Red-tipped and Currant Clearwings: it's all about the insects!

I grabbed a couple of hours at Strumpshaw this afternoon, taking along my box of clearwing lures. In fact I didn't need pheromones to find the first Clearwings: one or two Red-tipped Clearwings were loafing around on the brambles along the Sandy Wall...

A move to the Red Currant bushes on the Woodland Walk was instantly rewarded by another big count of Currant Clearwings (15+) as well as fleeting glimpses of a possible Yellow-legged. Other species included Black-tailed Skimmer, Variable Damselfly, Norfolk Hawker and several long-horn beetles.