Not to many butterflies today with just 3 Speckled Woods.
Still a few hoverflies and today I found two species of Ichneumon wasps a possible Diplazon laetatorius and Dusona sp.
Work dredging the pool is due to stop on Wednesday 26 Apr. By then tons of sludge would have been removed and a deep channel running through the centre. It will be excellent for fishing and just as a recap, when it was electro-fished a few weeks ago, there were over a 100 fish caught of 12 species.
.........motorbikes, bikes, scooters, microwaves, TV's, computers, Children's car seats, you name it, it was probably in there.
Here are a few images from today plus a few insects I found around the pool and woods.
Day 4 and the water might look muddy, but once it settles the pool will look pretty amazing I'm sure.
Just one of many things dumped into the pool.......
An Ichneumon Wasp .............
.......of the Campopleginae family..........
..........possibly Dusona sp...........
Andrena carantonica..........
.......also known as Andrena scotica.......
a mining bee.
An Ichneumon Wasp probably Diplazon laetatorius
Another view as it scurried away....
....under the leaves.
Nursery Web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis
Yellow Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria