Many species of insects were enjoying the sunshine yesterday in the Walled Garden at Parke – the numerous species of wild and cultivated flowers there make it a haven for bees, hoverflies, butterflies and beetles. Here are a few pictures.
This is Bombus monticola – the Mountain Bumblebee
This Bombus terrestris – the buff tailed bumblebee
This is Bombus lapidarius – the red tailed bumblebee
Take off! Bombus pratorum – the Early Bumblebee
The thick knee beetle Odemera nobilis
The hoverfly Syrphus vitripennis
A 14 spot ladybird
All common species (except for the mountain bumblebee) but nice to see them in such numbers all the same
A Dartmoor blog 