Lletty Brongu woods and lanes Saturday

Weather was overcast with drizzle at times, but the lanes are now covered in Hogweed as well as open patches in the woods. Despite the weather I recorded 29 species of hoverfly. New for the year included Leucozona laternaria (1m), Leucozona glaucia (1f), Sphegina elegans (1f) and Xanthogramma pedissequum (1m) taking me to 95 species for the year. Other highlights included Platycheirus angustatus (1f), Scaeva pyrastri (4) and Cheilosia vernalis (1m). Some of the common species were out in good numbers like Melanostoma scalare (65), Platycheirus albimanus (22), Cheilosia illustrata (16), Chrysogaster solstitialis (57), Neoascia podagrica (50), Sphegina species (20), Eristalis pertinax (35) and Syritta pipiens (100).

Cheilosia impressa

Cheilosia scutellata

Lucozona glaucia

Xanthogramma pedissequum

Sericomyia silentis

Meliscaeva auricollis

Myathropa florea

Volucella pellucens