Julian Phillips | Biologist | Insect Photography

Buff-tailed bumblebee. (DE: Dunkle Erdhummel. Bombus terrestris). Please turn on your sound to hear this…

Seven-spot ladybird. (DE: Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer, Coccinella septempunctata) Great to spot a sheltering…

Common morpho butterfly. (DE: Blaue Morphofalter, Morpho peleides). The beautiful bright blue of the wings…

Common carder bumblebee visiting Indian balsam. (DE: Ackerhummel, Bombus pascuorum) I love the way this…

Common morpho butterfly. (DE: Blauer Morphofalter, Morpho peleides). One of my favorite butterflies and a…

Red-legged shieldbug or forest bug. (Rotbeinige Baumwanze, Pentatoma rufipes) Usually, I have to look out…

Green-veined white feeding on burdock. (DE: Rapsweißling, Pieris napi) I was lucky enough to see this beauty…

Grey dagger caterpillar. (DE: Pfeileule, Acronicta psi) I found this caterpillar on a leaf while I was on…

Common blue butterfly on golden rod. (DE: Hauhechel-Bläuling, Polyommatus icarus) I was lucky enough to see…

Buff-tailed bumblebee. (DE: Dunkle Erdhummel. Bombus terrestris). Please turn on your sound to hear this…

Twenty-two spot ladybird larva on burdock. (DE: Zweiundzwanzigpunkt-Marienkäfer or Pilz-Marienkäfer…

Twenty-two spot ladybird larva feeding. (DE: Zweiundzwanzigpunkt-Marienkäfer or Pilz-Marienkäfer, Psyllobora…

Tapered drone fly on ivy. (DE: Gemeine Keilfleckschwebfliege, Eristalis pertinax) This is a common hoverfly…

Common carder bumblebee visiting white scabious. (DE: Ackerhummel, Bombus pascuorum) I love the perspective…

Small copper on golden rod. (DE: Kleiner Feuerfalter, Lycaena phlaeas) I saw this small copper on the edge…

Small white butterfly. (DE: Kleine Kohlweißling, Pieris rapae) I was lucky enough to see this white…

Southern green shield bugs. (DE: Grüne Reiswanze, Nezara viridula) I was lucky enough to see these bugs on…

Common darter. (DE: Große Heidelibelle, Sympetrum striolatum) I love it when I can get close to a resting…

Firebugs enjoying company ln a rock. (DE: Feuerwanze, Pyrrhocoris apterus) It got very windy later and I…

Small dusty wave. (DE: Grauer Zwergspanner, Idaea seriata) I was lucky enough to see this dainty moth…

Bumblebee visiting Indian balsam. (I think Common carder bumblebee, DE: Ackerhummel, Bombus pascuorum) A…

Ruddy darter at rest. (DE: Blutrote Heidelibelle, Sympetrum sanguineum) I love to see the bright red color…

Asian hornet on Japanese knotweed. (DE: Asiatische Hornisse, Vespa velutina) One of our newer arrivals: an…

Birch catkin bug. (DE: Birkenwanze, Kleidocerys resedae) A new one for me! I saw this small, handsome bug…