My insects of the day are still in their infancy. I expect those to be the eggs of the common green shieldbug, Palomena prasina. A neat arrangement, don't you think? I'll try to follow their evolution and post more pics in the coming days.
A trio pictured this morning, perhaps too bright with the sunlight and not so clear, but if anyone can help to name them it would be appreciated. Not sure of the type of bee/fly this is. The picture isn't very clear
Below is a Happy Days Dahlia, with buff tailed worker bumble bee.A blue tailed damsel fly
There are so many Racine, but @wild edges or @Papi Jo might be along to help - they're pretty hot with their insect IDing You can also use one of the sites which lets you send a photo and description, and they'll ID it. I did that for this one a couple of years ago - one of the Dagger moths They regularly feed on blackthorn, so it just shows that 'if you build it, they will come' So important to have the food plants for all these fabulous moth and butterfly caterpillars whenever we can.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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This is a great thread.
Here is a rather large visitor I had in the garden last year. Volucella zonaria or hornet mimic hoverfly I believe.
Does anybody know what type of caterpillar this might be? Was very small. No more than 2cm long
You can also use one of the sites which lets you send a photo and description, and they'll ID it.
I did that for this one a couple of years ago - one of the Dagger moths
They regularly feed on blackthorn, so it just shows that 'if you build it, they will come'
So important to have the food plants for all these fabulous moth and butterfly caterpillars whenever we can.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...