The amazingly mild autumn that we have had so far is prolonging the life of a good number of Mesembrina meridiana on the wing along with Eristalis tenax hoverflies, Clouded Yellows, Red Admirals, Migrant Hawkers and Common Darters....
Mesembrina meridiana (HTV)
Mesembrina meridiana blowing bubbles.... (Clive Watts)
and a cool shot from Dawn Cowan
Clouded Yellow (Lawrence Rogers)
Common Darter (Jo Collins)
female Migrant Hawker (Jo Collins)
With the weather set to stay this way I suspect that we still have time to discover a few more new insect species for the reserve this year...
23-10-14