Juniper shield bugs in the midst of their prolonged process of mating, on a garden wall. No cypress trees in sight where they were, but some in gardens on the next street.
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Passion flower, close-up
Close-up view of a passion flower, in perfect condition on the morning after a rainy night.
Thistle flower with white-tailed bumble bee scrambling round after pollen. In one of the pictures, a tiny mirid, Plagiognathus arbustorum, put in a brief appearance – see cropped image for a closer view.
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Teazles taking over, Compton Park pond
When the pond at Compton Park was created, back in 2013, there were two or three teazles in the wetland vegetation planted around the water. There’s now a mass of the plants, as the flowers and shrubs of all kinds get increasingly dense.
The other damselfly which took occasional pauses resting on bullrush leaves (see yesterday’s post). Pond at Compton Park, blue-tailed damselfly.
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Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis
Clouded funnel mushroom (previously called clouded agaric). Quite common, these, already nibbled, in undergrowth at Tettenhall.
