Doctor Melissa Palmer

Bumblebee on Verbena #nature #bumblebee #bee #wildlifephotography #insect

My first ever harvest of potatoes- modest yet exciting! I planted 4 potatoes that had grown shoots in my veg cupboard into a bag of left over compost! #gardening #garden #growingveg #growyourown

Fungus being eaten by tiny slugs #nature #wildlifephotography #fungi #fungus #autumn #fall

Jersey Tiger moth drinking nectar #nature #moth #insect #flower #nectar #wildlifephotography

Picking these for the house brought me joy this morning - beautiful Sweet peas still flowering in Mid-September #beautiful #garden #flowers #nature #outsidein

Great photo - thank you for sharing this

Autumnal sunrise in Devon #devon #sunrise #autumn #nature #sky

Wasp enjoys a Devon cider #nature #insects #cider #devon #wasp #summer

Buff Tailed Bumblebee foraging on white budleja #bee #bumblebee #insects #wildlife #flowers

7- spot ladybird (?) Coccinella 7- punctata - in Devon, England #insects #ladybird #ladybug #wildlife

Devon Beaver munching Balsam #nature #wildlifephotography #beaver #mammals #rewilding

Hoverfly feeding on lemon balm #insects #hoverfly #herbs #nature #wildlifephotography

Alberta's Andre Mueller said his heart skipped a beat when he discovered the dragonfly fossil | CBC News Growing up in Medicine Hat, Alberta, about 125 kilometres southeast of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Andre Mueller was fascinated by the ancient creatures. More recently, the McGill student helped find a ...

"a fossilized #dragonfly wing ... has been identified as a new species and the first such fossil from Canada's dinosaur-aged rocks."

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#CBC #news #Alberta #Cretaceous #insect #insects

This report is really worth your time reading and if it works on farms it can work equally as well in local parks and gardens.
#Environment #Ecology #Butterflies #Insects 🦋🐞🐝

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About to give my first talk in 20 years and thinking “the only way out is through” when this pops up in my feed… #SciComm

Teasels are such awesome plants #teasel #plants #nature #pollinatorplants

Comma Butterfly - so beautiful #butterfly #insect #wildlifephotography #nature

Leaf-cutter bee UK carrying leaf #nature #insects #bee #solitarybees #wildlifephotography

Large White Butterfly Caterpillars #nature #caterpillar #insects #wildlifephotography

Brimstone Butterfly on my last Big Butterfly Count of the year on the Butterfly Trail at Haldon Forest - on my two hour walk I saw 11 species of butterfly in my 15 minute count 5 species 4 of which were on the count! #butterfly #butterflyconservation #bigbutterflycount #insects

Such a great video - I had the same species visit me on my tea break yesterday- they are epic Thank you for posting

Absolutely fantastic 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

A sparkling dual spider’s web between two posts

Beautiful sparkling spider’s web #web #webs #spider #spiderweb #nature #wildlifephotography

Ants eating a sweet #nature #ants #wildlifephotography #insect #wildlife #sweet

Now the hazelnuts are ready to eat - this is a regular visitor to the garden #greysquirrel #mammal #ukwildlife #wildlifegarden

Such grace … we have hummingbird moths that literally make me jump for joy

This is a beautiful photo - thank you for posting xxx

Three new truffle species discovered in North American forests With help from truffle-sniffing dogs and DNA tools, scientists reclassified Oregon’s famous truffle and discovered three new species.

Three new truffle species discovered in North American forests #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Harlequin Ladybird larvae Harmonia sp ? #ladybird #ladybug #nature #insects #wildlife #beetle