Garden insects on the weeds

very lovely to see all those differant ones :) nice snoopdog knows what they are too :)

from jane.

They loe the thistles...you have some lovely wildlife.Not so many butterflies, Hoverflies , Ladybirds etc in evidence down here in Essex this year!

Same down in Wales haven't seen any painted ladies or red admirals which are usually in abundance's only cabbage whites so weeds do have a purpose in life :-)

if it s the insect in the second from last photo its a dragonfly. they perch with wings in the 'crucifix' position. damsels put their wings along their back in line with their body.
The bright blue one on the previous photo is the damsel fly.

I love this blog. I too have a burdock that seems to have decided to take over! it's at the door to my greenhouse and like yours it won't be long until it will snag anyone who comes close. The root is medicinal....I also have herb robert going about his merry way, and more wildthings than I have cultured ones...but I'm stubborn and will not call them weeds. Have a pic of a damsel fly which I took last year...it has black wings and looks like it's bright green chrome plated! gorgeous thing. And also many, many types of dragonflies who feast upon the mosquitoes so they're very welcome, and butterflies who like the milkweed, etc. The geese and chooks must love the variety of insects that you have! I'd like to have chickens but the neighbours are complaining about losing their's to foxes and hawks...Nevertheless, still thinking it over. ;-)