16 Jul 23

Wakeham

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

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

A Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus sp. )

And another shot of it. Plus.........

.........a short video of it collecting a small stone!!

Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) on..........

.............the Lavender.