Upper side of Buff Ermine- Spilosoma luteum food plant various shrubs and herbs.
Under side of Buff Ermine.
Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata moth in garden - flying early evening. Foodplants: bedstraws and other low-growing herbs.
Various hymenoptera using a newly installed bug hotel which is situated under my kitchen window.
Probably a wasp investigating newly installed bee hotel under my kitchen window - there were two other individuals of the same species around at the same time.
A Ruby-tailed Wasp also investigating nest holes. This species parasitises mason bees so it will be looking for nests in which it can lay its eggs!
Red Mason Bee Osmia rufa/bicornis capping her nest in drilled hole in log.
Red Mason Bee gathering mud in my garden to cap nest.
A little video (not mine) showing this here http://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=bee/megachilidae/osmia-bicornis
Completed Red Mason Bee nest.
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