Generation "Z" insect photography

  
I've moved on to use a better lens for the job of photographing insects, some only 4mm long, often just seconds on a flower, and today it was also windy. All were in an urban setting, my garden...

Red Soldier Beetle, photos here taken on a 105mm 2.8 Z lens, hence the better quality

Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus

Green-veined White

Common Frog, one of this years, some others are more advanced and two adults were seen recently

Lucilia sericata Blow Fly species

Lunuled Aphideater or UK Common Spotted Field Syrph Eupeodes luniger

Narcissus Bulb Fly

Patchwork Leafeater Bee Megachile centuncularis

Hydrangea variant unknown

Bonking Beetles and 10-spot Ladybird

   
Text and names under the individual photos, I can't recall seeing a 10-spot Ladybird or a Grey-banded Mining Bee before, with the usual caveats on ID.

10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata, two photos to see the details, it's likely it will get darker with age

Grey-banded Mining Bee Andrena denticulata

Narcissus Bulb Fly

Red Soldier Beetles, making the next generation

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis

Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum

Swift, the best photo so far in declining light around 2000 hrs. The adults are feeding the chicks more often, so my next step is to stand in the street and try to photograph the adults as they enter the nest. Most of my neighbours take some interest and ask what birds they are

Danger Point and Brothock Burn, Arbroath

   
Some photos from Danger Point where the Brothock Burn in Arbroath reaches the sea. I'd been looking for a Mediterranean Gull but the tide was too low, so I had a short walk around the harbour area. I didn't expect to find another Sparrowhawk  there, but there are many House Sparrows in the area, and they hang about in the lobster creels, probably for safety.

I've included more insects from my garden, no guarantees, although I used ObsIdentify, a book and the web.

Male Sparrowhawk that flew down the Brothock Burn at E&O Fish, then banked across the road into a garden at number 1 Shore

Great black-backed Gull 2nd calendar year at Danger Point, where the gulls bathe in the pool as the Brothock Burn spills into the rock pools

Curlew, distant

Female Eider, also a bit far away

Lesser black-backed Gull

One of three Mallard ducklings in the Brothock, my last sighting there was six, assuming the same brood

Herring Gull making its presence known as I stood about 3 metres away

Oystercatcher calling loudly

The Brothock is currently low with no sign of Dippers, just this Pied Wagtail and many House Sparrows

Tan Dance Fly Empis livida

Turnip Sawfly Athalia rosae

Red Soldier Beetle

Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma quadrifaria

Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax

Eurasian Drone Fly Eristalis arbustorum

Marmalade Fly

Broad-banded Aphideater or in UK, Meadow Field Syrph Eupeodes latifasciatus 

Buff-tailed Bumblebee