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)
www.rhs.org.uk/.../spotted-wing-drosophila
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
They were both on the now dead flowered peony, if that helps
Taken today at National Trust Wimpole.
Black-tailed Skimmer (says google):
None of them either..only midges here lol
Cracking shot though
Lovely wing detail!
Thanks Linda. Ideal, they eat midges
Thanks Wendy
Female Broad-bodied Chaser (I think) in the hover over our garden wildlife pond. Hopefully she was laying some eggs.
Nice photo Ed
A few taken yesterday at RSPB Sandy.
Four-spotted Chaser - Female:
Banded Demoiselle - Male: