its gratitude gifting some poop, but at least it stayed long enough for a photo. Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Stunning damselfly I rescued from long grass it’d become entangled in.
It showed its gratitude gifting some poop, but at least it stayed long enough for a photo. Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
It showed its gratitude gifting some poop, but at least it stayed long enough for a photo. Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
@ineslauradawson.bsky.social
Woodlouse droppings on a log from my woodpile. About a millimetre wide as I recall and at the limit of the macro setup I had at the time, but sufficient to show the shape that the creatures extrude. 🙂
Woodlouse droppings on a log from my woodpile. About a millimetre wide as I recall and at the limit of the macro setup I had at the time, but sufficient to show the shape that the creatures extrude. 🙂
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
@ineslauradawson.bsky.social
Woodlouse droppings on a log from my woodpile. About a millimetre wide as I recall and at the limit of the macro setup I had at the time, but sufficient to show the shape that the creatures extrude. 🙂
Woodlouse droppings on a log from my woodpile. About a millimetre wide as I recall and at the limit of the macro setup I had at the time, but sufficient to show the shape that the creatures extrude. 🙂
This evening's sunset
December 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This evening's sunset
Thursday's sunrise as seen from my bedroom window.
December 1, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Thursday's sunrise as seen from my bedroom window.
Some beech trees near me last Sunday, it was good to see some blue sky for a change.
November 19, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Some beech trees near me last Sunday, it was good to see some blue sky for a change.
Southern England hasn't had much frost yet, so autumn colours have been muted. This staghorn (sumac) managed to give a good show though.
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Southern England hasn't had much frost yet, so autumn colours have been muted. This staghorn (sumac) managed to give a good show though.