6th August |
High Heath.
Occasional rain showers. |
Based on the hunting behaviour, I think this is another Tachinid, but a good deal smaller than those I've shown before. About 1cm. long.
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This larva of the Cinnabar Moth is a bit off-course on Bramble. But given the damage they do to Ragwort plants, they need to move to fresh plants from time to time. |
Two female Melanostoma scalare hoverflies. The distinctive abdominal pattern is just visible on the right-hand specimen.
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Sicus ferrugineus is parasitic on Bumblebees. I've read that they do the egg-insertion in mid-flight, but I rather think they're poised to leap at feeding bees. The flower is Devils-bit Scabious. |
At first I thought that the bee was a solitary bee, because of its tiny size, but on examination it's just a very small Common Carder Bumblebee. Bumblebees of all kinds are appearing in miniature at the moment, so it must be getting on for the end of the season. The hoverfly (top) is Rhingia campestris. |
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