Friday, June 19, 2020
A walk up the quarry road brought a nice hoverfly, new for the lockdown. I'm fairly sure it's a Helophilus pendulum. The photo isn't very sharp because, despite bright sunshine, it was a very windy day and even small flowers were being hurled hither and thither.
This hoverfly and a similar one were seen in our garden in Taplow in 2013, so I'd already researched them. The other species (Helophilus trivittatus) has a completely pale face, whereas H. pendulum has a dark vertical stripe, which my photo has (by chance) caught.
A six spot burnet moth was nearby.
But there was no sign of the (large) red-belted clearwing - and the only birds we saw in a short walk were a meadow pipit and a swallow.
// posted by Christine @ 10:31 AM 
