Flies were quite abundant today, flying around the red barn (as here), the old field, the Interpretive Centre, etc. All the ones I saw were Muscids (Muscidae family), which are often the earliest flies to emerge.No other insects notice, though when the sun came out I was hoping for a mourning cloak or two! However, Arachnids were numerous - in many of the grassy areas, such as the old field area, there were literally hundreds of tiny dark spiders. I could not get a photo of any of them, they were moving just way too fast.