Buttercup Beetle

We met Peter and Russell on our early morning walk. They'd come to load some heavy old machinery into the skip for us. I told them that I was hoping to photographs bugs as it was milder and brighter than of late. Peter said sarcastically, "You do live an interesting life."

I got no end of pleasure from finding the usual suspects in one of my favourite places between two blocks of glasshouses. A big white crab spider which was missing a front leg, a cinnabar moth, a latticed heath moth and this lovely common malachite beetle on a buttercup. :)

Rain was forecast so Ollie dog and I walked at Fishers Green again so that we could duck into a hide if necessary. I got some more pics of the whitethroat in better light than yesterday. We followed a path that we haven't taken before and in a dead end came across the couple in extras. She was wearing just her bra and knickers. They were both glued to their phones and didn't answer when I greeted them. I guess the reports in the newspaper this week that people are too busy on their phones for intimacy is true. :( I'm not suggesting that they should have been having sex but it would have been nice to have seen them chatting or cuddling instead of scrolling.