A quick stroll to have a look at the Scabious patch at Newtown Bungalows stream revealed about 10% in flower, so about 7 to 10 days before its full potential is achieved. Nevertheless plenty of other flowers were in bloom and attracted 30 species of hoverfly, Eristalis tenax (25) being the most numerous. Other good records included Chrysotoxum Festivum (1), Eupeodes latifasciatus (3), Xanthogramma pedissequum (1) and Helophilus trivittatus (3).
Other flies included the tachinid Tachina fera and the conopid Physocephala rufipes. A nice surprise was a caterpillar of the moth Star-wort on Goldenrod, I've only seen a few adults. Small Copper was the best of the butterflies.
Chrysotoxum festivum
Physocephala rufipes
Star-wort caterpillar on Goldenrod
Gatekeeper
Bog Asphodel
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