Thursday, 8 July 2010

Common white wave


The woods seemed to be filled with this little moth a few mornings ago, it is called the Common white wave, and it certainly was common. I never knew just how pretty it was until I took this photograph though. Perhaps I'll pay more attention to the smaller moths now.

Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Click beetle larva


Added photographs of click beetle larva to Click beetle page. Unfortunately my garden is full of them.

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Pine weevil


Added the Pine weevil to the weevil page. This weevil has lovely yellow hair-like scales on its wing cases.

Monday, 5 July 2010

Bombus impatiens page


Created a new page for one of the most common north American bumblebees, Bombus impatiens. All of the photographs on this page have been sent in by visitors to the site. Including this lovely photograph of a worker licking up honeydew.

Friday, 2 July 2010

Bumblebee eyes

Info on bumblebee eyes and the wavelength they can see is on this page