October insects

Now most Crane Flies have gone, here are three October insects who stay locally - and their homes - all so different!

First - The Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae) have returned to their burrows in the sandy layer at Fisherman's Walk

Second - A Harlequin Ladybird shows up in the Pitstop, where they frequently spend winter before emerging again in spring.

Third - The large dark Grasshopper which jumped out of the trough as I watered it the other day!

Sorry Catherine, not sure why I missed these, nice photos, also the pitstop is looking very comfortable. :)

Thanks, Rolf!:)

Pitstop roof has sprung a leak, so need to get it fixed before winter sets in - as that's where all the garden furniture and bird food are stored then!

Oh dear, roof looks pretty good, is it on one of the joins?

Looks as if it is under the finials, or the wood strip that supports them.

Got someone coming to fix those, a leaking roof gutter* and some uneven slabs soon.

These are jobs Glen would normally do as I can't, but I need to make sure they are done properly!:(

(By the way, have never called those 'roof gutters' before moving here. They are called 'rhones' in Scotland. I understood gutters only to be at the edge of roads where water is channelled into drains!:) Another time we had to relearn e very day language - like 'fish suppers' being 'fish and chips' down here, and 'grocery messages' being called 'shopping'. The term 'shopping' usually refers to clothes and larger items up north, meaning a laborious traipse around shops!:))

Strange isn't it, we share the same relatively small island, but have some very significant differences in language. :)