Not sure if we have a new thread for this year...if we have please give me the link...if not then I will kick it off
Link to last year's
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/282101/all-about-insects-2023?pifragment-4285=1
Tasty feast!
Hoverfly thingy...well a canny mind away back to last year lol
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Yes, it is one of those thingies again. Errrrrr Common Darter?
I think this is a Mint Moth.
What a lovely pic. Can't say I've ever seen one of those.
Thank you.
It certainly is Ed, a particularly well marked, lovely coloured little moth ...
butterfly-conservation.org/.../mint-moth
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Super shot. Well captured Ed ...
Both great photo's Ed, their seems to be quite a few of the mint moths about in the last week or so.
I think this is a Musk beetle
Great pic, Google agrees with you, I've never knowingly seen one!
Thank you Wendy, I've never seen one before either