weekend round up

 Visited Mynydd Bach (south) [18 species of hoverfly] and Caerau [23 species of hoverfly] to view the Devilsbit Scabious patches as most flowers have now gone over except for Japanese Knotweed and Michaelmas Daisy. Highlights again included a record count of 36 Sericomyia silentis at Caerau plus Helophilus hybridus and Volucella pellucens. Melanostoma mellinum are becoming easier to pick out amongst the dwindling numbers of Melanostoma scalare.

Sericomyia silentis

Volucella pellucens

Sphaerophoria scripta

Syrphus ribesii

Helophilus pendulus

Caerau - within this area I recorded 36 Sericomyia silentis, all on Devilsbit Scabious 

Caerau - Good patch of Michaelmas Daisy found

Other Insects photographed

Dock Bug

Meadow Grasshopper

Pegomya flaviformis (leaf-mine [fly] on Red Campion)

Small Copper

Speckled Bush-cricket