June on the Isle of Skye

1 June 2020 Weather continues warm and dry. Returned to Kinloch for another session this morning. The highlight was another hoverfly that I'd never seen before to join the Dasysyrphus that I found yesterday.
Eupeodes latifasciatus	Dasysyrphus albostriatus

2 June 2020 A moth from yesterday's outing to Kinloch. I've had one in the trap, but never seen one in the field before.

Pebble Hook-tip

8 June 2020 Having abandoned the idea of compiling another pan-species list this year, I am now concentrating on hoverflies (while continuing to record anything else I come across). I have recorded 27 different taxa so far, but it's been hard work; until today I hadn't found a really good site. Now that I have (a cotoneaster in Broadford) I just need the weather to co-operate.
Merodon equestris	Eristalis intricaria (male)

11 June 2020 Back to Kinloch, where the highlight was another hoverfly species that I'd not seen before.
Ferdinandea cuprea (female)	Ferdinandea cuprea (female)

12 June 2020 Two more from yesterday's outing.
Common Blue	Cantharis pellucida

13 June 2020
Oenanthe crocata is just coming into flower, so I had a quick check this morning and found this in almost exactly the same place as last year.	A short session at Lusa in the afternoon yielded another new hoverfly species.
Depressaria daucella	Rhingia capestris

14 June 2020 Sunny and warm again so I took the opportunity to visit several locations.
Digger wasp	Argyresthia conjugella
Sphegina sibirica	Sphegina sibirica

24 June 2020 The hoverfly list continues to slowly grow, but the highlight of the last few days has been this member of the Lauxaniidae family. It will be the first Skye record if accepted, though Stephen found one on Raasay last month.
Minettia inusta	Minettia inusta

26 June 2020 It's not much to look at, but it's one of our rarer moths with only two previous records for Skye that I am aware of.

Red-necked Footman

27 June 2020 This is perhaps the most spectacular creature that I've ever photogaphed!

Larva of the Vapourer moth

30 June 2020 A very good day to end the month. Two outings - one to Kinloch and one to Skinadin - yielded three 'new for the year' hoverflies, my second record for the Scabious Sawfly and a dipteran I'd never seen before.
Sciapus platypterus	Abia sericea	Lochmaea caprea
Chrysotoxum bicinctum	Anasimyia sp. (probably lineata)	Eristalis arbustorum