Some more stuff from yesterday on what was a glorious warm sunny day. Not too hot that you could not stay out but warm enough for some top quality insect action!
The mint in the herb beds may now be mostly over but the chunky monkey hovering Wool Carder Bees are still nectaring on the Lemon Balm and amongst the host of Greenbottles and Hoverflies on the Spear and Peppermints were several of our other species of Mint Moth. it is a colourful little critter with a clock of gold over a rich burgandy spotted outfit...
It goes by the name of Pyraustra purpuralis (me)
Silver Y Moths freshly in from the mainland Europe were also out feeding alogn with another day flyer - the Lattice Heath which very much looks like a small butterfly...
Lattice Heath (me)
A large stripy wasp was also seen and I eventually manged a shot that helped me identify it as a Figwort Sawfly (although it also loves mullein that we have in the garden).
Tenthredo scophulariae - the Figwort Sawfly (me)
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Howard Vaughan, Information Officer