Only one new insect today, one of those tricky to identify ichneumon wasps, a pimpline ichneumon which I believe might be Apechthis compunctor?
After many sightings of nymphs earlier in the summer I have now seen an adult Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima). Other photographs included a female Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), a male Kite-tailed Robberfly (Machimus atricapillus) and a male Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) butterfly with 2 Trombidium breei mites attached.
![pimpline ichneumon wasp [Apechthis compunctor?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/NG8_2951_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Aug2025.jpg "pimpline ichneumon wasp [Apechthis compunctor?]")
![Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/NG8_2904_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Aug2025.jpg "Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]")
![Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella zonaria]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/NG8_2912_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Aug2025.jpg "Hornet Hoverfly [Volucella zonaria]")
![Kite-tailed Robberfly [Machimus atricapillus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/NG8_2908_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Aug2025.jpg "Kite-tailed Robberfly [Machimus atricapillus]")
![Gatekeeper [Pyronia tithonus britanniae]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/NG8_2898_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Aug2025.jpg "Gatekeeper [Pyronia tithonus britanniae]")
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