Devilsbit Scabious patch

 The patch is now in full bloom along with Goldenrod, the last of the Angelica and Michaelmas Daisy for back-up. Recorded 23 species in the September heat with Rhingia rostrata being the highlight. Eristalis tenax (147) and Sericomyia silentis (19) are now out in good numbers.

Other insects include big influxes of Red Admiral (20+) and Silver Y (100+) and is always nice to get a close-up Tachina fera.

Rhingia rostrata

Volucella pellucens

Eristalis arbustorum

Sericomyia silentis

Silver Y

Red Admiral

Common Blue

Tachina fera

Unusual to see a garden escape species in the grassland around the old railway track. I'm not very good with garden flowers, but to me it looks like some kind of hibiscus species but I'm open to ideas.
 [After a bit of research it appears to be - Hibiscus moscheutos - English name - Honeymoon Deep Red Hibiscus]