A couple of sunny days and things really start to move....
Sunny and very hot.
Athous haemorroidalis is the most common Click Beetle at the moment. There is one visible every metre on the hedgerow. On the right, the early seeds of Cow Parsley.
I wonder if anyone can work out why I put these two pictures side by side.
A new leaf miner for the site: Phytomyza chaerophylli - an Agromyzid fly - on Cow Parsley.
Two micromoths on Nettle. The larva of Celypha lacunana on the left and Nettle Tap - Anthophila fabriciana.
This very small ( 5mm) Ichneumon was running quickly all over and under the Cow Parsley flowers.
Crane Fly (left) and Dung Fly (right).
Yet another shot of Gastrophysa viridula, this time a heavily-laden female.
Not sure what this common Beetle is. I've put it down as Rove Beetle.
Smooth Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus.