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Sloe bug, Dolycoris baccarum.  Adult.  Orchid Bank, High Elms Country Park, 30 July 2011. Another true bug, also a shield bug. This slo...

Scarce Umber, Agriops aurantiaria. Male. Geometer.  Moth trap in Hayes, 18 November 2011. Soon after I saw the Feathered Thorn shown in ...

Feathered Thorn, Colotois pennaria.  Geometer.  By the moth trap in Hayes, 13 November 2011. I am still putting out my moth trap every f...

Cudham Valley, looking towards Cudham. 19 November 2011. This is the view from the lower edge of Blackbush Shaw towards Cudham, on the O...

On a cold, misty morning the Orpington Field Club visited Blackbush Shaw. "Shaw" means a strip of woodland, and this is one of...

Hawthorn shield bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale, in Saville Row, Hayes.  18 May 2011. Two more pics from earlier in the year. These are...

Pink-flowered bramble, Rubus fruticosus.  Jubilee Country Park, 1 July 2011. Now that summer is definitely over, I can see that I have q...