Krasnogorsk

A chilly, windy, but sunny day, +9° C. Been to woods around Krasnogorsk.
More insects around than when it was warm but cloudy.

Vespula rufa queen was basking on a tree:

A -yet- unidentified Syrphine:
Upd: Melangyna ?lasiophthalma, ID suggestion by Karsten Thomsen, diptera.info:

Plenty of supposedly Cheilosia sp. hoverflies, I’ve submitted these photos to diptera.info forum for possible identifications:
Upd: Cheilosia albipila, ID by Karsten Thomsen, diptera.info:

Upd: Cheilosia pagana, ID by helge, diptera.info:

Upd: Cheilosia pagana, ID by helge, diptera.info:

Possibly an Ernestia sp. tachinid:
Upd: Genus change, Panzeria puparum, ID by Theo Zeegers, diptera.info:

Some other tachinid, submitted for an ID:
Upd: ?Smidtia conspersa, ID suggestion by eklans, diptera.info:

Lots of bees. Anthophora sp., Osmia sp. — and, of course, plenty of Andrena spp.:

And cleptoparasitic Nomada spp. bees. Sorry about crap photos:

Bombylius major bee-fly:

Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris):

Horsetails extending:

Robin:

Mallards:

Pulmonaria cf. officinalis: