"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Four smart beasties from the weekend

Black and Red Froghopper Cercopis vulnerata, Holme NWT, 19th May 2019


Chocolate Cranefly, Nigrotipula nigra, Holme NWT, 19th May 2019


Coastal Silver-stiletto Acrosathe annular, female, Holme NOA, 19th May 2019


Eupeodes corollae, female, Holme NOA, 19th May 2019



Saturday, 18 May 2019

Three 'strats' on the wing

Coastal SIlver-stiletto Acrosathe annulata, male, Holme NWT, 12th May 2019


Black Colonel, Odontomyia tigrina, Redwell Marsh, Holme, 12th May 2019


Murky-legged Black Legionnaire Beris chalybata, male, Beeston Common, 11th May 2019





Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Puss Moth

Don't often see puss moth in the trap so this fine example was a lovely surprise  this morning.