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Wood ants

Blean Woods, hymenoptera, insect, KentBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 26, 20132 Comments

Last weekend I was on a Forest School Course with the excellent people at EarthcraftUK in Blean Woods. There are a number of wood ant nests in the area and in a lunch break I found a line of them heading up a tree, but it was midday and they were very active and very…

Grizzled skipper and Balkan wall lizard on Mount Aenos

butterflies, Greece, insect, Kefalonia, ReptileBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 13, 2013Leave a comment

In a break from the photos from Scotland, here are some from my holiday last year to Kefalonia. While driving up Mount Aenos we stopped to admire the view. I spotted this butterfly flying, I believe it is a dingy skipper. EDIT: it’s a grizzled skipper On a rock nearby this Balkan wall lizard was…

Southern white admiral

butterflies, Greece, insect, KefaloniaBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 22, 2013Leave a comment

One of the highlights of Kefalonia are the mediterreanen butterfly species. One of these is the southern white admiral butterfly

Green eyed hooktail dragonfly Onychogomphus forcipatus

Greece, insect, Kefalonia, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 19, 2013Leave a comment

One nice find while in Kefalonia was this hook tailed dragonfly, namely the Green eyed hooktail Onychogomphus forcipatus.

Wandering snail pond snails and mayfly nymphs

Ephemeroptera, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 6, 20131 Comment

Some from the processing backlog, much of which consists of pond creatures like these. Not my best pond pics, but worth processing. The Wandering pond snail is a common species in ponds. The pond olive mayfly nymph I have blogged about before before

Emperor dragonfly nymph meet your neighbours style

Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 6, 2013Leave a comment

A couple of shots of an striped emperor dragonfly nymph taken withe the white background meet your neighbours style.

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 15, 20133 Comments

A quick pond photo from last night, a broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph.

Lesser water boatman

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 9, 20131 Comment

Just a quick post and photo. I’ll have to blog about these cracking little bugs one day, but for now here is a a pic of a lesser water boatman.

Migrant Hawker in flight and slow worm

Essex, insect, odonata, Reptile, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 8, 2013Leave a comment

A few photos from last Autumn. Some migrant hawker dragonfly in flight shots. Can’t wait to have another crack at these. And a slow worm.

Pond creatures – ‘meet your neighbours’ style

amphibian, beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, newt, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 4, 20131 Comment

Had another go at the ‘Meet the Neighbours’ style photos i.e. with a white background. Got some I’m pretty happy with. Newt tadpoles Lesser water boatman. Colymbetes fucus Diving beetle.

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