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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social · Apr 22, 2026
Finally! 🎉 I've been seeing male orange tip butterflies (Anthocharis cardamines) for weeks now, but they never stopped to be photographed. Even this one today, on the Königstuhl, was flitting from flower to flower, making it hard to get close with my iPhone. But still ... 🙂 In German, they have the beautiful name Aurorafalter. #Heidelberg 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026
Despite the continued cool weather & apparent lack of much going on, lunchtime in the garden proved decently productive. First, a small groundhopper nymph, likely genus Tetrix. Being more specific is tricky, but T. undulata, the common groundhopper (🇩🇪 Gemeine Dornschrecke) is my best guess. Alternatively T. tenuicornis or T. subulata. #Heidelberg 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026
Next, one of the bigger & buzzier flies in our garden – the common tachnid (Tachina fera; 🇩🇪 Schwarzfühler-Borstenfliege). Closely related to Nowickia ferox, which we also have, the latter being generally darker – hope to see one later. I didn't manage to get a great head-on shot, but it very proudly displayed its bristly arse to me 🤷‍♂️🙂 #Heidelberg 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026
Now turning to a couple of bees. First, this red mason bee (Osmia bicornis; 🇩🇪 Rote Mauerbiene) was hanging around the new bee hotel, & may have been responsible for filling & capping one or more of the wooden holes & bamboo tubes. Osmia bicornis are solitary bees & important spring pollinators. #Heidelberg 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026
Next a new bee species for me, albeit rather distinctive. This is an ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria; 🇩🇪 Aschgraue Sandbiene or Grauschwarze Düstersandbiene). Another solitary bee species, albeit one that digs holes in the ground for its nest, rather than using wood. #Heidelberg 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026
Finally & rather more ominously for the bees, an early sighting of an Asian or yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina; 🇩🇪 Asiatische Hornisse). Predators on bees, they've become so prevalent in Europe in recent years, the German govt has largely given up on trying to eradicate them. Reporting them is no longer mandatory in some states. #Heidelberg 🏰 #Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ #BugOfTheDay 🐞 #MacroPhotography 🔬 #InsectsOfMastodon 🪰 #BackGardenEntomology 🪲
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