During a powerful wind storm earlier in the year one of my oldest sallow / selje trees on the edge of the wild part of the garden was […]
Biodiversity / Butterflies and moths / Insects
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Insect Biodiversity in The Edible Garden
When Covid limited my travelling, I decided to spend my time investigating what other creatures I was sharing my “habitat” (edible forest garden) with. I knew quite a […]
Butterflies and moths / Insects
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Poplar Hawk Moth / Ospesvermer
The last time I saw one of these in the garden was in 1998: poplar hawk moth / ospesvermer. Today, one turned up in my light trap, and […]
Biodiversity / Butterflies and moths / Insects / Spring
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Early spring moths and sallow
The end of March this year was mild with little frost. I was surprised to find the first flowering sallow / selje (Salix caprea) on 19th March and […]
Butterflies and moths / Insects
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Emerging sallow catkins and biodiversity on the rise in the garden
As the most important tree for insect diversity in the spring – goat willow / selje (Salix caprea) – emerges into flower, two more moths that feed on […]
Insects / Pollinators
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Cuckoo wasp in the garden!
I found the cuckoo wasp / rødgjøkveps in the garden today – Vespula austriaca. It parasitizes the red wasp / rødveps (Vespula rufa) by occupying its nest. V. […]
Beetles / Insects / Pollinators
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Bee beetle
One of my favourite insects is the bee beetle / humlebille (Trichius fasciatus). This morning I saw it on one of my favourite onions victory onion / seiersløk […]
Insects
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Winter Dancing Flies
On warm days in autumn and winter, there are thousands of dancing flies or winter gnats (vintermygg) particularly in the windows. Last week all the windows downstairs had […]
Insects
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Long hoverfly action in the garden
Who needs Netflix when all the entertainment you’d ever need is in the garden? Here is a direct comparison of male and female long hoverflies (Sphaerophoria scripta), stor […]
Bees / Edientomental / Edimentals / Insects / Onions
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Red-tailed bumblebee: new species for the garden
Yesterday, I registered red-tailed bee / steinhumle (Bombus lapidarius) for the first time at the community garden (Væres Venner), the first time in this part of Trondheim. This […]
Edientomental / Edimentals / Insects / Pollinators
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Bee beetle on the first Sanguisorba flower
It’s always nice to spot a bee beetle / humlebille (Trichius fasciatus) in the garden. I discovered this one on the first Sanguisorba flower of the year! Post […]
Butterflies and moths / Insects / Nettles
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Check your nettles!
Making nettle water (fertiliser) this afternoon and I checked if there were any butterfly / moth larvae under the leaves, but I missed one and this beauty floated […]
Butterflies and moths / Hoverfly / Insects / Pollinators
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Early Autumn Pollinators
With only a few inflorescences left on my Buddleja plants, the red admiral and painted lady (tistelsommerfugl) butterflies are transferring their attentions to other flowers in the garden, […]
Hoverfly / Insects
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Pellucid Fly
Pellucid Fly or Hvitbåndethumleblomsterflue (Volucella pellucens) is quite common in the garden and is a hoverfly! Post Views: 138
Bees / Birds / Dandelions / Edible flowers / Insects / Perennial vegetables
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Dandelions for bees, beetles and birds
Before my D.A. (Dandelion Awakening) I would religiously remove and cut down as many dandelions as I could, but nowadays my garden perennial beds are full of them. […]
Brassica / Insects / Perennial vegetables / pests
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Diamondbacks are back :(
There’s been a major arrival of diamondback moths (kålmøll) here since yesterday and there are hundreds of this major Brassica pest in the garden today! I am thankfully […]
Insects
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First Butterfly
My first butterfly of the year has emerged in the garden, a small tortoiseshell (neslesommerfugl), seen on one of the last winter aconites (vinterblom). I was surprised to […]
Insects
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Dancing winter gnats
A common sight on warm autumn / winter days are the swarms of what I’ve always called winter gnats…however, I know little more about who they are or […]
Butterflies and moths / Insects / Uncategorized
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Insects on Hemp Agrimony
Next best after Buddleja as a butterfly attractant in my garden and complementing it as it comes into flower just as Buddleja is finished: Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony […]
Insects
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Mourning Cloak on Fuki
Mourning cloak (Camberwell Beauty) on Fuki (Petasites japonicus) in the Toronto Botanical Garden, my best view ever of this butterfly, a rarity here! Post Views: 158
Garden tour / Insects / Perennials
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Weekend garden pictures 3rd – 4th September 2016
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Butterflies and moths / Insects
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Poplar hawk-moth
During summer 1998 I found this poplar hawk-moth / ospesvermer (Laothoe populi) on a ragged jack kale plant in my garden…this is the one and only time I’ve […]
Insects / Perennials / pests
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Diamond back moth invasion
One of the worst invasions of diamond back moth / kålmøll happened a couple of days ago….here is a video showing hundredds swarming over one of my Lily […]
Insects
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Round the world dragonfly in my wheelbarrow!
The common hawker /vanlig øyestikker (Aeshna juncea) is a common dragonfly found from Ireland to Japan and in northern North America. This one (a female) “appeared” in my […]