It was time spent in the garden today, plus the camera. Main highlight was a large hawker type dragonfly, which I inadvertently spooked by the "Tractor" Pond. It didn't return.
A male Azure Damselfly
Red Admiral
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
A worker Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum).........
..........on this individual the yellow abdominal stripe is lost, which is often the case with workers
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
And another Common Carder Bee
A Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile versicolor)
And another view plus a.......
..........a short video of the Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile versicolor) on the Everlasting Sweat Peas
And another shot of it. Plus.........
.........a short video of it collecting a small stone!!
A Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) on..........
.............the Lavender.