Dark Green Fritillary at Insh MarshesRinglet Butterfly at Insh MarshesCimbicid 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 nestInsh Marshes panorama with Ruthven BarracksEmpid fly with long beak on Scabious at FeshiebridgeConops wasp mimic fly on Scabious at FeshiebridgeBilberry Bush at FeshiebridgeFoxglove Pug moth on bracken at FeshiebridgeHoverfly Chrysotoxum bicinctum (the specific name refers to the two yellow belts) at Feshiebridge
The English seem unemotional … except for their passion for nature
