Westhay Moor mostly insects
I love exploring Westhay Moor nature reserve. The other morning I spent an hour or two there and, as usual, couldn’t resist the lure of close up and macro of insects especially. Westhay Moor is a fantastic place for birds and insects, nestled within the Avalon Marshes on the Somerset Levels. The nature reserve is a biodiversity hotspot, with a mix of reedbeds, open water, raised bog, and damp deciduous woodland. A nature delight!
On this short walk I saw many different types of insect and in this collection you may spot the azure damsel fly, stretch spiders (some with prey - beware), marsh crane flies, dryomyza fly, various damsel flies, the striped swamp fly, a small spotty-eyed drone fly, soldier beetles, crickets, chasers, flesh fly, kidney spot ladybird, scorpion fly thick legged flower beetle and the sun fly. Oh, and a flower and snail crept in to the set.
