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14 Sunday Aug 2022
Posted flowers, wildflowers
in14 Sunday Aug 2022
Posted flowers, wildflowers
in04 Thursday Aug 2022
Posted insects
inA year ago I wrote about the moth larvae I’d found living inside Teasel seed heads (Inside a Teasel seed head, July 2021). This year, during my recent walks, I’ve noticed small parasitic wasps on many of the flowering Teasels I’ve seen. I haven’t been able to identify these wasps but it occurs to me that they may been seeking that same species of larvae I saw last year, prodding and poking with those fierce-looking ovipositors until they found a soft body in which to lay their eggs.
15 Thursday Aug 2019
Posted flowers, nature, plants, wildflowers
inOne of my favourite plants, the Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) looks fabulous whether wreathed with its tiny lilac flowers, which insects of all kinds find delicious, or bare and dry and oh-so-sculptural during the winter months.
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