Insects and Spiders

I remember seeing one at dusk a couple years back. Thought it was a bat. But drunk.

Will do. He was surprisingly deep underground.

Just stumbled on this thread. Here's a couple from last summer at Minsmere.

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What are these?

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Long horn beetle???

Bumper insect day...

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Managed to snap this today out on a wander. Looks great in amongst the green

What's the green one spotted one of these the other week.

The Damselfly was very interested in the paddling pool.

The Green Cockchafer? fell out of the loft in a state of hibernation?

Very dopey so I gave it some water and it seemed to rally with a buzz.

Nice cardinal!

Damselfly nymph and damselfly in my pond. The rose chafers have been out in force the last few days droning around my garden.

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Cockchaffer! What a great name. They are amazing looking

Loads of banded demoiselles buzzing around outside ours today too, gorgeous things!

Still a chafer but I think @KatBalou'sPhone might be right with rose.

Cock seemed a bit strong.

The Green Cockchafer? fell out of the loft in a state of hibernation?

I've seen about 2 dozen of these since the weather changed (out in the Hertfordshire sticks) They don't seem to last very long, I've seen ants carrying away the carcasses of a few. They make a proper loud noise in flight, I keep thinking they're Botflys.

Anyone know what this is?

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Hawthorn shield bug?

I don't think it's likely to be a Shield bug, it's much too dainty. More likely one of the Mirid of Capsid Bugs. You really need a better close-up photo for an id, but see if you can recognise it in here https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/gallery/heteroptera/Miridae/miridae.html

I've been trying to photo hoverflies recently. Really smart creatures. This one is Rhingia rostrata

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this one is Heliophilus pendulus

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and this one is Leucozona lucorum (covered in pollen - one of the bee mimics)

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They look more like it, Campyloneura virgula looks the most similar.

Looks like it.

Naturespot is a good site with some useful species descriptions and photos (although it's focus is on wildlife in Leicestershire). Some of thier photos look v similar to yours.
https://mail.naturespot.org.uk/species/campyloneura-virgula

and although it's not exhaustive, the NBN Atlas gives a good sense of where a species has been seen - ideally you should have seen your Campyloneura vigula near one of the existing clusters of records for this species (if not, you could register with iRecord and add your observation)
https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0020309032

Cheers for the info, I've used iNaturalist but not heard of iRecord.

Here's a hoverfly on some wild radish

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Oak Eggar Moth-a-pillar appeared in the garden, I assume dropped by a bird as I don't have anything for it to eat growing here!

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