What is buzzing or flying near you today??

This one is rather unclear but perhaps someone could ID it. I thought it was a lightening bug at first but now I am wondering if it was one of these wood beetles.

Cardinal {Pyrochroa coccinea} (ID by Kandyfloss) -





I'd like an ID on this one too, please. It looks very graceful but not what is underneath it!

 

Kedi,your insect is a Cardinal {Pyrochroa coccinea} found on flowers and vegetation on waysides and in woodlands in May and June in southern and central England.I took this photo the other day of one in my garden....

 

my rodie is in full flower and it is full of lots of big fluffy bees , they are really big ones this year and they are full of pollen but they will not stop still long enough for me . my hubby had a real job trying to take these pics , those bees were moving over those flowers at a real pace lol

 

Thanks Kandy, that looks just like the cousin of mine.

Lovely shots, may, both of the bee and the rhododendron.

 

I found this little fellow in the garden yesterday -






Another view of the dragonfly I entered in the photo comp -

 

That female Common frog has an attractive colour pattern Kedi and a really sharp dragon fly, great pics.:thumb:

 

Snapped this fella doing me a favour this morning :thumb:

 

Thanks for the info Strongy. I didn't know what kind of frog it was and certainly not if it was a he or a she!

Really super shot, Pip! The detail is wonderful. What kind of a ladybird could that be with the mottled head. Don't think I've ever seen one like that before, thought they all had black heads.

 

After Hubby moved the plants out of the Wintergarten for the summer, I started to clean the windows on the inside and found this wonderful spider. I think it is a Wolf Spider -

 

Thats a beauty Kedi :eek:

 

I think it is Tegeneria Gigantica, the common European house spider Kedi.

 

:DThanks guys. I thought Wolf Spider sounded good, Strongy, but Tengeneria Gigantica sounds even better.:D

 

That's a 10 spot ladybird Kedi.

 

Thanks walnut.

 

I wish so much that I wasn't afraid of spiders! Great pics!