Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly (m)
Monday, 18 July 2016
Bees, "Bugs" and Butterflies.Let's learn to celebrate and appreciate the little things of life
Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly (m)
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Broad-bodied Chaser Dragonfly (m)
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An excellent set of images, Allen - and what you say in your title is absolutely right. There is lots more than just the birds at Cromwell Bottom and there are enough photographers to create an archive of images of the whole eco-system that is CB - something to think about...
Brilliant photos Allan. So much detail which you can't see when just looking. Thank you for sharing them.
Thanks guys. We need the little things but when you look at the these things in detail they are amazing.
Perhaps we should think about an archive or at least a display of the different things to see around the year at Cromwell Bottom. (Perhaps for the Open Day.)
Quite right Allan - the little creatures are just as important, and given a little attention, just as interesting as the larger ones.
The top 3 or 4 are honey bees, usually living in beekeepers' artificial hives, but I've noticed two places in Calderdale (not at Cromwell Bottom) where swarms have gone feral and set up their own homes. One is in the masonry of a railway viaduct, and the other in a hollow tree, very high up.
My brother reckons the unknown insect is a "bee killer" (Philanthrus triangulum), which does what it says on the label. It nests solitarily in sandy soil, and stocks the burrows with honey bees.
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