IN OUR GARDENS 2026

[Mark Tooze]

We found this little critter climbing up our freezer shed doorframe the other night. We think we know what it is, but would welcome any suggestions please:-

 

[I Am Nico]

Is it a May beetle, they seem ti just drop. Some chestnut some green if it is

 

[Lemonella]

Is it a May beetle, they seem ti just drop. Some chestnut some green if it is

Yes it is a May bug. Apparently they spend their first few years underground as a larvae, a bit like the Cicada. Rare sight to see.

 

[I Am Nico]

We usually get a few they are reluctant to fly. Not seen any this year. Not many insets at all. Saw a big wasp. Not many bees other than hover flies it is worrying, quite a few butterflies though.

 

[Mark Tooze]

If you want to see wasps, go to Coles Lane Sutton Coldfield, house before the gully to Ebrook Rd - there is a HUGE wasps next hanging out of the tree with about 3 gazillion wasps flying around it. Big enough for me and the dogs to cross to the other side of the road yesterday!

 

[Astoness]

If you want to see wasps, go to Coles Lane Sutton Coldfield, house before the gully to Ebrook Rd - there is a HUGE wasps next hanging out of the tree with about 3 gazillion wasps flying around it. Big enough for me and the dogs to cross to the other side of the road yesterday!

had that been me mark i would have turned round and headed back up the lane


lyn

 

[I Am Nico]

had that been me mark i would have turned round and headed back up the lane


lyn

We saw giant wasps a couple of years ago on a public footpath in Berkswell. Feeding on flowers.They didn't bother us but they were hugsI would say 3 cos and fat.

 

[Lemonella]

We usually get a few they are reluctant to fly. Not seen any this year. Not many insets at all. Saw a big wasp. Not many bees other than hover flies it is worrying, quite a few butterflies though.

We have lots of small bees on our salvias. Hardly any butterflies but its early yet.

 

[lmr3103]

Lemonella that is strange. I was going to comment that it’s a bit early for butterflies…
I’ve just been sitting in a sunny spot in our garden pondering the mysteries of life haha
The next minute a butterfly landed on my shoulder. It must have been there for about 3 minutes…

 

[pjmburns]

We've got quite a few tiny Holly Blue butterflies but not a lot else.

 

[I Am Nico]

We had a Cinnabar moth today and a blue demoiselle dragonfly yesterday but I was unable to take a photo they didn't hang about. Have taken some over the years.

 

[lmr3103]

We have some really nasty squirrels in our garden at the moment. I’m usually quite accommodating to them but yesterday one made a kind of growling noise at me when I moved a coconut half it was devouring!

 

[Donbogen]

Madams front garden
Wild but colorful
No Butterflies
This year

 

[Smudger]

I`ve been having an unwelcome visitor for several days now.... a rat. It`s not afraid to show itself during the day, i watched it climb up a dwarf cherry tree & leap across onto the bird table for a good munch. I`ve since moved the cherry tree but it`s still hunting around under the bird feeders. I`ve hidden 20 poison bait blocks around the garden (safely) so hopefully that will get rid of it. I know there is a reason for everything but rats really?