Shetland in close up

A selection of Shetland insects and flowers

Helina Impuncta

Sol                                          

Soldierfly

Potato Capsid

Smoky Wainscot

Cross- leaved Heath

Devilsbit Scabious

Lichen

Autumn Gentian

Counted 178 in a small area

Eyebright

Bell Heather

Angelica

 

Shetland- the small ones

 Red Mite, apparently not a common species, sizes of a pin head

 Hoverfly Syritta pipiens

 Micromoth Udea lutealis

 musciid fly Neomyia cornicina

 ichneumon wasp

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 Eupeodes Lungier -rare in Shetland

Thanks to Mike Pennington and Rebecca Nason for help with the ID