It's interesting to note that the Pale Brindled Beauty moth - Phigalia pilosaria - is at the end of its season (December- March), when most moths are still safely tucked away in their cocoons:
Still no Willow leaves, although the buds are most certainly getting larger. Again, I think bud break will be this week.
Given the sudden rise in daytime temperatures, I'd expect to see queen bumblebees and the earliest hoverflies out and about soon, too: I got buzzed by a Bluebottle earlier in the week.
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Love the Moth again, Stuart. I like how you can predict the next stages of development after all years observing.
A couple of days ago, I did spot a Queen Humble, a Bluebottle, and some Insect a little bigger than the 'Bottle; some kind of Wasp perhaps? Was on a leaf and disappeared. Too fast obviously.
Maybe your bigger insect was a hoverfly....they can look a bit wasp-like and I've certainly seen them this early.
I'm just off to check for frogspawn.
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