These creatures are new to me but can only be described as ravenous wee beasties. They are called Hornet Robber Flies and catch and eat other small insects.
They can be found in the UK as well as here and feed mainly on crickets, dung beetles and flies.
The Cricket below is less than a centimetre long and would be an ideal meal for one of the flies above.
The Cricket below is less than a centimetre long and would be an ideal meal for one of the flies above.
Yet another new wee beasty on me were these tiny little black bees who are part of the miner bee family - they are only about six millimetres long and were emerging and foraging then returning loaded down with pollen.
Here you can clearly see the feathery legs on the bottom bee who is trying to get out, while the ones returning have very orange legs covered with pollen some arrive with so much they cannot get back in the hole.
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Not a great video but I hope you can get an idea of the size of them.
Lastly here is a Damselfly tucking into another insect - sorry not a perfect shot but I was being bitten all over by other winged creatures feasting on me and only had on shorts and T-shirt so was giving them lots to go at, but as they say one must suffer for one's art.
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