The hoverfly season is all but over, all the Ivy spots in the lower valley have gone over. Only the park Ivy remains with a few flowers in the autumn flower bed still in bloom there. Maybe they will last another fortnight if we don't have a storm. I recorded 12 species of hoverfly with a very late Didea fasciata (1) amongst the common species which were all female and most heavily laden with eggs. A Meliscaeva auricollis was seen egg-laying on Japanese Primrose (Daisy). The only other insects about were Harlequin Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and Common Carder Bee and Common Wasp. No birds of note were seen.
Episyrphus balteatus
Eristalis tenax - very dark forms seem to predominate during the autumn
Harlequin Ladybird - another colour form
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