Love of Nature, Natural History, Wildlife Glorious Insects and Flowers of the Dolomites 15 August 2023 Ian Alexander In Val Sugana At Calvello, Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Brown Argus at Redagno Dolomite landscape at Redagno Idas Blue at Anterivo Stone Grasshopper above Anterivo Alpine meadow and forest, with wood-stacks, above Anterivo. The flower-rich grass is cut annually for hay. Burnet Moth on Scabious above Anterivo Scotch Argus at Anterivo Fir forest, marsh with Birches, meadow, bog pool above Anterivo Great Green Bush-Cricket above Anterivo Silver-washed Fritillary on Devilsbit Scabious Alpine Green Grasshopper, Val di Fiemme Golden-ringed Dragonfly at Calvello Well-maintained Alpine meadow at Calvello, with hingeless gate, Hazel bushes, Birch and Fir trees Lingon or Cowberry at Calvello: far less common than Bilberry in the Dolomites Chalkhill Blue, male, above Carano, on legume Vetch and Thyme on limestone beside forest path (with fir-cone), Calvello Chalkhill Blue, male Pine Hawk-Moth caterpillar Large Skipper on alpine pink Large Pine Weevil at Calvello Abandoned flowery meadow colonised by Fir trees, Val di Fiemme Kestrel above Val di Fiemme
Nature Reserves, Wildlife Insects in Gunnersbury Triangle 28 May 2015 Ian Alexander Hoverfly, picked out by a sunbeam in the woods Yellow Iris with pollinating bumblebee Sawfly Macrophya (Tenthredinidae) on Hogweed Sawfly Macrophya on Hogweed Vetch tendrils and flower, using flash Cuckoo Bee Coelioxys (Megachilinae)