Urban Butterfly Alliance
@peterpeatfree.bsky.social
🌱Gardening for 🦋 and 🐝 mainly pictures from my own garden, and the occasional road trip🐛 #WildSpaces #NaturGarten #OMSYSTEM #TG-7
Caterpillar of the Large White Butterfly, Pieris brassicae on Honesty leaves. I’ve been wondering what plants to add for them too! #Butterflies #WildSpaces #Gardening #NaturGarten
August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Caterpillar of the Large White Butterfly, Pieris brassicae on Honesty leaves. I’ve been wondering what plants to add for them too! #Butterflies #WildSpaces #Gardening #NaturGarten
Caught this lovely Common Blue Butterfly egg laying on Birds-foot trefoil in my front garden a little while ago! Polyommatus icarus #Butterflies #WildSpaces #Gardening #NaturGarten
August 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Caught this lovely Common Blue Butterfly egg laying on Birds-foot trefoil in my front garden a little while ago! Polyommatus icarus #Butterflies #WildSpaces #Gardening #NaturGarten
Highland Cattle grazing at Pegwell Country Park on Sunday
August 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Highland Cattle grazing at Pegwell Country Park on Sunday
Andrena pilipes, Black Mining Bee #SolitaryBees
August 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Andrena pilipes, Black Mining Bee #SolitaryBees
Black Mining Bee, Andrena pilipes (I think?) spotted at Pegwell bay yesterday #SolitaryBees
August 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Black Mining Bee, Andrena pilipes (I think?) spotted at Pegwell bay yesterday #SolitaryBees
Pantaloon Bee, Dasypoda hirtipes #SolitaryBees
August 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Pantaloon Bee, Dasypoda hirtipes #SolitaryBees
Always like to check Bristly Oxtongue, when i'm along the coast, just in case there's Pantaloon Bees about. Dasypoda hirtipes spotted at Pegwell nature reserve yesterday #SolitaryBees #WildFlowers
August 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Always like to check Bristly Oxtongue, when i'm along the coast, just in case there's Pantaloon Bees about. Dasypoda hirtipes spotted at Pegwell nature reserve yesterday #SolitaryBees #WildFlowers
These are the cut leaf sections from a rose in my garden recently
August 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
These are the cut leaf sections from a rose in my garden recently
Also a huge (tree?) Wasp on this umbellifer by the pond
July 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Also a huge (tree?) Wasp on this umbellifer by the pond
visit from a jersey Tiger Moth at work just now!
July 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
visit from a jersey Tiger Moth at work just now!
New garden visitor this year Yellow-clubbed Glasswing, Scaeva selenitica I think? Laying eggs on a Hazel plant
July 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New garden visitor this year Yellow-clubbed Glasswing, Scaeva selenitica I think? Laying eggs on a Hazel plant
Male common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus - quite a rare sight in my garden, but I’ve spotted a few this year. He was hanging by the Small Scabious and Birds-foot trefoil #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #WildSpaces #NaturGarten #Gardening
July 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Male common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus - quite a rare sight in my garden, but I’ve spotted a few this year. He was hanging by the Small Scabious and Birds-foot trefoil #Butterflies #Lepidoptera #WildSpaces #NaturGarten #Gardening
Ruderal Bumblebee,Bombus ruderatus absolutley loving the pots of Agapanthus in our sunny front Garden #NaturGarten #Gardening
July 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ruderal Bumblebee,Bombus ruderatus absolutley loving the pots of Agapanthus in our sunny front Garden #NaturGarten #Gardening
Blood Bee, Sphecodes sp. on Geranium 'Rozanne' - this plant is a real magnet for #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
July 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Blood Bee, Sphecodes sp. on Geranium 'Rozanne' - this plant is a real magnet for #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
Red-belted Clearwing Moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis (2/2) #MothSquad #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Red-belted Clearwing Moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis (2/2) #MothSquad #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
annual visit from a Red-belted Clearwing Moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis. I guess they live in my apple trees (1/2) #MothSquad #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
annual visit from a Red-belted Clearwing Moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis. I guess they live in my apple trees (1/2) #MothSquad #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
Variable Nomad Bee, Nomada zonata ? (2/2) #SolitaryBees
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Variable Nomad Bee, Nomada zonata ? (2/2) #SolitaryBees
Hi @ianbeavis.bsky.social I think this is Nomada zonata, Variable Nomad Bee visiting Hemp Agrimony in my garden last night? (1/2) #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #Gardening #WildSpaces
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hi @ianbeavis.bsky.social I think this is Nomada zonata, Variable Nomad Bee visiting Hemp Agrimony in my garden last night? (1/2) #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #Gardening #WildSpaces
Large headed Resin Bee, Heriades Truncorum visiting Aster × frikartii 'Mönch' (2/2) #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
July 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Large headed Resin Bee, Heriades Truncorum visiting Aster × frikartii 'Mönch' (2/2) #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
Pollen laden Heriades Truncorum visiting Ragwort last night (1/2) #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
July 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Pollen laden Heriades Truncorum visiting Ragwort last night (1/2) #SolitaryBees #NaturGarten #WildSpaces #Gardening
(excuse the Badly exposed photo) but I'm happy to see this Melanic Bumblebee visiting Agapanthus pots in the front garden last night, (we didnt see any last year!) Bombus ruderatus #WildSpaces #NaturGarten #Gardening
July 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
(excuse the Badly exposed photo) but I'm happy to see this Melanic Bumblebee visiting Agapanthus pots in the front garden last night, (we didnt see any last year!) Bombus ruderatus #WildSpaces #NaturGarten #Gardening
Everlasting sweet pea , Lathyrus latifolius 'Rosa Perle' #Gardening
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Everlasting sweet pea , Lathyrus latifolius 'Rosa Perle' #Gardening
Sphecodes sp. (2/2)
July 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Sphecodes sp. (2/2)
Think this is a Blood Bee, Sphecodes sp. in my garden last night? not sure what else it could be? will try and get some better photos later if it returns! (1/2) #SolitaryBees
July 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Think this is a Blood Bee, Sphecodes sp. in my garden last night? not sure what else it could be? will try and get some better photos later if it returns! (1/2) #SolitaryBees