Along the Woodland Edge during May and June

 Walking along the woodland edge looking for insects is always enjoyable. In one of my favourite woods, there are substantial mint beds along some of the shady and damp rides which can be particularly productive.

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) (male)

Vapourer Moth (Orgyia antiqua) (mid-instar larva basking)

Scabious Sawfly (Abia sericea) (male & female)

Tenthredo mesomela (Sawfly sp.)

Macrophya annulata (Sawfly sp.)

Violet Ground Beetle (Carabus violaceus)

Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)

Denticollis linearis (Click Beetle sp.)

Green Tortoise Beetle (Cassida viridis)

(mating pair)

Gonioctena decemnotata ( Leaf Beetle sp.)

Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)

Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster testudinaria)

Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)

(female with her legs wrapped around her egg sac)