Brief dry periods in a wet and dull day.
These Snipe Flies take a perch from which they swoop on passing insects.
A pretty pale version of Common Spotted Orchid.
The eggs of the Willow Beetle Lochmaea caprea on willow.
The other day I showed Phyllonorycter messinella mines on Beech. This is the closely related micromoth Phyllonorycter rajella, on Alder.
And just to keep everyone up-to-date on the progress of the Puss Moth:-
It's now about 3 cm. long.