Dragonfly - Fleetwood Mac (Danny Kirwan)

With just an element of Birthday/Wedding Day (not mine I hasten to add) blur about early yesterday morning I set about clearing the Moth Traps only to find first out was not a moth at all. Jammed, but unharmed, in the funnel was this fine

BROWN HAWKER

this was followed soon afterwards by an addition to the Property List

in the shape of a

 BEAUTIFUL BROCADE

 and the same for
REDDISH LIGHT ARCHES

 while making for a 'hat-trick' of new entrants
DOT MOTH

 SMALL CHOCOLATE-TIP
and

 DUN-BAR
 were firsts for this year.
 Other items of interest included

14-spot Ladybird
in comparison with

 

 16-spot Ladybird

(spots on the flanks are joined)

and not to be confused with these two sharply contrasting

HARLEQUIN LADYBIRDS

The
KITE-TAILED ROBBER FLY

Machimus atricapillus

SPIDER
(guarding eggs)
Pisaura mirabilis

My first neighbour occupying the space directly outside of the caravan door

DRONE FLY
Eristalis tenax

CHINOOK HELICOPTER

Quite likely the SPIDER
Philodromus albidus
From the hillsides just a few miles inland of Nice, France we received
these fantastic images from a regular reader and thought them to be
far too valuable simply to consign directly to the archive so here they are for your pleasure.

GREEN-EYED FLY
wonder how that name came about?

PINE CHAFER
as big as a Stag Beetle I am told and just look at those 'fans'.

The delightful
SCARCE SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY

The Micro Moth
Pyrausta sanguinalis
(we don't do Micros)
and from a little closer to home (if indeed you have one) this

POLECAT,
unfortunately neither sleeping or sunbathing,
is yet another of quite a few records in recent years from the Ridgeway Hills
which separate Weymouth from Dorchester here in 'sunny' Dorset.

and finally, while we pride ourselves on the 'CLEAN' nature of our humble publication, there comes a time when an item is so funny that it would be a sad state of affairs should anyone be upset. This clip was sent to me by Willie Wine, a man I have only ever met on the Internet, but one who dispenses so much Happiness, Laughter and Mirth he really should be the High Sheriff of Notty Ash - have you ever been tickled missus?

Tastefully (IN)Offencive
I'm still laughing Willie!

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