And finally for now, a rather startled looking little moth.

The pattern on the wings is quite distinctive, & I think it's a dusky grass-veneer (Chrysocramboides craterella).

It's mostly found south of the Alps & the only place it's seen in Germany is the Rhine plain between Frankfurt & Karlsruhe, i.e. here.

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And from my ride yesterday, crappy phone shots of two rather more clearly identifiable insects, I think.

First, a common flathorn plant bug (Heterotoma planicornis; 🇩🇪 Dickfühler-Weichwanze), so-called because of it's broad, flattened antennae.

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Catching up on yesterday, this is a small leafhopper, likely genus Cicadula.

From the black spot patterns on the head & behind the scutellum, I suspect it's the fairly rare C. quadrinotata (🇩🇪 Gemeine Seggenzirpe).

That said, apparently it can be hard to distinguish from C. persimilis ... which is even rarer.

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And another in my series of mysterious small yellow flies badly shot under very low light conditions ... 😬✌️

Except, I think, the four black spots on the abdomen of *do* allow me to make an ID: it's likely the fairly rare Sapromyzosoma quadripunctata, with only 26 prior observations in Germany on iNaturalist.

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And this is a harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis; 🇩🇪 Asiatischer Marienkäfer).

This is the first time I've seen a pupa – within 5-10 days, it'll be an adult.

The metamorphisis is temperature dependent, quicker when warmer, & given this week's predictions, the adult will be here sooner rather than later 🥵

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so sehen die männchen aus. leider kein gutes foto, aber wie gesagt, viele sind heute nix geworden

Gebänderte Prachtlibelle ♂
Calopteryx splendens
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And there are many goldenrod crab spiders (Misumena vatia; 🇩🇪Veränderliche Krabbenspinne) in the flowers, waiting patiently for unsuspecting bees & other insects to land nearby.

Making them great subjects for a macro stack.

As the German name suggests, they're very variable colour-wise, this one in all lemon.

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