Bombus lapidaries - male on teasel head
female - Bombus lapidarius
Bombus terrestris
Bombus hypnorum
Bombus vestalis
female - Bombus pratorum
male - Bombus pratorum
Bombus lucorum
Bombus lucorum ; covered in pollen from Himalayan Balsam
Bombus pascuorum
Bombus pascuorum; an older faded worker
Bombus pascuorum - female worker in spring
A magnificent male on a woodland path
Cryptocephalus bipunctata - an uncommon species found in the Cotswolds
larva
pupa
Caterpillar
Caterpiller
Camouflaged - the head is top left
caterpillar
caterpillar on fuchsia - a food plant
nest of caterpillars in pine tree
on pyramid orchid
male
caterpillar on Blackthorn
caterpillar; ballooning or descending to the ground on silken thread
a fairly dull, faded example found in September
female
Poecilus versicolor
5th nymph instar stage - final stage pre-adult
with prey
female with prey
female with prey.
