Last year's post can be found below
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/279045/all-about-insects-2022
Hope you don't mind me kicking off this year's thread but these 2 were on the patio doors yesterday
Feel free to identify them as they are all flies to me ;-)
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Have a go, it's great fun. And macro is really interesting. It doesn't need to be expensive, but like every other hobby it soon becomes so once you start browsing the internet for all the things you REALLY need ... ...