With the forecast for heavy cloud I thought today would be poor, but as usual the met office were way off and it turned out to be a fine warm (20c) day. Another day of hoverflies over 30+ species (35). With Paragus haemorrhus (2) and Chrysotoxum festivum (1) new for the year, taking me to 100 species for the year and is the seventh year on the trot I have achieved this feet. Most abundant species was Syritta pipiens (100) and good records included Eriozona syrphoides (1), Melangyna umbellatarum (1) and Riponnensia splendens (1).
Melangyna umbellatarum
Meliscaeva auricollis feeding on Agrimony - a first for this plant
Volucella pellucens
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