a green spider on a gorse bush
small red damselfly
thanks to Pieter Brouwer for pointing out my wrong caption originally,
totally inexcusable as I worked surveying them for many years
All red adomen and red legs
07-JUN-2007
large red damselfly
note dark marking on abdomen and dark legs as opposed to all red of small red damselfly
beautiful demoiselle female
bee on blackthorn blossom
25-MAY-2008
adonis blue male ? open wings
or more likely common blue Polyommatus icarus
12-JUN-2008
vapourer moth caterpillar eating my geraniums
12-JUN-2008
vapourer caterpillar and spider
21-MAY-2009
rhingia campestris
a common generalist hoverfly with amazing proboscis here on a photogenic yellow iris
more to come
