Having seen my one and only Green-veined White (Pieris napi) this summer yesterday, another presented itself for a photo opportunity this morning.

New additions to the insect list are Ringed Tubetail (Fagisyrphus cinctus) hoverfly and Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva), a major emergence of these, swarming all over Cow Parsley and Hogweed. Also, on the large patch of Horseradish mentioned in my post of 14^th June, some 1^st instar nymphs of Brassica Shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) and a on a Rubus sp. leaf a 22-spotted Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata).

On an oak leaf I discovered the aptly named galls of the Silk-button Spangle Gall Wasp (Neuroterus numismalis).

Returning to the Cottony Hydrangea Scale (Pulvinaria kuwacola) egg sacs of my 23^rd June post I found that some eggs had hatched and the scale insect nymphs were swarming over and around the egg sac. A predatory final instar 14-spotted Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata) larva was feasting on those that remained in the egg sac.

Latest plant to start flowering is Broadleaf Plantain (Plantago major).

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