More from our Scottish holiday in July.
Blotch-winged Hoverfly.
Udea lutealis Moth.
Emerald Damselfly.
Ichneumonid Sp.
Green Leafhopper.
Another Osprey taken while I was looking for something
else so all the wrong settings used.
Dark Green Fritillary.
Still way behind with the processing of all the images (I haven’t even seen some of them yet) I have taken over the last couple of months so much so that these go way back to June at Burdon Moor.
Grasshopper.
Two-spot Ladybird.
Common Rhogogaster.
Black-backed Sawfly.
7-spot Ladybird.
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moth.
There were quite a few Large Skippers around.
Scaeva selenitica hovering.
Meadow Brown Butterfly.
Bumblebee coming into land on a Foxglove.
…or Bowes Valley Nature Reserve is a great place for Dragonflies so around the middle of last month my wife and I had a walk around the pond to see what was there. We weren’t disappointed.
Female Emperor Dragonfly.
She landed on the pond
And began to lay eggs.
She was laying eggs in several places.
Male Emperor Dragonfly.
They were always patrolling
So, getting one in a perched position was a bonus.
Emperor with an Azure Damselfly flying close by.
An Emperor with a Four-spotted Chaser above.
Four-spotted Chaser.
One of them kept landing in the same place sometimes
with prey.
Black-tailed Skimmer.
Burnet Moth.
Small Skipper.
Large Skipper.
Shaded Broad-bar Moth.
Grasshopper.
Little Grebe humbug.
Little Grebe.
