What's buzzing or flying near you 2022 ?

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  1. strongylodon

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    Looks like a Chafer.
     
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    • pete

      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Maybe I should have killed it.:biggrin:
       
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      I am so worried about the complete and utter LACK of bees and butterflies in our garden. We have Buddleija out in full, bloom., a border full of eye-catching salvias and a communal lawn in dire need of mowing ( gardener absent right now) which is full of white clover...
      BUT NO BEES OR BUTTERFLIES.
      Is there a serious problem that we are not being told about ?
      Am I getting paranoic ?
      Please, is anyone else noticing something amiss?
      Or is it just me...
      I would be so grateful for information, advice or anything that will enlighten me,
      thank you,
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        I don't know about down south @Jenny namaste but after a dismal spring, summer is still to appear here. I think the lack of heat and good sunshine has held both plants and insects back. I haven't seen a butterfly yet and the bees are tiny this year. :frown:
         
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          I've just seen a hummingbird hawk moth, couldn't get a pic. It was interested in the verbena bonerences but didn't stop long, the bees don't seem interested either.
           
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            Everything seems late to flower here and I think that's why I have hardly any butterflies in my garden ATM although the bees are doing well, when the buddleias, eupatoriums and eryngiums are all in flower then I will see if there is really any cause for concern or not, as that's when I typically get an inundation of them. Oddly enough Spring was quite good for them this year, there were Holly Blues flying all over the place and I got more Orange Tips on my erysimum than ever before! :dunno:

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              Here the bees were interested in the lupins and the wallflowers, but not much in the way of butterflies here.
               
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                Spruce Glad to be back .....

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                Hi Jen x

                its the weather dry wet hot cold all in one week ... it was a bad year for butterflies last year so its a knock on this year as well ... keep doing what you doing and plant things for the insects to visit

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                  Today i saw a bee on my verbascum Snowy Spires so it must be alright.
                   
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                    Southern Hawker.
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                    White Legged Damselfly.
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                      A baby robin
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                        A first for the garden, a Hummingbird Hawk Moth.

                        Just a record shot with the phone for the time being, hopefully it will be back this weekend so camera at the ready.

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                          Outside my back door there's an old metal curtain rod leaning against the wall, waiting for me to dispose of it.
                          It is hollow and I recently noticed a bee taking bits of leaves into it and then flying out again.

                          Today as I was sweeping outside the door I accidentally knocked the old rod over and all the bits of leaves fell out. I didn't see the bee though.
                          I collected the leaf bits and put them back inside the rod.

                          Do you think the bee will know this has happened ? and will it abandon the rod ?
                           
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                          • pete

                            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                            Usually they place a grub or egg? inside between the leaves, where it develops and comes out next year as a bee.
                             
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                              That's good enough with the phone @Sheps :dbgrtmb:
                               
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