At last a hot, sunny, summer day, +34° C. Been to Bookham.
Nothing interesting to shoot!
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta):
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum):
Epsom Common
A warm, but not particularly sunny day, +26° C. Been to Epsom.
There was horse racing at Epsom Downs today, therefore lots of dressed-up people and shitloads of cops around the station.
Plenty of insects around — but nothing interesting, really.
No idea which digger wasp this is:
Upd: working theory is Nysson spinosus:
Good numbers of those green and black sawflies, probably Tenthredo mesomela:
Epsom Common
A mostly cloudy, hot day, +28° C. Wanted to go to Horsley, but there’s an industrial action on the railway this weekend, and the only train I could catch was to Epsom.
Anasimyia lineata are still there, nectaring on Mugwort, of all things!
Upd: As Roger Morris pointed out, it is in fact Anasimyia contracta/transfuga. A faint “waist” as well as waterside habitat suggest the former:
Episyrphus balteatus follows suit:
Epsom Common
A hot, sunny day, +28° C. Been to Epsom.
Most of the insects were seen near the Great Stew Pond.
Plenty of Anasimyia lineata there, never seen it before! Only attended Ragwort flowers:
Lots of Brimstones (Gonepteryx rhamni), fuelling up for hibernation. These only attended thistles:
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