Garnwen/Gilfach (west) a good day

Sunday finally gave us some good weather so I visited Garnwen [1200-1500hrs] and Gilfach [1600-1800hrs]. Between the both of them I had 35 species. New for the year was Dasysyrphus pinastri (25) with a major emergence at Garnwen and a late and confiding Cheilosia chrysocoma (1) at Gilfach (west). A good count of Meliscaeva auricollis (55) was more than I recorded in the whole of 2018. Other good records included Baccha elongata (6), Chrysotoxum arcuatum (1) and Criorhina berberina (1).

 Cheilosia chrysocoma

 Chrysotoxum arcuatum

 Criorhina berberina

 Dasysyrphus pinastri