Another day spent working in the back garden. And a much cooler and cloudier day. No sign of the Humming-bird Hawk-moth, proof indeed that it only appears when the sun is out. Well in my back garden that is.
No real highlights other than a few Swallows heading down the island.
Here are a few images:
Yesterday there was just the one 22-spot Ladybird seen and today...........
Well this a bit confusing. This Common Green Shieldbug above is a 3rd instar nymph, however.....
.....this smaller individual is a 4th instar nymph of the same species, and should be larger than the 3rd instar. Odd!!
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Swallow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, House Sparrow and Chaffinch
Butterflies Recorded: None
Moths Recorded: None
Bees Recorded: Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Hoverflies Recorded: Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax), Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax) and hoverfly sp.
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded: Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: 22-Spot Ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata) and 2 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)