Insect life.

Here are a few more photos from this summer of just some of the creatures that love our garden as much as I do.

Zoe's photo of a pair of 22 Spot Ladybirds.

Hoverfly.

Cockchafer ( May bug). Lots of these are attracted to the light of Angus's moth trap every year in early summer.

 Small Tortoiseshell on Marjoram.

 Peacock butterfly  on Buddleia.

Bombus Hortorum on Teasel.

Bombus Lapidarius on ‎ Borage.
 I like this photo on full screen, The hairs of the Bee and the hairs of the Borage  have caught the light and give a sense of merging and similarity.

 Nasturtium, another abundant self seeder and good all rounder, being visited by Bombus hortorum.

 This climbing rose flowers abundantly in the vegetable garden every June. The spider is Misumema Vatia, a species of crab spider and known as the flower spider.

 The buckwheat is in full flower, so far it is only attracting hoverflies. The bees must have better forage!

Bombus Pascuorum.

Hairy Dragonfly in late spring.

Pair of Common Darters.

 Marjoram has been selfseeding abundantly for many years and is always popular with hoverflies, bumblebees and butterflies.

Hoverfly on Marjoram.

Hoverfly on  Marjoram.

May fly

Female Bush Cricket.

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and a few photos from last year.....

Bush Cricket

Grasshopper.

Bush Cricket.