Adrian Jones' photos with the keyword: natural history

A Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) larva found in my garden feeding on Willow (Salix magnifica), Shrewsbury, Shropshire, August 2025. This is a stack of fifteen images taken outside in my garden where the caterpillar was found. Light is natural sunlight. Stack was made using DMAP in Zerene, other processing, resizing etc by The Gimp. The image is uncropped.

A freshly emerged Speckled Wood Butterfly on my wildlife lawn. I witnessed this species ovipositing on various grasses a couple of months before I found this freshly hatched specimen. It just goes to show how not mowing your lawn, even if it is small like mine can provide a habitat that allows butterflies to breed, even in a town.

A Dock Bug catching some sunshine in my garden. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, May 2024.

A specimen of Lucilia sericata commonly called a greenbottle fly at rest in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, May 2024. This is a single uncropped image.

A dung fly poses briefly on a plant in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, May 2024.

A mating pair of Cassida vibex, a Tortoise Beetle photographed on Knapweed in my garden. This is an in camera stack of fifteen images taken in natural light and uncropped.

A Click Beetle about to take off from a leaf in my 'lawn'. Taken May 2023, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

A Bee Fly (Bombylius major) resting on a large pile of dried grass in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire , March 2023.

A pollen covered solitary bee emerges from a dandelion flower in my garden.

A fine specimen of the large spider Tegeneria gigantea that I found in an old metal dustbin in the garden. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, February 2023