Oh .. how she loves those hardheads!
Red-tailed bumblebee feeding in the Black Knapweed flowers!
#bumblebees #botany #nature #insects #allotment
#GrowNative4Insects
Red-tailed bumblebee feeding in the Black Knapweed flowers!
#bumblebees #botany #nature #insects #allotment
#GrowNative4Insects
July 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh .. how she loves those hardheads!
Red-tailed bumblebee feeding in the Black Knapweed flowers!
#bumblebees #botany #nature #insects #allotment
#GrowNative4Insects
Red-tailed bumblebee feeding in the Black Knapweed flowers!
#bumblebees #botany #nature #insects #allotment
#GrowNative4Insects
The #fieldpoppy Papaver rhoeas arrived on these islands w migrant Neolithic or Bronze Age farmers 5500-2500 B.P. & is now part of our native flora.
Unfussy #Buff-tailedbumblebee prefers them to any other exotic poppy, doesn't even sniff the violet show-offs in next-door's plot.
#grownative4insects
Unfussy #Buff-tailedbumblebee prefers them to any other exotic poppy, doesn't even sniff the violet show-offs in next-door's plot.
#grownative4insects
June 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The #fieldpoppy Papaver rhoeas arrived on these islands w migrant Neolithic or Bronze Age farmers 5500-2500 B.P. & is now part of our native flora.
Unfussy #Buff-tailedbumblebee prefers them to any other exotic poppy, doesn't even sniff the violet show-offs in next-door's plot.
#grownative4insects
Unfussy #Buff-tailedbumblebee prefers them to any other exotic poppy, doesn't even sniff the violet show-offs in next-door's plot.
#grownative4insects
Please #grownativeplants in your gardens & any green space such as lotties or your front yards!
As a walker everywhere, I walk past so many front gardens that are devoid of natives, even here in Brighton & Hove & the bigger the house the more exotic & less native the garden 🙄
#Grownative4insects
As a walker everywhere, I walk past so many front gardens that are devoid of natives, even here in Brighton & Hove & the bigger the house the more exotic & less native the garden 🙄
#Grownative4insects
Growing native plants in gardens and community green spaces boosts biodiversity. With many insect species struggling, choosing native plants can really help bumblebees, butterflies and other insects.
Ten plants to grow (native to UK):
bit.ly/3MAjQiN
#nature
Ten plants to grow (native to UK):
bit.ly/3MAjQiN
#nature
May 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Please #grownativeplants in your gardens & any green space such as lotties or your front yards!
As a walker everywhere, I walk past so many front gardens that are devoid of natives, even here in Brighton & Hove & the bigger the house the more exotic & less native the garden 🙄
#Grownative4insects
As a walker everywhere, I walk past so many front gardens that are devoid of natives, even here in Brighton & Hove & the bigger the house the more exotic & less native the garden 🙄
#Grownative4insects
Watch the insects on your walks down a path or along a river for a while!
I mean a really focussed observation of their to-ing and fro-ing from flower to flower!
How long do they stay on each & which flowers do they choose to stay in most often.
Then #GrowNative4insects!
I mean a really focussed observation of their to-ing and fro-ing from flower to flower!
How long do they stay on each & which flowers do they choose to stay in most often.
Then #GrowNative4insects!
Beyond blue pale on my #allotment there's a small yellow jungle where a lady #CommonBlue is feeding & then prospecting deep into the green foliage.
She curls her little furry abdomen & lays a tiny egg on a tiny leaf.
She does this many times.
I cry.
10 yrs ago I sowed that larval foodplant .🧵
She curls her little furry abdomen & lays a tiny egg on a tiny leaf.
She does this many times.
I cry.
10 yrs ago I sowed that larval foodplant .🧵
July 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Watch the insects on your walks down a path or along a river for a while!
I mean a really focussed observation of their to-ing and fro-ing from flower to flower!
How long do they stay on each & which flowers do they choose to stay in most often.
Then #GrowNative4insects!
I mean a really focussed observation of their to-ing and fro-ing from flower to flower!
How long do they stay on each & which flowers do they choose to stay in most often.
Then #GrowNative4insects!
5th Plant: Wild Marjoram; growing well; another super plant 4 many butterflies especially.
6th Plant: The Crab Apple tree; no garden should be without this hugely valuable tree to wildlife; mine is now 13 years old & who knows how many species of wildlife it has sustained 😍
#GrowNative4Insects
4/5
6th Plant: The Crab Apple tree; no garden should be without this hugely valuable tree to wildlife; mine is now 13 years old & who knows how many species of wildlife it has sustained 😍
#GrowNative4Insects
4/5
April 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM
5th Plant: Wild Marjoram; growing well; another super plant 4 many butterflies especially.
6th Plant: The Crab Apple tree; no garden should be without this hugely valuable tree to wildlife; mine is now 13 years old & who knows how many species of wildlife it has sustained 😍
#GrowNative4Insects
4/5
6th Plant: The Crab Apple tree; no garden should be without this hugely valuable tree to wildlife; mine is now 13 years old & who knows how many species of wildlife it has sustained 😍
#GrowNative4Insects
4/5