Wasps feeding and a butterfly

[alfbranch]

Wasps feeding on gooseberry flowers


Wasp feeding 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Wasp feeding 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Wasp feeding 3 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

Wasp feeding 4 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

My first Orange tip for the year

Orange tip by Alf Branch, on Flickr

And an Ichneumon wasp

Ichneumon wasp by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[davholla]

Good finds, I see bumblebees (no luck photographing them yet) on my gooseberry bushes but wasps less so. Do you have problems with sawfly? I have to be really careful or they will destroy my gooseberry bushes.

 

[alfbranch]

Good finds, I see bumblebees (no luck photographing them yet) on my gooseberry bushes but wasps less so. Do you have problems with sawfly? I have to be really careful or they will destroy my gooseberry bushes.

Thanks David
I have seen a lot of wasps I suspect a nearby colony hardly any bumblebees and no honey bees. We have terrible problems with sawflys on the gooseberry bush but noyt yet.

 

[davholla]

Thanks David
I have seen a lot of wasps I suspect a nearby colony hardly any bumblebees and no honey bees. We have terrible problems with sawflys on the gooseberry bush but noyt yet.

I have already found 10 caterpillars this year, sadly I never get much fruit, hopefully this year with feeding it will be better.

 

[alfbranch]

I have already found 10 caterpillars this year, sadly I never get much fruit, hopefully this year with feeding it will be better.

I have'nt seen either of these yet

Sawfly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

A-big-meal by Alf Branch, on Flickr