Bug odds and sods 28-05

Some recent bug shots mainly from the garden.
Brian V.
Bark fly

SBC nymph in potentilla flower

Sweat bee on my hand

Micromoth

I didn't do it !- 2-spot ladybird examining some weevil damage on a potentilla flower

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris on an Iris- strong natural light (taken at Highdown gardens Worthing).

My that is a long proboscis

A herd of carpet beetles in a potentilla flower
Brian V.
Bark fly

SBC nymph in potentilla flower

Sweat bee on my hand

Micromoth

I didn't do it !- 2-spot ladybird examining some weevil damage on a potentilla flower

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris on an Iris- strong natural light (taken at Highdown gardens Worthing).

My that is a long proboscis

A herd of carpet beetles in a potentilla flower

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I also vote for Micromoth!
Thanks for looking and commenting SB - appreciated
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That proboscis shot is a rare one. The carpet beetle feast is another.
Harold
Thanks for the comments Harold.
Yes I've been wanting to get a shot showing the length of that hover's proboscis for a while. I assume it gets packed away in the "beak"
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