Got the bug

A quick jaunt outside at lunch today with an upside down white photography umbrella and a stick for beating trees and bushes.

I hit a few oaks to see what there was and 100s of this bug ended up crawling around the umbrella.

I took a couple home but struggled to ID what was obviously a very common species. The wonders of social media - this time the British Terrestrial True Bugs Facebook page - proved once again to be most helpful. This is Kleidocerys resedae aka the Birch Catkin Bug and a new species for me.

I also found a Pine Ladybird which I'm sure I've recorded before but somehow isn't on my list! It is now...