A couple of the other interesting bugs about today were this click beetle (adult version of the wire worms that will no doubt be munching my spuds soon) and one of many red mason bees busy in the bug hotel.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
There are fairies dancing in the woods by my house. Fairy moths anyway. A hard one to photograph as they don't sit still for long and when they do land it's on the ends of branches that are fluttering in the wind. The long antennae move in the slightest breeze too so they're blurry in most pictures. On top of that I had a lively toddler strapped into his carrier on my back so I'm amazed I managed to get one even slightly sharp photo.
Adela reaumurella. A most interesting micro-lepidoptera, not so easy to photograph, as you say, with or without a toddler strapped on your back.
Here's one I caught resting (briefly) on a buttercup flower some years ago.
Not quite so colourful as its cousin the rose chafer (Cetonia aurata), saw this Black-tailed Beetle resting on a flower of my camassia 'alba' this morning. Also called "Fungus Beetle" and "Death Cloth".
Had a bumble bee mimic hoverfly in the garden, probably either Criorhina berberina or Criorhina floccosa. Hoping it'll be back so I can get a better look.
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I think these two a having a romantic moment - very appropriately surrounded by rose petals 😊