Common Batman Fly (Myathropa florea) in the neighbourhood. Doodskopzweefvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Silver Y (Autographa gamma) in the neighbourhood. Gamma-uil. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Stripe-faced Drone Fly (Eristalis nemorum) in the neighbourhood. Puntbijvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

A bit of free climbing. Buff-tip caterpillar (Phalera bucephala) in my garden. Another one was trying to climb me. Wapendragerrups. #ElkeDagEenInsect

McIntosh Dunalastair I Class Caledonian Railway No. 723 at the St. Rollox Locomotive Works, Glasgow, 1896.

Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) in the neighbourhood. Steenhommel. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Stripe-winged Drone Fly (Eristalis horticola) in the neighbourhood. Bosbijvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

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Blow-fly (Melinda spec.) in the neighbourhood. Bromvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) in the neighbourhood. Boomblauwtje. #ElkeDagEenInsect

“Nothing to see here.” Meadow Grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus) in the neighbourhood. Krasser. #ElkeDagEenInsect

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Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) in the neighbourhood. Bruin blauwtje. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Common Tachina (Tachina fera/magnicornis) and Stripe-winged Drone Fly (Eristalis horticola) in the neighbourhood. Woeste sluipvlieg en bosbijvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Unidentified NS (ex-NBDS) series 3500 locomotive at Amsterdam in 1938.

Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) in the neighbourhood. Aardhommel. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Mottled Shieldbug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa) in my garden. Grauwe schildwants. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) in the neighbourhood. Steenhommel. #ElkeDagEenInsect

European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) in the neighbourhood. Franse veldwesp. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Small White (Pieris rapae) in the neighbourhood. Klein koolwitje. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) in the neighbourhood. Kleine vos. #ElkeDagEenInsect

A tiny predator in my garden. Biting midge (Sphaeromias spec.). Reuzenknut. This species hunts and feeds on smaller insects rather than feeding on the blood of mammals. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Orange Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) in the neighbourhood. Rare, an incidental import, July 6. Bruine daglelie. Still blooming, today.

Snowdon Mountain Railway (Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) No. 4 ‘Snowdon’, No. 3 ‘Wyddfa’, and No. 6 ‘Padarn’ at the Llanberis railway yard, September 20, 1975. Photograph: Geoff Charles (National Library of Wales/Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru)

Candy-striped spider (Enoplognatha ovata/latimana) and Green Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus) in my garden. Gewone tandkaak of vergeten tandkaak en zijdeglansbladsnuitkever. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Another Flecked General (Stratiomys singularior) in the neighbourhood. Gewone langsprietwapenvlieg. During a walk I spotted four of them. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) in the neighbourhood. Atalanta. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Buff-tip caterpillar (Phalera bucephala) in my garden. Wapendragerrups. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Red-sided Eriothrix (Eriothrix rufomaculatus) and Common Red Soldier Beetle) Rhagonycha fulva) in the neighbourhood. Kleine vuurvlinder, roodgerande sluipvlieg en rood soldaatje. #ElkeDagEenInsect

Red-sided Eriothrix (Eriothrix rufomaculatus) in the neighbourhood. Roodgerande sluipvlieg. #ElkeDagEenInsect