Mastodawn

More arbitrarily selected bugs from today:

Bombylius major, bee-fly
Vespula sp., wasp (queen)
Bombus terrestris, bumblebee (queen!)
Tiny wasp from the Ichneumonoidea?

#Derbyshire #insects #bees #bumbebees #wasps #macrophotography #macroMonday

Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed 12h ago

A small, arbitrary fraction of today's bugs (the term 'bugs' being used particularly loosely):

Andrena cineraria, mining bee
Nomada sp.?, nomad bee
Wolf spider from the Lycosidae
Palomena prasina, shieldbug

#Derbyshire #insects #spiders #bees #shieldbugs #macrophotography #macroMonday

Dining and Cooking 1d ago

UK’s best pasta restaurant named and it’s a hidden gem in unlikely market town

A low-key and cosy eatery in a market town has been crowned Best Pasta …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianculinary #culinary #culinarytraditions #Derbyshire #Foodanddrink #Italia #Italian #ItalianCulinary #Italianculinarytraditions #italiano #italy #Restaurants #Teddington #TheOscars #Tripadvisor
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2587398/uks-best-pasta-restaurant-named-and-its-a-hidden-gem-in-unlikely-market-town/

Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity news 1d ago

UK's best pasta restaurant hidden in market town just 30 minutes from Manchester

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/uks-best-pasta-restaurant-hidden-33706206

Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed 1d ago

Some hedge-oriented #bloomscrolling - #Derbyshire, April 2026...

#flowers #hedges #macrophotography

Wildbird 2d ago

I loved these very cute pigeon babies and mum in their lantern fortress. Kudos to Mum for building that nest, there!

#bird #Derbyshire #urbanExploration #abandoned

Coprolite9000 - Pixelfed 4d ago

Been busy - but with the spring sunshine this week? Bugs galore! And I finally managed to get some photos of bee-flies - Bombylius major.

Cute, round and fluffy? Of *course* they're parasites - lobbing eggs into the nests of solitary bees...

#Derbyshire #insects #macrophotography #flies #beeflies