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Asparagus beetles

By Richard Jones on 08/07/2009 14:10:32

.I’m guessing that many people just don't notice they're there. Since adults and larvae only appear on the feathery leaves, they are long gone and have not yet reappeared by the time the spears are harvested in spring. And even though some plants harbour


Feeding the birds

By Richard Jones on 12/11/2008 10:13:18

; there was something strange about the perspective because it made the bird look much bigger than their normally neat and petite form.Today I harvested the remaining fruit. I don't know what variety the tree is, but the apples are not very tasty except in crumble


An orgy of ants

By Richard Jones on 12/08/2009 10:27:22

the constant stream of large winged queens (and the slightly smaller males) take to the air for their mating flight. Up above, the swifts were having a bountiful harvest. I have only noticed the wingless queens this year, after they land and shed their wings


Leaf Miners

By Richard Jones on 26/07/2007 10:57:49

be compromised by the combined herbivore stress of millions of tiny grubs munching away at the leaves, but we managed a good harvest from the park last September.I also noticed the litter strewn around the park. Now, this isn't local yobs leaving their beer cans


Cockchafers

By Richard Jones on 05/06/2013 09:59:46

Last weekend was the 2013 Garden BioBlitz, an online Twitter-originated collaboration to observe, identify and record garden wildlife. There is a special #gbb13 hashtag on Twitter, and a series of iSpot pages specially to put experts on hand to help


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