Hedera helix

Ivy

Hedera helixs, Ivy. Vigorous climbing evergreen plant. Late flowering, providing copious supplies of nectar and pollen for pollination insects, including various flies, bees and butterflies.

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Ivy in flower

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Ivy covering Ash

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Flowers with flies

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Red Admiral feeding

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Honeybee approaches flowers

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Drone fly on flower

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Noon Fly feeding

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Photograph detail

Slide 1: Hedera helix, Ivy. Foliage and flowers covering limestone wall. Church Lane, Redmire. October.

Slide 2: Hedera helix, Ivy. Covering limestone wall and Ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior. Church Lane, Redmire. October.

Slide 3: Hedera helix, Ivy. Pollinating flies feeding. Two Bluebottles, Calliphora vomitoria (top), and one Noon Fly, Mesembrina meridiana. Church Lane, Redmire. October.

Slide 4: Hedera helix, Ivy. Pollinating Red Admiral Butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, feeding. Church Lane, Redmire. October.

Slide 5: Hedera helix, Ivy. Honeybee, Apis mellifera approaching Ivy flowers. Church Lane, Redmire. October.

Slide 6: Hedera helix, Ivy. Tapered Drone Fly, Eristalsis pertinax feeding from Ivy flowers. Church Lane, Redmire. October.

Slide 7: Hedera helix, Ivy. Noon Fly, Mesembrina meridiana feeding from Ivy flowers. Church Lane, Redmire. October.