BUGS IN MY GARDEN May 2014
Days are getting longer and bees are getting smaller in May’s roundup of what’s flying, crawling and hopping around my Cambridgeshire garden Click the dots below a gallery to change the image The plants and...
Author: Skully Bob
BUGS IN MY GARDEN April 2014
The first of what I hope will be monthly updates of what I’ve snapped buzzing, crawling or hopping around my garden in Cambridgeshire Click the dots below a gallery to change the image Well, the mild winter/spring this...
LEPIDOPTERA Butterflies & Moths
SUB CLASS Endopterygota COMMON FEATURES Wings covered with minute scales. EASE OF IDENTIFICATION FROM PHOTOS Easy to difficult. KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Although wing venation is used to separate families, wing patterns are usually enough...
HYMENOPTERA Bees, Wasps, Sawflies & Ants etc
SUB CLASS Endopterygota COMMON FEATURES Minute hooks on the hindwings, called hamuli, that can attach to, and disengage from, the forewings. EASE OF IDENTIFICATION FROM PHOTOS Relatively easy to impossible! KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Wing venation,...
DIPTERA True Flies
SUB CLASS Endopterygota COMMON FEATURES Two wings, the hind wings having evolved into balancing organs called halteres. EASE OF IDENTIFICATION FROM PHOTOS Moderate to impossible! KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES Wing venation is used to help...
1: Get good photos
Whether identifying bugs for work or pleasure the first step is to get great images When I set out with my battered old Canon 350D camera my main aim is always to take the...
2: Bug hunting basics
Armed with your camera (or sweep-net and pooter) it’s time to go out and find those insects I have two approaches to finding insects – or ‘bug bothering’ as my lovely lady calls it...
3: Bug ID for beginners
You’ve found your bug, taken your photos and now you want to know what it is. Here’s a few tips and tricks to make identification a little easier There can be very few people...
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