Frequent rain showers.
Angelica attracts a large number of insects during its month-long flowering. This sample shows a selection of insects that were on this head simultaneously.
A) Sawfly |
B) Dolichovespula norwegica |
C) 3 Ichneumonids |
D) Sepsid Fly |
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F) Red Ichneumonid |
G) Red/black Ichneumonid |
H) Slender Ichneumonid |
I) Yellow/black Ichneumonid |
A 14-spot Ladybird. Notice the fungal rust on the Bramble leaf.
Rhagonych fulva - a red Soldier Beetle and a very metallic Muscid.
This is possibly the most casual mating technique I have photographed. It's almost like they're not involved with each other.
I didn't realise this photograph was so good until I blew it up on the computer screen. It's a tiny (5mm) Robber Fly with its even more minute prey - probably an aphid of some kind. The smaller fly was invisible to the naked eye. Robber flies are described as having a 'humped thorax'. I suppose this qualifies. Killers come in all sizes.
Two shots of Eristalis interruptus - a hoverfly.
