New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/05/18/county-championship-latest/
A look at some of the action from the round of matches now approaching a conclusion, especially Yorkshire v Surrey and Somerset v Sussex, and a large photo gallery.
#cricket #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #YorkshirevSurrey #YORvSUR #SomersetvSussex #SOMvSUS #photography #birds #insects #bees #butterflies #shieldbugs

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/05/08/a-hard-fought-opening-day/
A look at the opening day at Trent Bridge where Nottinghamshire and Surrey have been in action and an #image gallery.
#cricket #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #NottinghamshirevSurrey #photography #scanning #auctions #stamps #GWRPerfin #birds #swans #insects #bees #butterflies #shieldbugs

Miscellaneous bugs from the past few weeks for #insectSaturday / #insektenSamstag

Nomada goodeniana - Gooden's Nomad Bee
Unidentified hoverfly
Anthocharis cardamines - Orange-tip butterfly
Palomena prasina - Common Green Shieldbugs

#Derbyshire #insects #bees #hoverflies #butterflies #shieldbugs

Hairy Shieldbug ##Shieldbugs #bugs #insects #nature #naturephotography #macrophotography #Perthshire #Scotland

From today: an interestingly coloured #shieldbug.
#photography #nature #insects #shieldbugs

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

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/03/04/south-africa-finnished-as-allen-power-proves-key-for-new-zealand/
A look back at today's extraordinary semi-final in the T20 World Cup and a photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #T20I #T20WorldCup #NewZealandvSouthAfrica #NZvSA #photography #birds #cormorants #insects #ladybirds #flies #shieldbugs #moth

Parent Bug, Elasmucha grisea, noticed while walking the dogs.
#Nature ##Bugs #Insects #Shieldbugs