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Eyed ladybird cleaning

A ladybird cleaning its legs and mouth parts. A couple of aphids also walk insouciantly by.

The ladybird is not the twelve spot species claimed in the closing titles of the video: corrected identification is as the title says.

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Yellow Rattle

Yellow Rattle

Supposedly a common wild plant. This was on the edge of a small patch of them in Fens Pool LNR in Pensnett, the first ones I was ever aware of seeing.

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Bee on a bramble flower

Bee on a bramble flower

Bee on a blackbery flower by the pond at Northycote Farm Country Park.

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Feverfew flowers

Feverfew flowers

A mass of blooms on this clump of feverfew which was growing by the towpath of the Stourbridge canal.

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Eyed ladybird

Eyed ladybird

The eyes are markings on the thorax.

An aphid is sneaking behind the ladybird, avoiding becoming a meal

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Elderflower

Elderflower

Elderflower