Fencepost of the Week #259
A fearsome predator lurks in the lichens! This striking creature is the larva of a hoverfly. It mostly eats aphids.
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Monday, 5 October 2026
Lair of the Hoverfly
A fearsome predator lurks in the lichens! This striking creature is the larva of a hoverfly. It mostly eats aphids.
Friday, 26 June 2026
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Little Shaggy Moss
Fencepost of the Week #257
Little shaggy moss - Rhytidiadelphus loreus - adding an impressive amount of volume to the top of this post.
Sunday, 31 May 2026
Monday, 23 March 2026
Stereocaulon Post
Fencepost of the Week #255
A soggy wooden post with a rather unusual topping: Stereocaulon dactylophyllum, I think.
Monday, 16 March 2026
Friday, 12 December 2025
Monday, 1 December 2025
Roll-up
Fencepost of the Week #252
This entire fence has been pulled out of the ground and rolled up. It's still providing fertile surfaces for some nice lichens and mosses, though.
Friday, 21 November 2025
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Monday, 23 June 2025
Diversity in Black and Green
Fencepost of the Week #249
A beguiling assemblage of lichens on this post betwixt field and forest.
Monday, 26 May 2025
Crowned in Sticta
Fencepost of the Week #248
Sticta sylvatica thriving in a damp, shady corner of the paddock.
Saturday, 3 May 2025
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Sunday, 6 April 2025
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Friday, 7 March 2025
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Forest Mix Post
Fencepost of the Week #241
Lots of good things growing all mixed in with each other on this shady forest post.
Monday, 17 February 2025
Liverpool - Francis
Fencepost of the Week #240
Googling 'Liverpool', 'Francis' and 'fencepost' gave good results - these look like No.4 type Francis Morton & Co. patent straining pillars. Noted as being sold particularly to railway companies - and these ones are on a railway embankment just outside of Oban.
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