Lots of egg laying in the pond today: Emperor Dragonfly and a frenzy of Azure Blue Damselflies, plus other insects in my wildlife friendly garden.

Azure Blue damselflies in tandem egg laying.

 At least three Meadow Brown butterflies.

 Field grasshopper

 As I was pulling convolvulus from my raspberry canes, a White Plume Moth, Pterophorus pentadactyla flew out.  Convolvulous is its food plant.

 It posed obligingly for photo's

Emperor dragonfly, blue form female, Anax imperator

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worker and queen

 Buff-tailed bumblebee workers were buzy in and out of their nest by my front door.  And several queens were observed this morning and afternoon.

Queen 

And to think that garden centers sell chemicals to kill such useful insects.  Why?