bugs of the month: May 2010

by admin on May 20, 2010

There’s plenty of wildlife in my tiny garden. Here’s a small selection of things I noticed while watering the plants this month.

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these are regular early morning visitors

$and they won\'t stay still$

could be Copera marginipes

fly at breakfast

This spider stayed here while the flower lasted....

...and was usually able to enjoy an early morning breakfast

These flies are regular visitors when the bush is in flower

a fly with an exuvia of something

the same damselfly

rather small ladybird

this spider crawled through a paint box

fly licking the moisture of the leaves

early morning exercise

the rains are here- at last

Lycidae (net-winged beetle)

tiger beetle (Neocollyris?)

Lycidae warming up

something with long legs

standing room only

scary spider- fortunately only a millimeter or two long

another colourful spider

three-winged fly?

lizard on jack fruit tree

another one limbering up early morning

... and another

Oxyopes quadridentatus

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