I am posting this again for 3 reasons:
1. I have discovered this emoji ❣️
2. I now know that the moss is springy turf-moss (thanks @leifbersweden )
And
3. Happy Valentine's Day! Mush love from these scarlet waxcaps
Meeting some moths I've previously painted! We had over 60 moths today, including some faces completely new to me. The Elephant Hawk moth looked as unbelievable as I'd always imagined, especially the flashes of pink and black on the underwings! The ~impressiveness of these moths is hard to capture via photo and video, they really are spectacular to see 🤩 I'll make a story highlight, too...
It feels like the season has really started now, though I've heard it's been a difficult year for both plants and insects all over the country, now we are seeing results. Couldn't be happier with things we've had in our trap so far, but hopefully numbers get back up! Scroll for another moth-on-a-mushroom combo 😂 @foxontheplot#mothsmatter#elephanthawkmoth#privethawkmoth#burnishedbrass#July#allotmentlife#moths#ukmoths
Bugs 'n' shroomz special! #fungifriday meets #insectweek
...Don'tcha just love a happy crossover? 🥲🥰
I think there might be some iconic band names here with these combos? Enjoy!
Band names(?):
Lesser Stag Shrooms
Scarlet Heart Ladybug
Hawk and the Haresfoot
Roving Boletus
Ladybird Blewits
Ant with the Fairies
Cream Spot Club
Weevil in the Bird's Nest
Stinkhorn Blue Bottles
Sting-horn 🤘
#fantasticfungi#ukfungi#lincolnuk
It's #insectweek and I promise I tried REALLY hard to narrow down some faves, but there were over 900 images this year so far 😂 so here's a montage medley!
...This gal has done the biggest 180° because I used to be scared of (honestly most of) these creatures, especially if they were ON me. That's the progress we like to see. HUG A BUG TODAY... They're beautiful, they're fascinating and they're important, so let's all try to show them some more love! (Did you know there are three times more species of insects on the planet than the sum of all other animal species combined?)
I'm loving seeing everyone's posts.. not included here are at least 800 more images including spiders, weevils, caterpillars, bees and oh so many more cute, floofy, creepy and chonky marvels! Plus those GIANT insects I met last week 🥲 #tinyworlds#nature#insects
Freaky frilly Friday with some rosecomb mutation action! I found a ring of what I believe are Spring Fieldcaps (Agrocybe praecox), growing around a tree, when I happened to notice a trio of strangely capped ones. I'm not sure what causes these mutations, but the textures are amazing, especially when the gills grow from the wrong direction! #freakyfungi#fantasticfungi#ukfungi#springfieldcap#rosecombmutation
It's a #weewednesday and a #waspwednesday with the teeniest little jewelled beauty I ever did see! One of the ruby-tailed wasp species having a little nap(?) on one of our apple trees. I've read that these are also known as 'Cuckoo wasps' as the females lay their eggs in the nests of other solitary bees and wasps... they can also curl up into a ball as a defence! Maybe this one was just being camera-shy, but I made sure to tuck the leaf away again... What a little gem! #tinyworlds#insects#rubytailedwasp#allotmentlife
The sunny intervals lead to some very welcome encounters yesterday 😁 a nice bit of variety for #fungifriday and some excellent bonus content!
Any corrections on 🆔️ welcomed as many of these seemed surprising:
1- 3. Neottiella rutilans (I think, but growing in the right environment). Both the colour and texture are delightful!
4 & 5. Velvet Bolete (Suillus variegatus) ...shocked to find, especially in June -my first Bolete of the year!
6. Tawny Grisette (Amanita fulva), another surprising June discovery
7. Green Brittlegill (Russula aeruginea)
8. Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata). Oh I have missed the dragons so much...
9. Snake skin - thrilled to have found some that managed to survive the gusty weather! 😁
10. Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) -relieved to finally meet one of these elusive reptiles again so close to home
Had another wonderful time catching up with an excellent photographer friend who's been such a kind supporter of all of my pursuits (and nerdiness!) Shout-out @tony_cooper_photography 🙌
#fantasticfungi#ukfungi#reptiles#dragonfly#lizard#lincolnuk#June
Here's some more non-fungi content* because I'm really loving all the gorgeous sights around the meadow at the moment 😍 the 5th of June is also apparently #worldenvironmentday 💚 let's all hug a bug (especially the Caterpillar #6 )
1 & 2. Bee Orchids (Ophris apifera) ...I look forward to seeing these delights every year with their little faces of glee!
3. A female Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
4. A Burnet moth cocoon (Zygaenidae sp.)
5 & 6. Orange-tip caterpillars (Anthocharis cardamines)
7. Burnet moth caterpillar (Zygaenidae sp.)
8. Common Malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus)
9. Buttercup haven
10. A male Common Blue 😍 (Polyommatus icarus)
#May#June#butterflies#caterpillars#insects#wildlife#nature#sunshine#wildwednesday#tinyworlds *or is it? 🔗🌱
