Five big hovers

 Five big hovers

Meet Chrysotoxum cautum, one of the five large hoverflies that feature in one of this week's daily nature posts on earthstar.blog. Click the link to find out more about the Five big hovers.

Cool cats

 

Cool cats

Read more about this stunning caterpillar, and those of other species, in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Cool cats, 2

Cacopsylla ambigua

 

Cacopsylla ambigua

Read more about this member of the jumping plant lice family in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Cacopsylla ambigua

Scribbled wingwaver

 

Scribbled wingwaver

Read more about this stunning little fly with the most wonderful name in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Scribbled wingwaver

Bagworms

 

Bagworms

Read more about Luffia lapidella, also known as a bagworm, in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Bagworms

The Mocha

 

The Mocha

Read more about this gorgeous moth, The Mocha, in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Anyone for a mocha?

A Wasp beetle

 

A Wasp beetle

Read more about this wasp-mimicking beetle in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: A Wasp beetle

Fine streaked bugkins

 

Fine streaked bugkins

Read more about this Miris striatus nymph in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Fine streaked bugkins

Leafminers: Elachista cinereopunctella

 

Leafminers: Elachista cinereopunctella

Read more about these leaf-mining moth larvae in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Leafminers: Elachista cinereopunctella

Mining bees

 

Mining bees

Read more about the Andrenidae mining bees in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Mining bees

Peacocks aplenty

 

Peacocks aplenty

Feast in the beauty of Peacock butterflies in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Peacocks aplenty

Starlings and bee-flies

 

Starlings and bee-flies

Read more about Starlings and bee-flies in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Starlings and bee-flies

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring!

Read more about the profusion of butterflies I spotted during a walk to celebrate the vernal equinox in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Happy Spring!

Mating Toads

 

Mating Toads

Read more about mating Toads in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Toads having a moment

Zebra spider

 

Zebra spider

Read more about this cute little spider in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Zebra spider

Water vole

 

Water vole

Read more about this Water vole in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: First Water vole of the year

Rook pair-bonding behaviour

 

Rook pair-bonding behaviour

Read more about Rook behaviour, and see a bonus video, in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Rook pair-bonding behaviour

Velvet shanks

 

Velvet shanks

Read more about this fungus and the tree it's growing on in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Velvet shanks and a Wych elm

First hoverflies

 

First hoverflies

Read more about my first two hoverflies of 2025 in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: First hoverflies

Fluted bird's nest fungi

 

 Fluted bird's nest fungi

Read more about these unusual fungi in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Fluted bird's nest fungi

Marsh tit

 

Marsh tit

Read more about this rare bird in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Marsh tit Monday

Cold weather snaps

 

 Patterns in ice

Read more about local weather phenomena in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Cold weather snaps

Black-throated diver

 

 

Black-throated diver (or loon)

Read more about this stunning bird in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog : Black-throated divers

Vapourer

 

Vapourer moth cocoon and eggs

Read more about it in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog : Vapourer cocoon and eggs