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0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

Spotted growing alongside a country road

1 0 Mallow

Mallow

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

0 0 Red Poppy

Red Poppy

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

1 0 Bees

Bees

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

bees foraging on cultivated lavender plants

0 0 Onion

Onion

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

Cultivated in central Italy

1 3 Pot Marigold

Pot Marigold

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

Spotted in my mother's garden :-)

6 2 Sunflower

Sunflower

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

cultivated in fields

0 0 Grasshopper

Grasshopper

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

small and white, about 2 cm in length

0 1 Shield Bug

Shield Bug

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

about 1 cm in body length

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

Unknown thistle

0 0 Chamomile

Chamomile

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

common, daisy-like plant

1 2 Oak Hawk-moth

Oak Hawk-moth

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

large moth with brown and pink markings

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

about 1 cm in length

1 4 Spotting

Spotting

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

dozens of these little moths flying near the front door light at night

0 0 Grasshopper

Grasshopper

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

small, brown about 2 cm in length

2 0 Spider Web

Spider Web

by Bernadette SUMB, Italy

30 cm in diameter, wet with morning dew

1 4 Wall Brown

Wall Brown

by Bernadette SUmbria, Italy

spotted in an open grassy area

1 1 Meadow Brown

Meadow Brown

by Bernadette SUmbria, Italy

spotted on a cultivated lavender plant

2 2 Nine-spotted moth

Nine-spotted moth

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

beautiful metallic blue-green wings

2 0 Rosemary

Rosemary

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

"A woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and ...

0 3 Hairy Shieldbug

Hairy Shieldbug

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

beautiful lavender-color, about 1 cm in length

1 0 Scorpion

Scorpion

by Bernadette SUMB, Italy

small, dark scorpion, body and tail length about 4 cm

3 1 Golden Arum Lily

Golden Arum Lily

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

Ornamental plant. A summer flowering plant with a yellow spathe surrounding a ...

0 0 Queen of Spain Fritillary

Queen of Spain Fritillary

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

orange butterfly with black spots on upperside of wings, large white spots on ...

8 15 White-banded Digger Bee (Sleeping)

White-banded Digger Bee (Sleeping)

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

solitary male bee asleep; previous night to this spotting there were 3 sleeping ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

about 2 cm in length

3 4 Italian wall lizard

Italian wall lizard

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

long slender lizard with bright green markings on top; length, including tail, ...

2 5 Common Toad

Common Toad

by Bernadette SUMB, Italy

12 cm long, hopped across the front porch and hid between the bricks

2 5 Harvestmen Spider

Harvestmen Spider

by Bernadette SUMB, Italy

body about 1 cm, light brown with dark brown and white markings

4 1 European Mantis

European Mantis

by Bernadette SUMB, Italy

large pale-colored mantis, 10 cm in length, with blue spot on inner forelegs

1 1 Wall Brown

Wall Brown

by Bernadette SUmbria, Italy

"The Wall Brown, Lasiommata megera, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae ...

5 2 Scarce Swallowtail

Scarce Swallowtail

by Bernadette SUmbria, Italy

Despite the name ('scarce'), this swallowtail is quite common, aka Sail ...

0 3 Plant Bug

Plant Bug

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"Adults are about 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long. The species is a plant feeder. ...

0 2 Wild Chicory

Wild Chicory

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, ...

0 0 Nine-spotted moth

Nine-spotted moth

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"It reaches a wing span of 35–40 millimetres. Its wings are blueish black with ...

0 0 Common Blue

Common Blue

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"Both sexes have a row of red spots along the edge of the hindwings and ...

0 2 Great Banded Grayling

Great Banded Grayling

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"Brintesia circe reaches on average 65–80 millimetres of wingspan. Wings are ...

0 0 Vineyard Snails

Vineyard Snails

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

Major snail infestation on the property, hundreds of snail aestivating (in a ...

2 1 Western Conifer Seed Bug

Western Conifer Seed Bug

by Bernadette SUMB, Italy

about 2 cm in length

0 1 Small wood-scorpion

Small wood-scorpion

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"This species is the largest of the Euscorpius, with adult length up to 50 mm. ...

0 0 Garden Snail

Garden Snail

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"The adult bears a hard, thin calcareous shell 25–40 mm in diameter and 25–35 ...

5 8 Common Wall Lizard

Common Wall Lizard

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"The common wall lizard is a small, thin lizard whose small scales are highly ...

1 0 Halloween Ladybeetles

Halloween Ladybeetles

by Bernadette SUMB, Italy

Just a few of the hundreds of ladybugs that infested my parents' house. ...

1 0 Large White

Large White

by Bernadette SUmbria, Italy

"The wings are white, with black tips on the forewings of both males and ...

0 1 Trailing Iceplant

Trailing Iceplant

by Bernadette SUmbertide, Umbria, Italy

a dwarf perennial plant, native to South Africa. It forms a dense lawn with ...

2 0 House Centipede

House Centipede

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"S. coleoptrata is 25 mm (1 in) to 100 mm (4 in) in length and has up to 15 ...

0 4 Common Wall Lizard

Common Wall Lizard

by Bernadette SUmbertide, UMB, Italy

"The common wall lizard is a small, thin lizard whose small scales are highly ...

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