Shaggy
On the last day of the #30dayswild month of June, I was pleased to run across my fifty first hoverfly species of the year, on bankside vegetation by the canal at Forest Farm. There are thirty eight Cheilosia species on … Continued
Resplendent
R and I were in Cardiff again today, where poor Baby B was suffering from a combination of an emergent molar and this week’s nursery virus – or maybe that should be last week’s, because L and I both seem … Continued
Unconvincing
She’s pretending to be a bumblebee, bless her, but it’s not a very accurate impersonation. She’s Cheilosia illustrata, a hoverfly found primarily on umbellifers, and especially hogweed, whose roots are the preferred larval foodplant. August is the latter end of … Continued
