Bugs !!!

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 2C.    Dry but starting to rain as I type this; 5 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 16 km/h gusts.

I managed to get one bed of potatoes, exactly 38 potatoes planted.  The other bed still has to have compost dug into it.  Cut the lawn, lucky I did as the grass will be wet again tomorrow!

Have seen so few insects this year, I went hunting for them in the garden while the sun was shining and this is the result.

Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)

As above.

Holly blue (Celastrina argiolus)

Unknown fly.

Wasp in the greenhouse!

Trichodes alvearius, a species of Soldier or Checkered beetle.

A member of the bee family maybe, it is very small...

as above.

Web-spinning spider.

Sorry, a bit behind again.  Will catch up with comments ASAP.

N.B. My new bird blog is updated  HERE 

Part 7 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.

05/07/2017 Join me on another walk in the country.

Maximum temperature 32C, minimum 16C. 12 km/h NE winds with 20 km/h gusts. Dry.

Saw 4 cyclists just as I was leaving home, four bonjours :-)  Luckily it is a quiet road as they have pretty much taken over!!

Clover.

Common blue male (Polyommatus icarus).

Daisy family plus two flies and a hoverfly.

Hay bales.

Honey suckle.

Marbled white - (Melanargia galathea).

Meadow brown - (Maniola jurtina).

Wonder if a fairy lives here LOL.

One of the roads I walked down.

Spider web with dew drops.

Thistle family and a bug.

Unknown...

also unknown with a bee...

Almost black cherries, they looked fabulous.  Ours have been over for at least 4 to 5 weeks!!

29/04/2015 The snowball bush is collecting the bugs! Hair cut today and the lawn.

Maximum temperature 17C, minimum 4C. 23 km/h W wind. Dry.

Lots of rain promised in the next few days!!

17/08/2014 Taking a break from the kitchen. Some work done in the garden, and a walk to feed our friend's cats.

Maximum temperature 24C. Dry.

05/05/2014 Cut the lawn and the edges. Trip to the dump. Lots of insects in the garden!

Maximum 23C and no wind.