This is the carry on thread from "All about Insects 2018" here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196071/all-about-insects-2018
I had a lovely Minotaur Beetle around the UV trap this morning, my first ever!
Apparantly this is their time of year!
All insects, spiders, beetles, flies etc etc welcome,
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
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Regards, Hazel
Kind regards, Ann
A shame about the battery. I suppose the only consolation is that they probably thought it was a good one. It will serve them right if that mistake costs them!
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Nige Flickr
You go out, you sit down for a coffee and what happens? You get a wasp on your cup.
Who knew that Ichneumon Wasps were secret coffee addicts.
More of those Red-thighed St. Mark's flies. You'd've thought having hairy eyes would ruin your vision.
The females are similar but have much smaller heads and eyes
Lots of these little black mating flies around today, walking up house walls, my trousers, all over my gardening gloves
This pair likely still somewhere in my kitchen, took my eye off them! Lol