After the first frost on Monday, I thought that would be the end of the hoverfly season. But the Ivy at the top of my street is only now starting to bloom (quite late), all the other Ivy in Caerau has gone over. I will be able to keep an eye on this whenever there is a bright spell until the end of November.
Today there were seven species present over 20 minutes at mid-day. With latest dates for Melanostoma scalare (4), Platycheirus albimanus, Meliscaeva auricollis, Eristalis tenax (5) and Sericomyia silentis. The other two species were Episyrphus balteatus (3) and Eristalis pertinax and the most numerous was Eristalis tenax (5).
A few other insects were also present in Honey Bee (60), Green Shieldbug (1) and a late Red Admiral (1).