Some extreme bonking going on in the raspberry patch today. The keen eyed among you will have already noticed that this is Cantharis
nigricans and are probably amazed at how closely it resembles the Cantharis
lateralis that I posted a few days ago. I've no idea how he hangs on like that but his lady friend doesn't look too impressed.
and a tortrix moth in the saxifrages. One of the Dicrorampha group but I've no idea which one. Lovely markings though and the saxifrages are looking good too.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
What a beauty! So delicate but such a striking colour! There were three of them today in my garden, enjoying the sun. But only one held still long enough for me to quickly take a picture
Another tortrix moth today, looking wistfully out of the window like a child trapped indoors on a rainy day. This is of course Celypha lacunana The Common Marble which I'm sure you will have recognised by the longitudinal streak of ground colour just costal to the middle of the median fascia.
and Pelidnoptera fuscipennis The Brown-winged Millipede-killer fly which confusingly seems to be a snail predator and doesn't have especially brown wings. Snazzy go-faster stripes though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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