Orange Tip Hitching a Free Ride

[speckled wood]

You can't be too careful, I caught this fellow trying to hitch a free ride on my pushbike.

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...2/9/OrangW.jpg

Yet another hitchiker on another occassion was this fly with a damaged wing

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga.../9/Hitch75.jpg

[Chalk Downlanders]

Nice to see an Orange Tip. I have never seen one. One day though

[Gwenhwyfar]

I wish I had Orange Tips hitching a ride when I ride my bike, the last time I saw one, was when I was trying to photograph one, but I fell over and he flew off. Never had the opportunity since.
When was this picture taken?

[speckled wood]

Originally Posted by Gwenhwyfar

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When was this picture taken?

April 28 2005, him landing on the bike as soon as I put it downwas a lucky co-inccidence.

[aeshna5]

A couple of weeks ago I was leading a plant/insect walk + I pointed out large numbers of nymphs + few adult Parent Bugs on some Grey Alders. An hour or so after returning home, after a tube + 2 bus journeys, I went to get something from my rucksack + there sat on the top was an adult Parent Bug! I then put the hitch-hiker onto Silver Birch in my garden which is also a food plant of this species.

[Imaginos]

Quite a few insects have spread their ranges in this country due to hitching. I've seen aphids fly in a train window & leave a few stops down the line. Long Winged Coneheads are a prime example though, with most new records occuring near major roads.