All about Insects 2019

Whilst feeding my Light Brown Apple Moth larva on Dahlia leaves I must have inadvertently have included a fly egg ... the moth pupated & I removed all the old leaves, was most surprised to find a fly pupa too  ... yesterday evening I found this hairy-a***d fly in the pot which I haven't ID'd yet

Lol Wendy ! as the famous saying in the film went …... “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” !!

Lol aitch but hope not to find one of these in my next box!!

I'll have to sort the photos out, but yesterday the caterpillar I popped in a pot last week (it looked a bit too fat) turned into at least 3 flies yesterday! Yuck!

Ooo-er, what a shock ... did you ID the flies H?

I have to be honest, No! They were so hairy that everytime at looked at them to compare with what was on the internet sites that I got goose-bumps. Just made made my flesh crawl.

I decided on a family, but will have to look again. Forgotton it!

EDIT : Found it Tachinidae.

Certainly is the horrid Tachinid fly ... yeuk!

On a brighter note (Ha ha) had a few Glow-worms lately including this one shining bright under the fig tree in the garden, photo with flash,

Never seen a glow worm H!

How fantastic to have a Glow-worm in the garden; who needs a torch lol