It was a good day for insects today. Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes), Lucerne Bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus), Common Dance Fly (Empis tessellata) and Plain-winged Spring Beegrabber [Myopa testacea] were seen before adding Buzzing Spider (Anyphaena accentuata?). As there are 3 very similar species in this spider genus, which can only be separated under a microscope, I have opted for the species that is likely the most common of the trio.  It doesn’t help that the selected species varies greatly in colouration either. Just compare today’s image with the one from a week ago.

Then Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus), Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) and Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) were all seen on the same large patch of newly flowering Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), with 14-spotted Ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata) on bramble growing through the comfrey.

Another larval case of a Coleophora moth on the underside of a leaf today too, this time a Prunus sp. which I believe to be P. avium, Wild Cherry, so the moth may well be C. coracipennella, the Blackthorn Case-bearer.

New wildflowers recorded today are Wood Avens/Herb Bennett (Geum urbanum), Cleavers/Goose-grass (Galium aparine) and Common Vetch (Vicia sativa).

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