A walk in the sun produces three very different insects!

I took an enjoyable walk through my local wood yesterday, camera in hand! This is a small selection of what I saw.

   

Figwort weevils seemed to be on about 8 out of 10 Figwort plants! They are often not that much larger than an apple pip, so you have to look quite hard for them! Having found one, you then can't be too clumsy as you approach them, because, if they think that they are in danger, they just "let go" and fall to the ground. A good tactic, as they are then very difficult to spot again! 

What a design! The Figwort Weevil.

Then I came across this stunning little Froghopper - a Red & Black Froghopper. They happily sit out in full view of everyone as their colouration of red (or maybe orange?) & black, warns anything looking for a meal that they taste horrible! 

The Red & Black Froghopper - Cercopis vulnerata

As the sun started to warm up the day after quite a cold night, then Speckled Yellow moths started to fly around. I counted well over dozen or more, many of which I followed trying to get a photo of them once they had landed. They are very jumpy and launch into flight at any sudden movement, or should you happen to caste a shadow across them. 

Eventually, one obliged and stayed still for long enough for a few shots!

Three striking little insects - and all so different from each other.  

A Speckled Yellow - a day flying moth