For some reason Great Spots have not visited us for a long time. Suddenly we have a regular juvenile female. Nice.

Visited again by Hummingbird Hawks - 2 today again. A delight to watch. They seem to favour this pale pink Phlox in the garden. Certainly a good year for them. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation

Starting to see the resident/migrant hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri.

The Celery Fly Euleia heraclei at Copmere.

What a super spot the lily pond in the old gravel pit at Trentham Park is! We had 9 species of Dragonfly and Damselfly today. Will post a few shots. #trenthamGP

May be small but the Common Emerald damselfly is a stunner. Typically holds its wings spread out. At Trentham Gravel Pit. #trenthamGP

For me the other star of Trentham Gravel Pit is the Ruddy Darter. So confiding at times. #trenthamGP

There were a few Red-eyed Damselflies at Trentham Gravel Pit but they mainly remained aloof. #trenthamGP

It's great watching the big hawker dragonflies hunting for seemingly hours on end; never landing, then suddenly ... This Brown Hawker landed on my wife's leg. It allowed us to handle it seemingly being reluctant to leave us. #trenthamGP

Not a moth but an interesting by-catch - of sorts. These are the eggs of a lacewing. Can't say which as there were several in the trap.

Dewick's Plusia came to the trap rather than to the lure. Ypsolopha sequella is a bit of a stunner. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation

Hanging by a thread; a Vapourer Moth larva. Can't say I have seen them doing this before. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation

The hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus aka Stripe-backed Brusheye (not sure that name will catch on!) in the garden.

One of the smaller lacewings Hemerobius variegatus attracted to light.

The odd-looking Wax Moth. Only the second record in the garden. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation

Nice fresh Oak Hook-tip last night. West Midlands Butterfly Conservation

Saw this a week ago at Prees Heath Common and now it's on my local patch. It is the distinctive tachinid Phasia hemiptera; a female.

Grasshoppers are great. You try and get a side shot of one on a grass stem and they just move, keeping the stem between you and it :) This is a Field Grasshopper.

Female Roesel's Bush Cricket on my local patch.

Three for one! One of the green lacewings attracted to the trap last night. Not sure which species.