Black-Hearted Ladybird

The elevenspotted ladybirds have begun to appear in small numbers. Their twospotted counterparts have been around for several weeks. I like the big heart-shaped spot they have in front. Coccinella undecimpunctata, introduced from England in 1874 to help control aphids that had been introduced earlier.

The Angelica flowers are finished and now the much smaller parsley flowers are attracting the nectar eating insects and their predators.