Found in the garden

[Blaze]

He's so well camouflaged I had to look hard to find him ! They're beautiful creatures.

[Lori]

The bush he was hiding under is rampant. It seems to take over everything. I have no idea what it actually is, but it has to be seriously cut and controlled. The lizard was hiding under the part I pulled away that was taking over the rose bush. Who knows what else is hiding under that mass.

I've never seen one so green.

[Blaze]

I've never seen one so green

He's an Western green lizard - Lacerta bilineata. We used to see quite a few when we lived in 49 but I haven't seen one here. They're shyer than the common brown ones.

[Lori]

Oh thank you for that Blaze. When I first saw his head I thought he was a snake. We see lots of the brown ones. We also found an enormous crapaud under one of the garden tiles when we were pulling weeds.

[Polarengineer]

If you have a smartphone, there is an application called "seek" whereby you take a photo of the plant and it will identify it. I'm sure there are other apps that also do this, but this one suits me.

[Lori]

Thank you PolarE, I will look it up.

[Blaze]

Lots of these around at the moment - Dolycoris baccarum .... some sort of smelly bug :

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[Char]

You can see where the armourers got their ideas for shields can't you - they're very pretty just don't try to pick one up they ooozz smelly stuff.

[Blaze]

they're very pretty just don't try to pick one up they ooozz smelly stuff.

Fortunately we never get them inside. At our last place, in the forest, it was a nightmare. I found the best compromise was to let them walk onto a fly swat and then tip them outside

[Polarengineer]

Here's a new one. found on an old oak tree stump.
According to the seek app it is Fuligo Septica.
Or DOGS VOMIT SLIME MOLD

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