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Picture-winged Fly, Stirling
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Stirling
Picture-winged Fly (Xyphosia miliaria), will feed on the nectar of flowering plants and will lay their eggs on thistle buds. This one was photographed on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) at the Back Walk under Stirling Castle Rock.
06 July 2017
Picture-winged Fly, Stirling
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Stirling
Picture-winged Fly (Xyphosia miliaria), will feed on the nectar of flowering plants and will lay their eggs on thistle buds. This one was photographed on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) at the Back Walk under Stirling Castle Rock.
06 July 2017
Picture-winged Fly, Stirling
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Stirling
Picture-winged Fly (Xyphosia miliaria), will feed on the nectar of flowering plants and will lay their eggs on thistle buds. This one was photographed on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) at the Back Walk under Stirling Castle Rock.
06 July 2017
Alpine Blue Sow Thistle near Grantown, Speyside
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Golden Dung Fly on an Alpine Blue Sow Thistle (Cicerbita alpina) near Grantown, Speyside, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Fly Orchid, Warburg nature reserve, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera), Warburg BBOWT nature reserve, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar. Its flowers mimic an insect, to attract pollinators, in fact certain wasps, to pollinate it. BBOWT is the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Warburg is one of their more varied and interesting reserves.
13 May 2023
A fly from the family Tachinidae on Yarrow, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
A fly from the family Tachinidae upon a pink variation of Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) at Grantown East. A Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) can also be seen in the background, taken by David Palmar
21 July 2023
A Common red soldier beetle on Yarrow, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
A Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) and a fly from the family Tachinidae upon a pink variation of Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) at Grantown East, taken by David Palmar
21 July 2023
Water beetle larva, Hamiltonhill Claypits
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Water beetle larva in the SuDS (Sustainable Drainage System) pond at Hamiltonhill Claypits, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
30 September 2023
Caddis fly larva , Hamiltonhill Claypits
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Giant Casemaker Caddisfly larva (Trichoptera - Phryganeidae) in the SuDS (Sustainable Drainage System) pond at Hamiltonhill Claypits, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
30 September 2023
Caddis fly at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary, Old Sauchie
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Howietown and Old Sauchie
Caddis fly (Trichoptera sp.) at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary Charitable Trust, Old Sauchie