Lots if insects out walking - Part 2

Maximum temperature here today 18⁰C, minimum 11⁰C. Rain measured this morning 5 mm. 17km/h South-Westerly winds with gusts up to 46 km/h.

It appears that there will still be a part 3 for May insects!!  Perhaps it is good that we are having a few rainy days and I am not taking many photos in June as yet!!

Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia).

Damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) Female.

  

Damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) Male...

As above

Damselfly (Calopteryx splendens or C Virgo!) Male.

Damselflies - (Coenagrion puella).

Bumblebee on the lavender.

There was quite an orgy going on with hundreds of these Graphosoma italicum mating making very sure they did not become extinct!!

As above...

As above.

Beetle longhorn (Rutpela_maculata). It was very windy and I was lucky to get any photo at all with the wind blowing the flower all over the place.

Coma butterfly (Polygonia c-album).

Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi).

Holly Blue butterfly  (Celastrina argiolus).

Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) male...

As above.

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa Atlanta).

Scarce swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalirius)...

As above.

My thanks to Richard for ID once again of some of the difficult (for me) insects.  If you have not visited his blog I highly recommend it.  Any mistakes on ID are very much my own as I sometimes think I know better than to ask!!!

Our local list of wild flowers

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19/02/2020 - Part 2 of my walk.

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 12C, minimum 5C. Rain most of the day not measured as yet.  16km/h north-westerly wind with gusts up to 35 km/h.

Grapes partly pruned, must do ours but we only have one plant!

Our hamlet, looking back over my shoulder.

A surprise visit from a Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)...

As above...

As above.

Daisies and a fly.

Mimosa.

Mistletoe.

A stream that is quite often dry, it was running fast here.

Lots of mud around!

Reflections in a puddle, I just happened to like this photo!!

I wonder how much water is in this well.

Sad, but I think this large tree had died so it was probably dangerous.

I hope it was wind blowing this vapour trail and the pilot had not been drinking 😊

Wind turbines in the distance- my pet hate, but thankfully there are not a lot around us.

I think this is winter wheat just coming through.

Another great surprise, a Peacock butterfly (Aglais io).

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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.

22/08/2016 A few quick shots in the garden. We are out all day tomorrow so I am taking the day off from the diary!!

Maximum temperature 30C, minimum 12C.  23 km/h SE  wind. Dry.

Common blue female.

Holly blue male.

Fritillary Pearl-Bordered (I think)...

as above; it was very windy so photos not very sharp...

as above.

Gatekeeper.

Petunia.

More potatoes brought in; 9.1 kg today.

17.6 kg total so far.