Overcast but very warm day produced lots of insect activity including this beautiful male Orange Tip Butterfly and this very hairy Anthomyoiid Fly feeding on a dead Snail. Otherwise spiders in abiundance and 10 species of Plant Bug (Dock and Hairy Bug not shown)..

Toft Bees and Butterfly

 I am a bit behind with sorting images from the garden so here is a batch from last three days of various bees and a beautiful Orange Tip Butterfly taken in various light conditions. The cold conditions have meant that lots of the bees are resting up and in some cases 'sleeping' clinging on to leaves etc with their strong mandibles. Here Nomada flava attached and Nomada goodeniana preparing to rest. The fourth image is N. marshamella then a selection of Andrena species