Purple Thorn. Always like to find these in my moth trap. They remind me of sailing ships. This was a May visitor. Hunmanby, North Yorkshire.

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I have some Grape Hyacinths in my garden which are popular with insects. Here is a male Orange Tip.

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Common Carder Bee feeding on Honeysuckle in my garden in June.

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Here are a couple of hoverflies feeding on the Green Alkernet outside my house in North Yorkshire. Rhingia campestris & Helophilus pendulus.

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Hovefly Scaeva pyrastri. Easy to ID, black & white body, 10-12mm winglength. Widespread in UK, seen in Summer. I see it regularly in my garden in Hunmanby,

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Buff Arches is an odd looking moth. Looks like something has taken a bite out of its wings. If you look closely you'll see that it hasn't. A nighttime moth flies July & August. Quite common in England & Wales. Larvae feed on bramble.

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Eristalis tenax or Drone Fly is one of the first hoverflies to appear in the year. Not very exiting to look at but I have a soft spot for it. This photo was the start of my love of hoverflies.

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