It clouded up at 1pm today, just after PEs had become active (late in their season they take the mornings off...). By 2pm it was very dull, by 3pm all species were grounded.
I watched a middle-aged female feed for nearly an hour on an oak sap bleed (the Hornets had stopped flying, too cool for them). Here she is -
She then fell off, before flying off upside down, careering across the glade and crashing onto a bramble patch, pissed. Her she is -
The forecast foul & abusive weather will end this season, ridiculously early (but sooner rather than later the Purple Emperor season will start in May)...
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