Having rained hard all night, it stayed dry during our visit to Welney and the banks were teeming with insects, spiders and snails. Here some of my favourite insects including a hoverfly lookalike, Stomorhina lunata and a beautifully illuminated Marmadale Hoverfly. A small orange fly (Scathophaga) was enjoying a Chironomid midge for lunch, and numerous others including an elegant Willow Emerald Damselfly, a 22-Spot Ladybird, an Angleshade Moth, a Cereal Leaf Beetle, a Green Tortoise Beetle, and a Dung Fly complete the cast.
