Overcast with heavy rain showers.
Cocksfoot Grass flowers are attractive, too.
I've shown this Glyphipterix thrassonella before, but when you spend about 5 minutes getting an acceptable image, it deserves to be shown. About 8mm tall.
This hoverfly larva was sliding over Beech leaves looking for aphids - presumably the blue Woolly Beech Aphids, which I photographed here a couple of weeks ago.
We've had warm humid weather for a few days now and it seems to be very suitable for Entomophthora muscae, a fungus that kills flies. Every time I'm out I see dead flies hanging onto the tops of grasses and other plants, and in larger numbers than usual. The first image shows two dead hoverflies and the second has three.
This third image shows a still-live hoverfly slowly crawling to its demise. The pink fungus can be clearly seen in the abdomen.
