{"id":4399,"date":"2018-06-23T21:22:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2018-06-23T21:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:22:25","slug":"30-days-wild-2018-day-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/30-days-wild-2018-day-23\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Wild 2018 \u2013 Day 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today has been warm and sunny.&nbsp; I spent this afternoon in the garden looking for insects.&nbsp; As I was given an insect book for my birthday, I have spent this evening doing my best to identify them.&nbsp; Some were easier to identify than others! Its been really nice to discover what\u2019s in the garden.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I started to thumb through my guide to British insects I spotted one of them straight away &#8211; its one of the reasons I like a photographic guide as my brain will connect to a photograph easier than a drawing.&nbsp; I looked to the info page to find out what it was, much to my surprise it is a common froghopper!&nbsp; Now on Day 01 when I wrote about cuckoo-spit I said &#8216;However, we are not very likely to see an adult! They are 6mm long but disappear as soon as they are disturbed \u2013 they can jump 70cm in one bound!&#8217; now this one didn&#8217;t seem to be bounding anywhere, I think I was extremely lucky to find it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-30DaysWildJune2018_140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-30DaysWildJune2018_140.jpg 595w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-30DaysWildJune2018_140-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-30DaysWildJune2018_140-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the same plant I found harlequin ladybird larvae and on the roses next to that were pollen beetles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2-30DaysWildJune2018_120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2-30DaysWildJune2018_120.jpg 595w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2-30DaysWildJune2018_120-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2-30DaysWildJune2018_120-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I moved over to the lavender where I knew there were lots of&nbsp;Honeybee&#8217;s (Apis mllifera), a&nbsp;Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) fluttered around.&nbsp; Also on the lavender were a couple of&nbsp;Rosemary beetle&#8217;s (Chrysolina americana).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6-30DaysWildJune2018_128.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6-30DaysWildJune2018_128.jpg 595w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6-30DaysWildJune2018_128-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/6-30DaysWildJune2018_128-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the other side of the path is the mini pond, I found a&nbsp;Helophilus Pendulus which to start with wasn&#8217;t going to sit still but it finally settled on a leaf and I managed to get a photograph.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/7-30DaysWildJune2018_133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/7-30DaysWildJune2018_133.jpg 595w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/7-30DaysWildJune2018_133-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/7-30DaysWildJune2018_133-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the greenhouse I found a&nbsp;Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba).&nbsp; I didn&#8217;t get a very good photo as it was all over the place and generally hiding down the back of the plants.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8-30DaysWildJune2018_136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8-30DaysWildJune2018_136.jpg 595w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8-30DaysWildJune2018_136-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8-30DaysWildJune2018_136-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So with a little time in the garden&nbsp;this afternoon I have seen 8 different insects, 3 of which I have never seen before \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-d59b9558edd807d467731b4f9b817fe4-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/30-days-wild-2018-day-23\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show as slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a 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