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Marmalade Hoverflies on Fox-and-cubs
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East Dunbartonshire, Milngavie and Bearsden
Marmalade Hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus) drinking nectar from Fox-and-Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca). This is our most common hoverfly. They are on the wing throughout the year but can be seen in large numbers like this in the summer. Fox and Cubs, Orange Hawkbit or Orange Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca or the synonym Hieracium aurantiacum) is aggregated under Hawkweeds and / or Hawkbits in the genus Pilosella, or alternatively Hieracium agg. The botanical classification seems complicated at the very least! Picture taken by Sarah Longrigg in Milngavie.
02 March 2020
Fox and Cubs or Orange Hawkbit
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Falkirk - Bo'ness and Kinneil
Fox and Cubs or Orange Hawkbit (Pilosella aurantiaca). This plant has become naturalised in Britain since the 17th century and makes for a tenacious weed in many gardens. This photo was taken in Bo'mains Meadow SWT Reserve, Bo'ness.
30 June 2015
Male Orange Tip butterfly on Garlic Mustard, Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Male Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Baron's Haugh RSPB Reserve, taken by David Palmar
06 May 2023
Orange Tip butterfly, Ardeer
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
Female Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly underside, Ardeer, Ayrshire
04 May 2024
Male Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) emerging from a hole in a patch of soil left for bees to burrow into and form their nests in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. The male has an obvious tuft of orange or yellow hairs on his face, whereas the female has a smaller tuft of faded yellow hairs on her face.
03 May 2024
Male Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. The male has an obvious tuft of orange or yellow hairs on his face, whereas the female has a smaller tuft of faded yellow hairs on her face.
02 May 2024
Male Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden. The male has an obvious tuft of orange or yellow hairs on his face, whereas the female has a smaller tuft of faded yellow hairs on her face.
02 May 2024
Orange Ladybird, Cochno
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata), Cochno, taken by David Palmar
08 July 2023
Orange Tip eggs on Lady's Smock or Cuckoo Flower, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An amazing collection of four Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly eggs on the main caterpillar food plant Lady's Smock or Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2022
Red Fox asleep beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) curled up beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar. Red foxes do quite well in the city, where it is warmer than the countryside, and where food is in reasonable supply, either from bins, from children throwing away their excess food, or from more conventional sources, such as rodents.
