It was another very sunny afternoon spent in the back garden with a lot of bees about. The daisies were well visited by Sweat bees, a few Yellow-legged Mining Bees and a couple of Honey Bees.
The Flower Spider was still in the same spot, but there was no sign of the hoverfly it caught yesterday. Today a Greenbottle was chancing its luck as it landed next to it. The spider made a move and the fly took off smartish.
Below are a few photos I took this afternoon.
An Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum on a bramble flower.
Sweat Bee Halictidae sp.
Possibly a.............
.................... White-jawed Yellow-face Bee Hylaeus confusus
And a short video of the Hylaeus sp. above. Plus.......
...........in Slow-motion
A Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipe.
Wasp Crabronid sp.
A Narcissus Bulb Fly Merodon equestris
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly Syrphus sp.
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
The Flower Spider Misumena vatia was in the same spot as yesterday.