A warm, though cloudy day, +18° C. Been to Wimbledon Common, or Putney Heath to be more exact.
Saw a Sargus bipunctatus soldier fly, but couldn’t take a photo. Also saw some yellow-and-black slow-flying fly, which escaped without a more precise ID.
Udea ferrugalis crambid moth, saw quite a few of those:
Birch catkin bugs (Kleidocerys resedae) are everywhere:
A moderately sunny, warm day, +19° C. Been to Wimbledon Common.
Found a tiny rare Eliozeta pellucens phasiine tachinid, a parasitoid of true bugs. It was only first reported from Britain in 2019:
As well as Britain’s largest hoverfly, Volucella zonaria:
A sunny, fairly warm day after many cold rainy ones, +20° C. Went to Wimbledon Common.
Stenurella melanura longhorn beetle:
Rutpela maculata longhorn beetle:
A warm, partially cloudy day, +20° C. Been to Hutchinson’s Bank in New Addington.
There is an introduced population of Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) at the site, maintained by local enthusiasts, which was my primary goal.
Mission accomplished:
Small Blues (Cupido minimus) are frequent:
A warm, overcast day, +19° C. Been to Wimbledon Common.
A Chrysolina oricalcia leaf beetle at the same spot as last year:
A Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata):
At last a fairly warm day! +16° С and sunny. Been to Wimbledon Common.
Lots of Andrena bees on Sallow catkins:
An overcast, warm day, +20° C. Been to Wimbledon Common.
Not much around, but the Mint patch is busy with flies and wasps.
Phasia hemiptera female, a parasitoid of shieldbugs:
Misumena vatia crab spider was taking advantage of that:
A hot, sunny day, +27° C. Went to New Addington.
Found a huge and beautiful Callicera aurata hoverfly. The Small Scabious flowerheads drooped under its weight!
Plenty of Small Blues (Cupido minimus) at the site:
At last, after three weeks of crappy weather, a sunny, hot day, +30° C. Been to Wimbledon Common.
Marbled Whites (Melanargia galathea) appear to have established there:
Got a very dark Rutpela maculata longhorn. When I first caught it, I even thought it was Anoplodera sexguttata!
A warm, sunny day, +22° C. Been to Wimbledon Common.
Hogweed starts its flowering season and attracts a lot of stuff, like this Stenurella melanura longhorn beetle:
Lots of green-eyed Anthophora bimaculata feed on Bramble flowers. Very skittish and hard to shoot:
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