It’s an obsession’: one man and his family on a mission to save Europe’s glutinous #snail

"The snails have been driven to extinction in England by the poor quality of the country’s freshwater bodies. Pollutants from agriculture and industry have ruined their habitats in ponds, ditches, lakes and streams. The lake in Gwynedd in which Hughes is partially submerged hosts the last remaining wild population of glutinous snails in Britain."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/29/ian-hughes-conservation-glutinous-snail

#InvertebrateConservation #WaterPollution #Snails

The Two-spotted Longhorn Bee (Melissodes bimaculatus) is another one of my frequent garden visitors. You can see a male in the middle of a Showy Evening Primrose Oenothera speciosa) and a female hovering close by Lemon Beebalm (Monarda citriodora.)

#nativebees #nativebees #wildflowers #nativegarden #entomology #bees #wildlifephotography #gardening #gardens #conservation #invertebrateconservation #invertebrates

It seems my garden is popular with American Bumble bees (Bombus pensylvanicus), I see them regularly, Someone told me bees generally favor purple and yellow blooms, and many of the native plants and vegetables growing in my garden are accommodating in that regard.

#vegetablegarden, #nativebees, #beans, #invertebrateconservation, #invertebrates, #entomology, #gardening, #wildlife, #wildlifephotography #bees