Natural History Currant Gall on Aspen, Insh Marshes 11 August 2018 Ian Alexander Currant Gall on Aspen, Insh Marshes. The leaf is wider than it is long, and roundly lobed.
Love of Nature Highland Heat Wave: Butterflies at Insh Marshes and Feshiebridge 19 July 2016 Ian Alexander Dark Green Fritillary at Insh Marshes Ringlet Butterfly at Insh Marshes Cimbicid Sawfly on Tormentil. It’s a different species from the Trichiosoma sorbi shown on InsectsofScotland.com, a useful website, but looks to be in that genus, Trichiosoma. The large, shiny, bumblebee mimic Hoverfly Volucella pellucens on Meadowsweet. The specific name refers to the pellucid (semi-transparent) white band at the front of the abdomen. Chimney Sweeper Moth at Insh Marshes – common, but difficult to approach! Meadow Pipit with food waiting to fly to nest Insh Marshes panorama with Ruthven Barracks Empid fly with long beak on Scabious at Feshiebridge Conops wasp mimic fly on Scabious at Feshiebridge Bilberry Bush at Feshiebridge Foxglove Pug moth on bracken at Feshiebridge Hoverfly Chrysotoxum bicinctum (the specific name refers to the two yellow belts) at Feshiebridge