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Flies

	A Hover Fly
	I think this is some kind of sawfly. It appeared to be laying eggs by placing the tip of it's abdomen under the leaves of this shrub.
	A Flesh Fly (yuk!)
	Unidentified. These tiny flies hop around the lily pads.
	A Blue Damselfly on some grass near the water.
	The Banded Demoiselle hovered around the pond for a few hours on a hot day in June.
	This Common Darter dragonfly, preferred to settle on the washing-line on a hot summers day. There were two swooping over the pond.
	(Suillia variegata)
	Hoverfly (Sphaerotonia/scrimpta)
	A Greenbottle fly

Bugs

	This Hawthorne Shield Bug was found among some dead leaves yards away from the pond but I've seen an identical one on the iris.
	This Forest Bug apparently feeds on sap & damages fruit. Also known to eat small caterpillars & insects.
	A Red Spider Mite. There are dozens of these tiny bugs crawling on the stone edging. They're less than a millimeter in length.
	Unidentified
	Ladybird
	Unidentified.

Wasps

An out of focus wasp - I didn't want to get too near !

This wasp was taking water from the pond.

Bees

	This one is collecting nectar from the nearby hebe bush.
	A honey bee taking water from the pond. It is resting on a stone that is just above water level and you can see the "tongue" sticking out. I have often seen bees (and wasps) collect water from the pond. Bee Expert Bob Veitch explains why : "The bees in Simon's pond need water to help dilute the honey they have stored in order to be able to feed its young. It is usually the oldest, 'expendable' bees, that have the job of collecting water. Water is also used in the summer to help keep the hive cool."

Spiders

	This spider capitalised on the constant air-born traffic. It's a shame it's out of focus but it shows that wasps are still good for a meal or two.
	"Cross" or "Garden" Spiders
	A Triangle-Weaver Spider looking particularly menacing. (meta mengel/segmentara)
	Unidentified. This was seen once, at 1:00am.
	Unidentified
	(Tetragnatha). This spider has cast it's web an inch above the water-line.
	(Araneus diademate)
	Unidentified. This spider was hunting inches above the water-line.
	Unidentified. This spider was hunting for something tasty on the Marigold flowers.
	Unidentified. This spider's nest, easily visible in the nearby conifers contained almost 100 tiny spiders. A week later, a single web thread attached to a neighbouring conifer was used by the spiders to leave the nest.

Butterflies

	A Red Admiral butterfly
	A Peacock Butterfly. June 1999.
	A Cabbage White butterfly(?)

Ants

These ants are farming the excretion of the aphids of the border plant. June 1999.

Woodlice

This was hiding under a stone.

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