Poor Day all round even though it was 21c at times the heavy dark cloud cover meant hovers were keeping hidden. In fact only 7 species were seen, unheard of in June, I should be hitting 30 species at this time of year. Chrysotoxum cautum was the pick of a small bunch. At times like this my mind wanders and I start looking for galls on trees and today I came up with the gall mite Aceria pseudoplatani on Sycamore, which was new for the valley. Little else to write about.
Chrysotoxum cautum
Volucella bombylans (plumata form)
Eupeodes corollae
galls on Sycamore caused by the gall mite Aceria pseudoplatani
Large Skipper
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