More bugs having nooky! Actually, it's one of the best times to catch beasts  keeping relatively still - ideal for photography. This shield Bug is very common in the garden. It lives on a wide range of trees, bushes and herbage.

One of the commonest crab spiders. They lay in wait, keeping very still, until some unsuspecting fly or other insect ventures near. A quick pounce and its curtains for the insect, but dinner time for the spider

This small crab spider can change colour to match it's surroundings. This usually takes a few days. This female is standing guard over a batch of eggs it has sown up in the leaf beneath it. It looks pretty fearsome in close up. Like something from  the movies.

A rather small shield bug that colonises Hedge Woundwort - Stachys. There are a bunch of about 10 of these making their home in my garden Stachys. They feed on the plant, particularly the seeds.

These small wasps are absolutely stunning in close up. Beautiful shiny reds, blues greens and bronzes glimmer in the sun-shine. Chrysis lays its eggs in the nests of solitary bees. The Chrysis larvae eats the bee larvae. Chrysis has an extremely hard cuticle to protect itself from the host bee, should she return to her nest while Chrysis is present.