Cloudy with warm spells.
A shot of almost-white Creeping Thistle with a visiting Eristalis pertinax hoverfly.
One of the winged generation of the Green Aphid.
Guelder Rose berries are just about ripe.
Two unidentified mines, on Hogweed and Thistle respectively. I have seen the thistle one several times, but still think it's a generalist that happens to like Creeping Thistle around here.
Pendulous Sedge is so large it's very difficult to squeeze in a representative image. Carex pendula.
I don't get to see many Lime trees, but this one appears to be the Common Lime - the frequently planted hybrid, Tilia x europaea.
Another new miner, on Rowan: Phyllonorycter sorbi, a micromoth. The mines of all the Phyllonorycters are very similar and the mines are generally identified by knowing which plant they're on.
This Rhagonych fulva Soldier beetle is a darker red than most.
Tenthredo sp. sawflies can only be separated by microscopic examination.
A yellow Lesser Cranefly. The white fungal infection on the Oak leaf is Microsphaera alphitoides.
Many Water Boatmen swam around at the surface of the pond. The term Water Boatmen is confusing, since two families are referred to by this common name. This is in fact a Backswimmer - Notonecta sp. The Lesser Water Boatmen don't swim upside down.
Later, back home, I found this Sawfly larva on my front window. How do I know it's a sawfly larva? Because it looks like one.
