Monday, July 05, 2021
A pellucid hoverfly was a nice find on a flowering tree or shrub (no idea which tree - more research needed) on the edge of the football field. Later: It's probably a viburnum, possibly V. tinus.
Here's hoping for a hawfinch or two - not that they need the berries to be ripe, although they do sometimes eat the pulp as well (BWP).
At home in the garden, a large dark mark on the wall by the bedroom window turned out to be a horse fly - but the biggest one I've ever seen. There's no space between the eyes, so it's a male.
It's apparently a Dark Giant Horse Fly (I'm inconsistent with initial caps for names, but I think this insect deserves them), and was at least an inch long. Greger looked at it through the window as I snapped it, making suitably terrified faces - I think he was relieved there was glass between the fly and him.
// posted by Christine @ 11:54 AM 
