Sunny with hot spells.
One of the Longhorn Beetles - Rhagium bifasciatum. About 2 cm. long.
Brooklime - Veronica beccabunga - is ahead of my local specimens.
A little (1cm.) sawfly on Alder.
A large (3 cm., excluding tails) Mayfly; an Ephemerid - identified by the back-swept M2 vein as shown by the arrow. Perhaps Ephemera vulgata.
The structure of the thorax with those numerous leg and wing joints is mind-boggling.
A Caddis Fly. These are regularly mistaken for moths.
This Alder was covered in leaf galls. The leaf damage is quite extensive.
Nicrophorus vespilloides is a corpse-burying beetle. This one homed in on a pile of dog excrement and immediately began to dig under it. It appears to be carrying two passengers.
Our most common Click Beetle - Athous haemorrhoidalis.
I haven't yet fully worked out what is happening on this Lime leaf. There's a green Aphid (top left), a series of mines (or galls), and a small larva or nymph on the central vein.
Valerian is ready to open.
This large shrub has yellow/green flowers about 8 mm across and tri-lobed leaves. I seem to remember red berries on it last year. Probably Guelder Rose.
Top two pictures show the two species, and the lower picture shows the hybrid Geum x intermedium.
The first generation of Peacock butterflies is coming to an end. This specimen has clearly been around for a while.
I really like the left hand image. (Shot on telephoto)
Beech flowers are almost over already.
I'm seeing lots of tiny Weevils this year. They're either more numerous or my eye is getting attuned to them.
Not much mistaking the guilty party in this image.
Entomophthora muscae - a pink fungus - has killed this Hoverfly.
A pair of Helophilus Hoverflies. Not Helophilus pendulus from my very brief snapshot.
And finally for today (phew)..Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula.