Thursday 25 March 2010

Insects

The warmer spring weather over the past couple of weeks has bought out the hibernating insects. This coma butterfly, sunning itself by the Thames last week:
  
  
This ladybird was moving around in the garden
   
   
Although this buff tailed bumblebee had not fared to well, movingly slow and probably dieing along the ock valley walk
   
   
But it did seem grateful to be moved to a nearby flower:
  

1 comment:

  1. great photos again - I saw my first bumble bee of the year a week or so back but I've no idea what species!

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